Abiy Ahmed Ali

Rule Changes

Seeking a second elected term

Ethiopia's entire Tigray region was excluded from Monday's vote. Polls closed at 6 p.m. across the rest of the country at roughly 48,000 stations. Results are expected by June 11.

Updated Jun 1

Money Moves

Leading economic reform agenda while managing multiple internal conflicts

Ethiopia signed $13.1 billion in investment agreements at a two-day forum in Addis Ababa on March 27, 2026 — more than five times the government's $2.4 billion target. Companies from China, Poland, India, Singapore, and Kenya committed capital to renewable energy, manufacturing, real estate, mining, and green ammonia production, making it the largest haul from any of Ethiopia's four investment forums.

Updated May 30

Force in Play

Reframing Ethiopia-Eritrea rift as rooted in Tigray atrocities; facing pushback from exiled allies

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for ending a 20-year standoff with Eritrea. Now he's publicly accusing Eritrean troops of massacring Ethiopian civilians during their joint war against Tigray—a war they fought together as allies.

Updated May 26

Built World

Presided over GERD inauguration, declaring it Ethiopia's 'dawn' and proof of African self-determination

Ethiopia flipped the switch on Africa's largest dam September 9, 2025, without Egypt's blessing. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam holds 74 billion cubic meters of water, enough to double Ethiopia's power output and, Egypt fears, cut freshwater supplies for 107 million Egyptians.

Updated May 19