About Ethiopia
Capital: Addis Ababa
Population Estimate: 114,963,583 million (Source: World Bank)
Area: 1.13 million square kilometers
Borders: Eritrea (east), Djibouti (south east), Kenya (south), Sudan (north west), South Sudan (west), Somalia (south east)
Communities: 80
Prime Minister: Abiy Ahmed Ali
Major religions: Islam, Christianity
Currency: Birr
Major Languages: Oromo, Amharic, Tigrinya, Somali
Main issues affecting country: Border disputes with Eritrea and Somalia, human rights abuses
Interesting fact: Ethiopia was not colonized, and is the fastest growing economy in Africa
Country Analysis
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Eritrea and the West: The Narrative of Victimhood
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From AMISOM to AUSSOM: The African Union’s Evolving Role in Stabilizing Somalia
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Evaluating Moussa Faki’s Tenure as the AU Commission Chairperson: Achievements, Setbacks and Challenges
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The Ankara Initiative: Turkey’s Diplomatic Triumph in the Ethiopia-Somalia Conflict
The Horn of Africa, a region often synonymous with protracted conflicts, resource disputes, and fragile state structures, has witnessed a ...
COP29 in Baku: A Post-Conference Analysis of Climate Action Commitments and Challenges
The dust has settled on the twenty-ninth annual UN climate change conference (COP29), held in Baku, Azerbaijan, and the global ...
The Strategic Alliance Between Egypt and Somalia: Exploring Geopolitical Dynamics and Implications for Ethiopia
The Horn of Africa, a region of significant strategic importance, is currently experiencing heightened tensions among key regional players, particularly ...
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