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Ethiopia’s leader loves big projects. With a contentious megadam completed on the Nile, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed now plans Africa’s largest airport and a nuclear power plant. But the landlocked ...
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » Politics: Department of Safety and Security
Ensuring that humanitarian aid reaches those who need it most often depends as much on security and coordination as on funding or logistics. In Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz region — a strategic ...
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » Politics: GERD outcome of Medemer principle: Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State chief administrator
Addis Ababa, December 25, 2025 (ENA)— The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is a huge achievement attained by Ethiopians through Medemer Principle, according to Chief Administrator of Benishangul-Gumuz ...
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » Politics: Ethiopia launches Africa’s largest dam as neighbors eye power imports
A view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jackson Njehia) ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia on Tuesday inaugurated Africa’s ...
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » Politics: Ethiopia’s New Megadam Inflames Regional Tensions
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News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » Politics: Ethiopia Aids Sudan Militia Linked to Genocide, Yale Study Finds
Ethiopia’s military is harboring and assisting the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group accused of mass killings in Sudan, a Yale University research unit has found.
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » Politics: Thousands of Ethiopians seek asylum in Sudan's Blue Nile State
Several thousand people fleeing escalating violence in Ethiopia’s Benishangul Gumuz region have sought safety in Sudan’s Blue Nile State over the last month. Tensions have been high in the Metekel ...
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » Politics: A dangerous turn in Ethiopia-Sudan relations
Ethiopia’s attack on Sudan this week is part of plans to reshape the Red Sea and Horn of Africa region and directly threatens Egyptian security.
News Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz » Politics: Asymmetric Conflict in Somalia, Sudan: How it Affects Ethiopia
This week, Somalia’s national army announced it has taken control of the city of Baidowa in the country’s South West State.