Elias Gebreselassie is a journalist based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He works as a freelance reporter and contributor for Xinhua News Agency, Alertnet Climate Reuters, AlJazeera English online, AFP, New Humanitarian Mongabay and many other media outlets.
Savings groups are helping farmers - particularly women - get through bad times when harvests are lost
As climate change brings warmer temperatures and more drought, Ethiopia's prized coffee production is under threat
Technology could help support efforts to get affordable insurance to small-scale farmers struggling with climate change
Ethiopians still haunted by crash of Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane a year ago that killed all 157 people on board.
An infamous prison was closed and there are bids to prosecute officials who abused power, but activists remain cautious.
Cautious optimism one year on since the Eritrean president and the Ethiopian prime minister signed a new agreement.
More than 250 people in Amhara and Addis Ababa held over suspected links to recent failed power-grab attempt.
As journalists welcome efforts to support press freedom in Ethiopia, draft law against hate speech causes concerns.
Sharia-compliant finance boosts financial inclusion in Ethiopia, but a fully-fledged Islamic bank has yet to take root.
In his first year, the PM has made swift and sweeping reforms. His real test will be elections in 2020, say experts.
Eritrean and Ethiopian traders hope to profit from peace but thousands of Eritreans flee seeking safety and stability
The story was about how Ethiopia in collaboration with the likes of World Bank is racing to save it's last indigenous, pristine forests.
The story was about the how a dispute on a mega hydro dam Ethiopia is building is unlikely to spoil Ethio-Egypt ties despite ominous words of excghane between officals from two countries and talk of possible conflict.
The story was about China's economic and political relationship with Africa's seond most popolus nation Ethiopia and the features of the relationship