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This report analyzes the fragility of the Pretoria Agreement and its impact on the private sector operating in Ethiopia.

This new report style provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of the conflict in the Tigray and Amhara regions of Ethiopia.

This OSAC report format provides a brief update on recent events in Sub-Saharan Africa

This OSAC report format provides a brief update on recent events in Angola, Chad, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, and Uganda.

OSAC surveyed all members with historically active operations or activities in Ethiopia from December 13 to 17 to determine the operational posture of OSAC members due to the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia, and to gauge th...

OSAC delivered a presentation focused on ongoing concerns in Ethiopia, Uganda, and Somalia at the December 2021 Nairobi Country Chapter meeting on East African regional security trends and their impacts on U.S. organizat...

The risk to OSAC members and U.S. organizations throughout Ethiopia will almost certainly increase significantly as the country’s security environment continues to deteriorate. On November 2, Ethiopia declared a National...

This report outlines the status of the GERD, real or perceived water scarcity concerns of Sudan and Egypt, breakdown in diplomatic talks, additional tensions between Ethiopia and Sudan, and potential for conflict over th...

In June, the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) will hold national and regional elections. National elections will occur on June 5 and elections in Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa on June 12. Given Ethiopia’s history of election-rel...

Heavy fighting has broken out in northern Ethiopia since Nov. 4, and neither the GoE nor opposition political party TPLF appear ready to agree to a ceasefire. Communications blockages have made reporting difficult to con...

Climate change is one of the most critical national security threats facing governments around the world. It has the potential, at the current rate, to worsen existing health, economic, and security conditions in fragile...

Following the murder of popular Oromo singer Hachalu Hundessa in Addis Ababa on June 29, violent protests rocked the Ethiopian capital and the surrounding Oromia region. The country’s history of ethnic tension and violen...

The CDC has issued a blanket Level 2 Travel Health Notice for Polio in parts of Africa and Asia. The notice urges enhanced safety precautions for travelers to 22 countries whose limited health systems, poor sanitation pr...

Al-Shabaab continues to pose the most significant threat to stability in Somalia and the region. Despite an escalation in U.S. airstrikes targeting al-Shabaab militants in recent years, the increased tempo reportedly has...

Large protests broke out across multiple cities in Oromia, Ethiopia’s largest and most populous regional state, in late October. At least 86 people died in the unrest, in which political protests triggered ethnically cha...

This report looks at recent terrorism-related arrests and the underlying threat that terrorist groups like al-Shabaab and ISIS pose in Ethiopia. The country’s security services have proven competent at disrupting interna...

Addis Ababa has experienced an uptick in criminal activity in recent months. Reported crimes include residential break-ins, armed robbery and assaults, and vehicle thefts. While most criminal incidents affect locals, Wes...

In 2018, the U.S. Department of State introduced the Travel Advisory system. Fifteen months after the system went into effect, the Department has unveiled its first significant modification: the addition of a new, separa...

On September 11, Ethiopia and Eritrea opened two key border crossings for the first time since conflict at their shared border caused them to close more than 20 years ago. This is just one of several reconciliation moves...

Civil unrest and widespread violence broke out in Jijiga and other areas of Ethiopia’s volatile eastern Somali Regional State on August 3, and continued through August 5. The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) deplo...