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The Nobel Peace Prize Paradox: Abiy Ahmed’s Ethiopia, host of the African Union, slides into regional isolation as ties with neighbors collapse

By BINYAM DANIEL  The closure of Ethiopian and Sudanese consulates, the diplomatic rupture with Eritrea and the confrontation with Somalia expose the growing failures of Abiy Ahmed’s foreign policy, raising questions about Ethiopia’s regional leadership while hosting the African Union headquarters. Ethiopia, once regarded as one of Africa’s most influential diplomatic powers, is increasingly finding…

The Death of the Fourth Estate: Abiy Ahmed’s Government Pushes Ethiopia’s Independent Media Towards Extinction

By BINYAM DANIEL The decision to deny licence renewals to The Ethiopian Reporter marks another alarming escalation in the government’s campaign against independent journalism, exposing the widening gap between Abiy Ahmed’s promises of democratic reform and the reality of political censorship in Ethiopia. Ethiopia’s already battered independent media landscape has suffered another devastating blow after…