Welcome to While You Weren’t Looking, Foreign Policy’s weekly newsletter focused on non-coronavirus news. Here’s what we’re watching this week: Russia’s constitutional referendum means that President Vladimir Putin could remain ...
Security is high in the Ethiopian town of Ambo for the funeral of popular musician and activist Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, whose killing in Addis Ababa earlier this week sparked two days ...
At least 50 people were killed in Ethiopia’s Oromia region in protests following the fatal shooting of a popular singer, a regional spokesman said. Musician Haacaaluu Hundeessaa was shot dead ...
Here is today’s Foreign Policy brief: China’s new national security law goes into effect in Hong Kong, thousands protest the killing of the musician Hachalu Hundessa in Ethiopia, and the ...
The leaders of Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt agreed that Ethiopia will delay filling a mega-dam on the Blue Nile and return to talks aimed at reaching an accord on use ...
Ethiopia has reiterated it will start filling the reservoir of a controversial dam on the Nile – that has been at the centre of a decade-long dispute in East Africa ...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — It’s a clash over water usage that Egypt calls an existential threat and Ethiopia calls a lifeline for millions out of poverty. Just weeks remain before ...
BEIRUT — Long before the pandemic struck, they lived and worked in conditions that rights groups called exploitative — low wages, long hours, no labor law protections. Now, some 250,000 ...
“King of kings”, “Conquering lion of the tribe of Judah”, “Light of the World”… During his reign, there was no shortage of superlatives to describe Haile Selassie I – a ...
The year got off to a good start. For many, 2019 was the year in which online retail would finally make its big breakthrough in Africa. In April, the e-commerce ...
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