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Ethiopia Continues Nationwide Tree Planting Campaign
One of the world's largest reforestation programmes by seedling count. Survival rates are the number that matters.
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Capital: Addis Ababa · ኢትዮጵያ · 22 articlesThe most populous country in the Horn and the second most populous in Africa. Landlocked since Eritrean independence in 1993, Ethiopia routes the overwhelming majority of its foreign trade through Djibouti. Addis Ababa hosts the headquarters of the African Union.
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Drought and Displacement Remain the Horn's Largest Shared Emergency
Rainfall failure does not respect borders, and neither does the displacement that follows it.
People
The Women Running the Horn's Trade Networks
Cross-border commerce in the Horn has long been organised by women. It rarely appears in trade statistics.
SportsEthiopia
Ethiopian Distance Running and the System Behind It
The medals are the visible part. The structure underneath is a national development pathway few countries match.
Explained
IGAD and the Limits of Regional Mediation
The Horn's own regional body has mediated some of Africa's hardest conflicts. Its structural weakness is that its members are frequently parties to them.
BusinessEthiopia
Coffee, Ethiopia's Oldest Export and Its Most Complicated One
The plant originated here. Capturing value from it remains the hard part.
BusinessSomalia
Berbera and the Corridor to Eastern Ethiopia
Terminal investment has made Berbera a serious port. Its political status keeps its commercial future unsettled.
ExplainedEthiopia
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the Nile Question, Explained
Africa's largest hydroelectric project sits on a river that three countries depend on. Here is what is actually in dispute.
Explained
Why Ports Matter So Much in the Horn of Africa
Four countries, one strategic waterway, and a hundred and twenty million people who need to reach it.
Explained
Why the Horn of Africa Is Strategically Important
Six factors explain why states with no obvious connection to the region maintain a presence in it.