Michael Masrie

The Africa Report — New bilateral consultations between Washington and Addis Ababa place Ethiopia at the centre of Horn of Africa security diplomacy, despite unresolved tensions over Tigray, Sudan and the Red Sea corridor.

The Africa Report — A contested council vote has pushed Tigray's political dispute from internal anger to public posturing, and analysts warn the move to reinstate the former council risks undoing the fragile peace that ended one of Africa's deadliest recent conflicts.

The Africa Report — Awash Bank's listing on the Ethiopian Securities Exchange serves as a live stress test for the nation's nascent capital market, where high investor appetite is bottlenecked by shallow liquidity and the absence of formal pricing anchors.

The Africa Report — A series of meetings in Addis Ababa, high-level exchanges between Washington and Ethiopia, and growing speculation about Israeli security cooperation with Somaliland all suggest the same thing: the Red Sea is fast emerging as a key arena where regional and global powers are converging.

The Africa Report — As Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and the UAE push deeper into the Horn, Isaac Herzog's quiet visit to Addis highlights the battle over who controls security along the Red Sea's western edge.

The Africa Report — As Turkiye and Ethiopia mark a century of diplomatic ties, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's arrival in Addis Ababa underscores Ankara's expanding role in the Horn of Africa, as investor, security partner and self-described 'neutral actor'.

The Africa Report — As Ethiopia liberalises its foreign exchange regime, Visa is leveraging digital infrastructure and bank partnerships to shift billions in remittances and cross-border spending into formal, transparent channels.

The Africa Report — The central bank has handed sweeping powers to commercial lenders to manage hard currency, hoping that cutting red tape will lure billions back into the formal banking system after years of rationing.

The Africa Report — Addis Ababa is once again at the centre of global diplomatic traffic. In quick succession, China's foreign minister, Wang Yi, Germany's foreign minister, Johann Wadephul, and most recently US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau have all courted Ethiopia's leadership.

The Africa Report — Donald Trump has once again thrust Washington into the long-running dispute over the Nile River and Ethiopia's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, openly siding with Egypt and Sudan on water security.

Jeune Afrique — La première femme maire en Éthiopie, proche du Premier ministre Abiy Ahmed, mène d'importantes et audacieuses réformes urbaines. Une modernisation à marche forcée qui ne fait pas l'unanimité.

Jeune Afrique — La première femme maire en Éthiopie, proche du Premier ministre Abiy Ahmed, mène d'importantes et audacieuses réformes urbaines. Une modernisation à marche forcée qui ne fait pas l'unanimité.

humanrightsresearch.org — Author: Michael Masrie, MANovember 5, 2025IntroductionWhen Paul Biya ruled Cameroon as Prime Minister in 1975 and ascended to the presidency in 1982, the world was entrenched in Cold War tensions, the Berlin Wall divided East from West, and microcomputers were nascent.

African Business — Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has unveiled a raft of multi-billion dollar projects, but critics wonder if delivery is feasible.

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The Africa Report — With debt deals and drones in the balance, Abiy walks a tightrope between Beijing and Abu Dhabi after Israel recognises the breakaway region.