January 09, 2023
Ethiopia: Passengers Return Home As Inexplicable Restriction On Flights From Mekelle to Addis Takes a Toll
In less than two weeks time of the Ethiopian Airlines flight resumption to Tigray, restriction has been made on some passengers en route to Addis Abeba from Mekelle, witnesses told… Read more »
Ethiopia: Yet Another Fuel Price Increase As Govt Subsidy Phases Out
The Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration announced an increase on the current retail price of fuel products effective January 08, 2023. Read more »
December 26, 2022
Ethiopia: Over 300 Covid Health Workers Dismissed From Their Jobs Send Complaint Letter to PM Abiy
About 340 health professionals have sent a letter of complaint to the Prime Minister's Office arguing that the ministry of health dismissed them after three years' service on… Read more »
December 21, 2022
Ethiopia: Incessant Cement Supply Crisis BoGs Ethiopia Leaving Countless Workers Reel in Despair - Govt Hopes to Fine-Tune Chaos
The normalcy of cement production and distribution has fallen under impediments since the past three years in general, and past six months in particular, leaving significant number… Read more »
Ethiopia: CBE Resumes Banking Services in Three Tigray Cities, but Access to Savings, Cash Withdrawal Off Limit
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) said it has reopened branches and resumed banking services in Shire, Alamata and Korem, allowing people to deposit money and receive funds sent to… Read more »
December 20, 2022
Ethiopia: Fitch Downgrades Ethiopia to 'CCC-' - Removes From Under Criteria Observation
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Ethiopia: How Killing of Professor Unfolded, Led to U.S.$2 Billion Lawsuit Against Meta
Meareg Amare Abreha, 60, a father of four children, and a full-time Professor of Analytical Chemistry at Bahir Dar University, was shot dead in front of his residence around midday… Read more »
December 17, 2022
Ethiopia: Addis Ababa Hit By Sugar Shortage - Trade Bureau
The Addis Abeba City Administration Trade Bureau has announced that the capital city is hit by severe shortage in the supply of sugar products in the city. Read more »
December 15, 2022
Ethiopia: Akobo Minerals Makes a Third Gold Discovery At Segele
Akobo Minerals, the Scandinavian-based Ethiopian gold exploration and boutique mining company, today announced that it has made a new gold discovery at Segele. "This is the third… Read more »
December 13, 2022
Ethiopia: Ethio Telecom Threatens to Sue Safaricom Ethiopia Over Service Disruptions in Afar Region
Ethio Telecom says the service disruption its customers experienced in Semera, the capital city of Afar regional state, on Sunday, 11 December was due to telecom lines installation… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethio Telecom Threatens to Sue Safaricom Ethiopia Over Service Disruptions in Afar Region
Ethio Telecom says the service disruption its customers experienced in Semera, the capital city of Afar regional state, on Sunday, 11 December was due to telecom lines installation… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopia Charges Four Including Construction and Logistics Deputy of Intelligence On Grand Corruption
The Ministry of Justice says it has filed grand corruption charges against four employees of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) including its deputy director for… Read more »
Ethiopia: AfDB Approves $10 M Grant to Support Tulu Moye Geothermal Resource Development
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $10 million reimbursable grant from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) to support a… Read more »
December 12, 2022
Ethiopia: State-Owned Utility Suffers U.S.$1.8 Million Loss Due to Theft
State owned electric utility, Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP), transmission lines and distribution stations operations sector said that in 2014 Ethiopian calendar alone, some 756… Read more »
December 07, 2022
Ethiopia: Ethio-Russia Joint Ministerial Commission Meeting in Addis Discusses Trade, Economic, Scientific Cooperation
The 8th Ethiopia-Russia Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC) meeting kicked off on Tuesday in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Read more »
Ethiopia: Tigray Capital Reconnected to National Power Grid, State-Owned Power Company Says
Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP), state owned electric provider has said Mekelle, the capital city of the war torn Tigray region, is re-connected to the national power grid after… Read more »
December 02, 2022
Ethiopia: Russia to Increase Cooperation With Ethiopia in Information Network Security, Digital Skills
Russia has announced its desires to increase cooperation with Ethiopia in the fields of digitalization, information network security and digital skills, Ethiopia's Ministry of… Read more »
November 30, 2022
Ethiopia: UN Hosts Internet Governance Forum in Ethiopia Amid Criticism Over Shutdown in Tigray
The UN is hosting in Ethiopia the 17th Internet Governance Forum (IGF), under the overarching theme of Resilient Internet for a Shared Sustainable and Common Future, which started… Read more »
November 28, 2022
Ethiopia: University Teachers Threaten Indefinite Strike
Teachers and their technical assistants working in all Ethiopian universities have written a letter to the Ministry of Education and the House of People's Representatives… Read more »
November 26, 2022
Ethiopia: Finnish Company Powers New Weather Radar Network With Solar Energy
Vaisala,a Finnish company that specialized in weather, environmental, and industrial measurements powered Ethiopia's new weather radar network with solar energy. "Utilizing clean… Read more »
November 22, 2022
Ethiopia: Raxio in Ethiopia Becomes First Tier III Certified Data Center After Receiving Certification From Uptime Institute
Raxio Data Center in Ethiopia ("ET1") officially became the first Tier III certified independent data center in Ethiopia after receiving the Uptime Institute Tier III Certification… Read more »
November 21, 2022
Ethiopia: Benshangul Gumuz Region Informs All Gold Mining Companies to Sell Their Products Only to National Bank
Benshangul Gumuz Regional State has issued a directive to all gold mining companies, Small Enterprises and associations to sell their gold products only to National Bank of… Read more »
November 17, 2022
Ethiopia: Excitement, Expectation Drive Safaricom Ethiopia to Nearly a Million Subscribers
Since switching on its network and services in Addis Abeba on 07 October, after weeks of network trials in 10 cities across Ethiopia, Safaricom's subscribers have reached nearly a… Read more »
November 19, 2022
Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Tracon Trading Wins Ernesto Illy International Coffee Award for Finest Coffee Arabica
Ethiopia's Tracon Trading, a private company mainly engaged in Coffee Export & Real Estate development, has won the Best Award of the "Ernesto Illy International Coffee Award… Read more »
Ethiopia: Climate-Related Shocks 'Devastate' Lives and Livelihoods of Nearly 17 Million Pastoralists, Agro-Pastoralist in Ethiopia
A new report released by the UN climate-related shocks continue to devastate the lives and livelihoods of nearly 17 million pastoralists and agro-pastoralist families in the… Read more »