Ethiopia, 1998–2026: From One War to Another, with a Nobel Prize in Between

I was in Addis Ababa for a while a few months ago. Ate well, breathed some wonderfully fresh air at nearly 2,400 metres, and went up towards the 3,000-metre heights of Entoto.

But I couldn’t find one thing: my old favourite, Meta beer, the taste of Ethiopia I remembered from the 20th century.

 A 50-minute film I made in Ethiopia in 1998, during my first reporting journey through Abyssinia.

 

A lot has been happening there lately, so I have my sights set on Addis Ababa and the surrounding area. I think people in the capital are still eating injera peacefully and going about their lives, just as they did during the war with Eritrea in 1998. 

Perhaps the conflict will stop at the country’s outskirts; perhaps it will cut the umbilical cord connecting Ethiopia to its port in Djibouti. A lot is happening, and I don’t have a crystal ball. We’re watching.

The Ethiopia–Djibouti Petroleum Products Pipeline which links Ethiopia and Djibouti is a strategic cross-border infrastructure initiative designed with the aim of improving Ethiopia's energy security, boosting regional trade links, and ensuring the safe, reliable and efficient… pic.twitter.com/oqlwc8nKZQ

— Office of the Prime Minister - Ethiopia (@PMEthiopia) September 24, 2026

#Ethiopia:
Abiy Ahmed wanted the Red Sea for his UAE masters.

Instead, he lost control across #Tigray, #Amhara and #Afar.

Now even the people closest to the regime are securing their exits abroad.

Field Marshal Birhanu Jula’s family is already in Ohio.
And Abiy’s family?… pic.twitter.com/LHAXbYHoRh

— Hadelibi☝♡ (@Ternafi) September 27, 2026

⛔️The Ethiopian Emirati role in the conflict in Sudan ‼️ pic.twitter.com/B7lDWPn9Tq

— Dr.Sam Youssef Ph.D.,Ph.D.,DPT. (@drhossamsamy65) September 27, 2026

Ethiopian military and allied militia have captured Alamata, a strategic town south of Tigray's capital Mekelle, reversing an offensive launched last week after a four-year peace deal collapsed https://t.co/kPQ2A4BIT7 pic.twitter.com/Dg2kBnPFui

— Reuters (@Reuters) September 29, 2026

Best solution to a peaceful dissolution of Ethiopia

1. Independent Tigray
2. Afar, Somali, and Eastern Oromo unite to form 1 Islamic country
3. Amhara take Addis Ababa and West Oromia
4. Benishangul is returned to Sudan
5. SNNPR is split between Amhara and eastern Islamic state pic.twitter.com/C7YbIDidhh

— War Monitor (@WarMonitors) September 23, 2026

The Ethiopian Defense Forces possess the power to overcome any threat, whether internal or external.
Ethiopia 🇪🇹 pic.twitter.com/qIB9i7DVVc

— Abdi 🇪🇹 (@Abdrezak1584333) September 29, 2026