[Ethiopian Herald] Ethiopia’s Energy Diplomacy refers to the strategic use of its energy resources–particularly hydropower–as a tool for advancing its national interests, regional cooperation, and foreign policy goals. This approach plays a significant role in shaping Ethiopia’s position within the Horn of Africa, the Nile Basin, and across Africa. The term hydro-diplomacy is an element of Ethiopia’s diplomacy used to mean energy diplomacy but the author prefers to use energy diplomacy in this contribution as it will help