Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Some pretty contrasting headlines about #Ethiopia today. www.reuters.com/business/aer...reuters.comEthiopian Airlines agrees to buy 10 Boeing cargo planes, has option for 8 moreEthiopian Airlines on Wednesday signed a deal to buy 10 Boeing cargo planes, and its chief executive said the state-owned airline had the option to buy eight more. 000
Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"More than 3,000 Ethiopian troops are expected to begin pulling out in the coming days or weeks, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified as they’re not authorized to speak to the media." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comEthiopia Plans Somalia Troop Pullout to Fight Rebels Back HomeEthiopia is planning to withdraw thousands of troops from neighboring Somalia as escalating fighting at home forces Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government to redirect military resources toward a widen... 111
Reposted by Biruk TerrefeAfrica Center for Strategic Studies @africacenter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Fighting is intensifying in Ethiopia, with 150,000 people already displaced in Ethiopia’s Afar region addisstandard.com/as... 1/3 114
Reposted by Biruk TerrefeZecharias Zelalem @zekuzelalem.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I went on the BBC to provide some updates and context on Ethiopia's new war and how it broke out in the first place. As I pointed out here, yesterday bank accounts opened in Tigray were collectively frozen, which prevents millions from accessing funds. The situation is becoming increasingly dire. 04625
Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The digital war was pretty bad in 2020, but what is happening now clouds the information landscape even more. (1) Old footage from the 2020 war is being recycled (2) AI generated videos (3) sober analysts have all left the major platforms (X). www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...aljazeera.comAl Jazeera reports from near front line in Ethiopia’s Afar regionAl Jazeera reports from Ethiopia’s Afar region, where fighting has spread amid efforts to oust PM Abiy Ahmed. 021
Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"Although the operation was built so that it could not be traced back to the actors, our investigation linked it with high confidence to UAE government officials." www.anthropic.com/threat-intel...anthropic.comCountering misuse of AI: September 2026 / AnthropicCase studies from threat actors disrupted between December 2025 and August 2026 across seven areas of harm, from cyber operations to biological misuse. 010
Reposted by Biruk TerrefePeter Salisbury @peterjsalisbury.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Along with a team of incredible researchers, I've been tracing the Houthis' outreach across the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden for the past year. You can see what we learned here: tcf.org/content/repo...tcf.orgFrom Spoke to Hub: The Houthis in AfricaDownload the From Spoke to Hub PDF 1. Overview: From Spoke to Hub In the fall of 2024, security forces in Mukalla, a small port city in southern Yemen, 132
Reposted by Biruk TerrefeJason Mosley @jasonmosley.bsky.social · 24/07/2026As tensions rise in Ethiopia, RVI's most recent analysis provides helpful content: 'Peace and Instability: Tigray since the Pretoria Agreement' riftvalley.net/publication/...riftvalley.netPeace and Instability: Tigray since the Pretoria Agreement – Rift Valley InstituteCONFLICT TRENDS ANALYSIS / MARCH 2026 011
Reposted by Biruk TerrefeJason Mosley @jasonmosley.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Africa’s Greater Horn region is facing a looming polycrisis fueled by conflict, prices, climate and disease theconversation.com/africas-grea...theconversation.comAfrica’s Greater Horn region is facing a looming polycrisis fueled by conflict, prices, climate and diseaseThe response to the many problems facing the region has been set back by cuts in humanitarian aid. 011
Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 18/06/2026www.state.gov/releases/off...state.govAnnouncement of Targeted Visa Restrictions for Individuals Involved in Undermining Peace in Ethiopia - United States Department of StateRising tensions between Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) hardliners and the Ethiopian government have threatened to reignite the conflict in northern Ethiopia and undermine peace and security a... 000
Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Now let me tell you all about the thousands of students, employees, business owners, and government officials from Africa that are denied visas to Europe and the US..[checks notes]..every single day. #Artan 01910
Reposted by Biruk TerrefeJason Mosley @jasonmosley.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Please join the Northeast Africa Forum on 2 June for a book launch & discussion: 'Occupied Refuge: Humanitarian Colonization and the Camp in Kenya' w/author Hanno Brankamp (Glasgow) & discussant Loren Landau (Oxford) *Hybrid event* Details & webinar registration: events.ox.ac.uk/oxford_event... 086
Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 21/05/2026www.dailynewsegypt.com/2026/05/16/e...dailynewsegypt.comEgypt, Eritrea sign maritime transport pact, declare Red Sea security exclusive to littoral states - DailynewsegyptEgypt and Eritrea signed a maritime transport cooperation agreement on Saturday to launch a shipping line connecting their ports, as Cairo declared that the security of the Red Sea remains the exclusi... 021
Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 27/04/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYAh...youtube.comFrom Diesel to Electric: Ethiopia’s Bold Bet on EVsYouTube video by DW REV - Mobility & Innovation 031
Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 06/04/2026www.lemonde.fr/afrique/arti...lemonde.frAu Somaliland, la discrète implantation d’une base militaire construite par les Emirats pour les Etats-Unis et IsraëlBerbera attire les convoitises en raison de son emplacement stratégique, à l’entrée sud de la mer Rouge. Des images satellitaires consultées par « Le Monde » révèlent que l’aéroport de Berbera s’agran... 000
Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 02/04/2026"We find steady growth in work-related messages but even faster growth in non-work-related messages, which have grown from 53% to more than 70% of all usage." www.nber.org/papers/w34255nber.orgHow People Use ChatGPTFounded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an... 011
Reposted by Biruk TerrefeBrian Bartholomew @bpbartholomew.bsky.social · 31/03/2026The world's electricity infrastructure, mapped. 68126
Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 31/03/2026"Yemen’s internationally recognized government has reported that Iranian personnel entered Hodeidah by dhow from the Horn of Africa in the days before the Houthis’ March 28 launch." The logistical dimensions of this conflict certainly also run through the Horn. www.stimson.org/2026/how-to-...stimson.org 000
Reposted by Biruk TerrefeJana Hönke @janahoenke.bsky.social · 27/03/20262 #postdoc positions available at UBT: on South - South security arrangements and transnational security/aid professionals from the Global South and East. Happy to answer questions! www.uni-bayreuth.de/job-vacancy-... @postcolh.bsky.social @conf-mean-trans.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.socialuni-bayreuth.deJob advertisement of the University of Bayreuth - Chair for Sociology in AfricaTwo Postdoctoral Positions (m/f/d) 0912
Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 27/03/2026www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comEthiopia Signs $13.1 Billion of Energy, Mining Investment DealsEthiopia has signed $13.1 billion of investment deals spanning renewable energy, manufacturing, real estate, mining and green ammonia, according to the government. 010
Reposted by Biruk TerrefeMichael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Iran looking to formalize its control over the Strait and its power to receive tolls from favored nations in exchange for freedom of movement says India, Pakistan, Iraq, Malaysia and China are in negotiations now to establish rules of transit www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...aljazeera.comIran developing a ‘vetting system’ for Strait of Hormuz transit: ReportLloyd's List reports that ships could be allowed to pass through 'safe corridor' once they are approved by IRGC. 511015316
Reposted by Biruk TerrefeJason Mosley @jasonmosley.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Helpful analysis from Emadeddin Badi for ISPI: Corridor Governance: How LAAF-RSF Cooperation Sharpens Gulf Competition in Libya and Sudan www.ispionline.it/en/publicati...ispionline.itCorridor Governance: How LAAF-RSF Cooperation Sharpens Gulf Competition in Libya and Sudan | ISPICross-border supply corridors linking Libya and Sudan have become the backbone of the RSF’s war endurance. 083
Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 11/03/2026www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...middleeasteye.netIsrael to build base in Somaliland to target Houthis, says reportSomaliland will allow Israel to gather intelligence and conduct operations against Yemeni group, sources tell Bloomberg 110
Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 11/03/2026What did people think Israel's recognition of Somaliland was about, if not this? This was always going to be the plan. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...bloomberg.com 120
Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Resharing this paper from a year: „The Bab-El-Mandeb to the Suez Canal is part and parcel of our national security. […] If Djibouti becomes the theatre of global war, given the presence of all these military bases including of China and America, then we are trapped.“ 002
Reposted by Biruk TerrefeJason Mosley @jasonmosley.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Please join the Northeast Africa Forum on 3 March for a book launch & discussion of: Immunity on Trial: Ethiopian Courts, Chinese Corporations, and Contestations over Sovereignty with author Miriam Driessen & discussant Hallelujah Lulie *Hybrid event* Full details talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/3f3... 154
Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 25/02/2026www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/202...thenewhumanitarian.orgThe growing threat of conflict in the Horn of AfricaWith no sign yet of a diplomatic off-ramp, this analysis explores the conflict dynamics that could lead to war. 030
Reposted by Biruk TerrefeJason Mosley @jasonmosley.bsky.social · 20/02/2026A good overview and analysis from Ngala Chome on African Arguments from a few days ago: The Horn and the Gulf: How a New Geopolitical Confluence is Emerging africanarguments.org/2026/01/the-...africanarguments.orgThe Horn and the Gulf: How a New Geopolitical Confluence is Emerging | African ArgumentsThe Horn and the Gulf 122
Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 19/02/2026There aren’t that many cars in Ethiopia? Yes. What is the point you are making? 001
Reposted by Biruk TerrefeHanno Brankamp 🍉☀️ @hannobrankamp.bsky.social · 17/02/2026🚨It’s publication day!🚨 My book OCCUPIED REFUGE is officially OUT today with Duke University Press. Available to order from all book shops! Upcoming book launches in Glasgow, Oxford, Nairobi and—perhaps—a city near you! Read the introduction for free online: www.dukeupress.edu/occupied-ref... 25118
Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 18/02/2026www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...bloomberg.comHow Ethiopia Is Embracing the EV Revolution and Ditching Fossil Fuel CarsAlso: companies including Apple are quitely dropping ESG links to executive pay. 152
Reposted by Biruk TerrefeFiroz Lalji Institute for Africa @africaatlse.bsky.social · 18/02/2026It is with great sadness that the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa must announce the passing of our inaugural director, Professor Tim Allen. You can read more about Tim’s life and legacy, and leave a message of condolence, on our website www.lse.ac.uk/africa/about...lse.ac.ukIn memoriam 013
Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 18/02/2026www.crisisgroup.org/brf/africa/e...crisisgroup.orgEthiopia, Eritrea and Tigray: A Powder Keg in the Horn of Africa | International Crisis GroupThe risk of hostilities involving Ethiopia, its northernmost Tigray region and its neighbour Eritrea remains high three years after the last major war in the area. African states and outside powers sh... 020
Reposted by Biruk TerrefeUrban Theory Africa- Doing Workshop (UTA-Do) @uta-do.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Sylvia Croese’s keynote on Gradualism as it manifests in political governance and development projects across Angola. Chaired by Biruk Terrefe #UTADo2026 @acc-uct.bsky.social 042
Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Is there any way to follow this conversation online? 100
Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 17/02/2026If you’re in Oxford, go attend the movie and this discussion! 010
Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 17/02/2026What a wonderful week we had at #UTADo2026 in Addis Ababa, hosted by the Urban Center. Looking forward to future editions! 021
Reposted by Biruk TerrefeNanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · 17/02/2026The US is deliberately denying Cubans access to fuel and lecturing China on authoritarian supply chains. 1392120
Reposted by Biruk TerrefeJürgen Zimmerer @juergenzimmerer.bsky.social · 16/02/2026New scandal at #Berlinale. After Wim Wenders refused to comment on Israel/Palestine and requested the Berlinale to stay out of politics, now foreign office added next scandal, refusing visas for Sudanese filmmakers. A #Berlinale in Fortress Europe is not possible www.screendaily.com/news/acclaim...screendaily.comAcclaimed Sudanese filmmakers pull out of Berlinale Co-Pro Market after visa rejection over “migration risk”EXCLUSIVE: The director and producer of 'Blue Card' previously produced Cannes award-winner 'Goodbye Julia'. 418784
Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Standing ovations for this speech by Marco #Rubio at the #MSC2026? Rotten lot. 030
Reposted by Biruk TerrefeJason Mosley @jasonmosley.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Please join the Northeast Africa Forum on 17 Feb for a book launch & discussion of: 'Peasants to Paupers: Land, Class and Kinship in Central Kenya' with author Peter Lockwood (Göttingen) & David Anderson (Warwick) *Hybrid event* Full details & webinar registration: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/b8f... 156
Reposted by Biruk TerrefeUrban Theory Africa- Doing Workshop (UTA-Do) @uta-do.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Grounding ourselves through Yousuf Al Bulushi’s Keynote on Fanon in the City #UTADo2026 @acc-uct.bsky.social 001
Reposted by Biruk TerrefeUrban Theory Africa- Doing Workshop (UTA-Do) @uta-do.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Let the day break! A lovely start of our 2026 UTA-Do workshop in Addis Ababa! #UTADo2026 @acc-uct.bsky.social 021
Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 06/02/2026www.africaintelligence.com/the-continen...africaintelligence.comAfrica • How Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem's networks steer DP World into Africa's portsThe chairman and CEO of the Emirati port giant has a knack for forging high-level contacts to secure concessions in Africa. With the backing of Dubai's ruling family, he relies on intermediaries with 000
Reposted by Biruk TerrefeJason Mosley @jasonmosley.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Please join the Northeast Africa Forum on 10 Feb, 4pm UK time. @delfmt.bsky.social (Lorraine, Nancy) will present: 'A New "Playground of Europe"? Exploration, colonisation & the naturalisation of Mt Kilimanjaro at the dawn of the 20th century' *Hybrid event* Details: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/2be... 135
Reposted by Biruk TerrefeZeteo @zeteo.com · 31/01/2026Israel’s Military Now Accepts 70,000 Killed in Gaza – But Why Did Our Media Let Them Get Away With Denying It for So Long? "It was all a lie. A performance. Propaganda, plain and simple," writes @mehdirhasan.bsky.social. Read now: zeteo.com/p/israels-mi...zeteo.comIsrael’s Military Now Accepts 70,000 Killed in Gaza – But Why Did Our Media Let Them Get Away With Denying It for So Long?I have spent the past two years debating the credibility of the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers with supporters of Israel. It turns out the Israeli military agrees with me, not them. 913835
Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · 29/01/2026www.reuters.com/world/africa...reuters.comEthiopian Airlines cancels flights to Tigray region after clashesEthiopian Airlines cancelled flights to Tigray on Thursday and residents of the northern region rushed to try to withdraw cash from banks after clashes between regional and national forces raised fear... 000