Ethiopia

Sanctions are an Economic Weapon. Targeting Matters

by Nicholas Mulder

The Biden approach shows a reframing of economic sanctions from being a deterrent to being a non-military weapon of war. This has happened before, and history shows that sanctions against an aggressor nation can be expected to fail unless they are paired with aid to Ukraine.

A New History Changes the Balance of Power Between Ethiopia and Medieval Europe

by David Perry and Matthew Gabriele

Verena Krebs's new book on medieval Ethiopian contact with Europeans reverses the lens to argue that the African kingdom engaged with Europeans from a position of strength. 

When Fascist Aggression in Ethiopia Sparked a Movement of Black Solidarity

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat

The Italo-Ethiopian War may remain an obscure historical event to many Americans. Yet it shocked millions into action and fueled a reckoning with institutionalized racism and fascism.

Oldest human fossil adds 400,000 years to our history

The oldest fossil of the human genus Homo has been unearthed in Ethiopia, a groundbreaking discovery that pushes the history of human evolution 400,000 years further into the past.

The man who taught Mandela to be a soldier

Ethiopian colonel Fekadu Wakene taught South African political activist Nelson Mandela the tricks of guerrilla warfare.