Ethiopia: Wars Devour More Than U.S.$28 Billion in Economic Loss, Damages

Authorities estimated the economic loss and cost of damages to infrastructure due to Ethiopia's wars to have reached some US$28.765.7 billion, while they estimate post-war… Read more »

Ethiopia: Election Board Declines New Request for TPLF As Regional Party

National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) said it has declined a request from four individuals asking the Board for registration certificate of the Tigray People's Liberation… Read more »

Ethiopia: Former Nigerian Aviation Minister Snubs Nigeria Air Launch As Marketing Scheme for Ethiopian Airlines

The debut of the Nigeria Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft flown into Abuja last month was Ethiopian Airlines' idea, not that of the government, said Hadi Sirika, Nigeria's former… Read more »

Ethiopia: Budget Deficit Warning Lights Drowning Out Deeper Economic Issues

The Ethiopian federal government's budget deficit for the current fiscal year is projected to reach 309 billion birr, exacerbating the macroeconomic stress currently faced by the… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Appoints Air Force Commander As ET Group Board Chairman Replacing Girma Wake

Ethiopian Airlines Group has confirmed the appointment of Lieutenant General Yilma Merdassa, the Commander of Ethiopian Air Force, as board chairman of the Ethiopian Airlines… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopian Army Refutes Involvement in 'Country-Wide Diversion' of Food Aid

Ethiopian Ministry of Defense has vehemently denied recent allegations that the country's defense forces, along with other governmental bodies, have been involved in what the USAID… Read more »

Ethiopia: Unidentified Assailants Kill Police Chief, Injured Another in Southwest Region

Unidentified armed assailants killed Godere Woreda police chief while another police sustained serious injury in an attack on a vehicle traveling from Mizan city, in the southwest… Read more »

Ethiopia: Militants Kill At Least Five, Wound Several People in Renewed Attacks in Western Oromia

Armed militants described as members of the irregular Fano militia killed at least five people, injured dozens in a new attack in Amuru district of Horo Guduru Wollega zone of the… Read more »

Ethiopia: US Senator Accuses 'Leaders At the Top' of Aid Organizations After Ethiopia Food Aid Theft Revelations

In a strongly worded statement issued last night, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member, Senator Jim Risch, denounced Wednesday's news revelations that… Read more »

Ethiopia: World Bank Group Pledges Support for Safaricom Ethiopia's Internet Expansion

The World Bank Group's International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) have revealed plans to fund the ongoing expansion of Safaricom… Read more »

Ethiopia: Safaricom Ethiopia Gets Additional Investment, Loan to Support Affordable Internet, Reliable Mobile Connectivity

World Bank Group signing an agreement with Safaricom Ethiopia (Photo: Anuwar Soussa, CEO, Safaricom Ethiopia) Read more »

Ethiopia: Blinken, Demeke Meet As USAID Suspends Food Aid to Ethiopia After Widespread, Coordinated Diversion

DPM/FM Demeke Mekonnen with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in March. Photo: Antony Blinken Read more »

Ethiopia: Donor-Funded Food Diversion in Ethiopia 'Coordinated, Criminal Scheme'

Following the suspension of food aid delivery by the USAID and WFP, which at first appeared to have been triggered by food aid diversion in the war-torn Tigray regional state, an… Read more »

Ethiopia: Oromia President Pledges to Address Muslim Community's Concerns Over Demolition of Mosques

Following a five-hour intensive discussion between the Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council, under the leadership of Sheikh Haji Ibrahim Tufa, and Shemelis Abdissa, the… Read more »

Ethiopia: World Food Programme Refutes Report Saying Senior Staff in Ethiopia Resigned

The World Food Program (WFP) has denied what it described as an inaccurate media report about the resignation of its senior leadership in Ethiopia. Read more »

East Africa: Ethiopian Forces in Somalia Foil Attack By Al-Shabaab Militants - Foreign Ministry

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Ethiopian forces "foiled an attack by the terrorist Al-Shabaab group in Dolow town on the Ethiopia-Somalia border." Read more »

Ethiopia: Ceasefire Monitoring Experts' Term Extended Until December

Members of the African Union Monitoring, Verification and Compliance Mechanism (AU-MVCM) team during the launching ceremony in Mekelle. Read more »

Ethiopia: Kebena Community in Gurage Zone to Replace Ge'ez Alphabet With Latin to Develop Kebena Written Language

Members of the Kebena community in the Kebena Woreda of the Gurage zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's (SNNP) regional said they are about to switch the use of… Read more »

Ethiopia: Senior Citizens of Tigray Stage Demonstrations in Mekelle Over Unpaid Pension

Hundreds of retired civil servants in the Tigray region have staged demonstrations in the capital Mekelle, protesting against interrupted pensions following the war that has… Read more »

Ethiopia: Unpacking Practical Hurdles, Concerns Over Transitional Justice Draft Policy Document

In the aftermath of the Tigray war, Ethiopia has unveiled a draft of its comprehensive Transitional Justice Policy, marking a decisive moment in the country's effort to come to… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Says HRW Report On Ethnic Cleansing in Western Tigray 'Distorted and Misleading'

The Ethiopian federal government rejected a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) detailing accounts of continued ethnic cleansing being committed in Western Tigray as a " distorted… Read more »

Ethiopia: Gambella-Dembidollo Road in Western Ethiopia Operational After Three Years

The Gambella to Shebel, Dembidollo road, connecting Gambella and Oromia regions in Western Ethiopia, which was closed for more than three years due to insecurity problems in the… Read more »

Ethiopia: Court Acquits Fano Militia Leader Zemene Kase

A court in Bahir Dar, capital of the Amhara region has exonerated Zemene Kase, leader of the Fano militia, due to insufficient evidence corroborating the charges filed against him,… Read more »

Ethiopia: Children Dying of Acute Malnutrition in Tigray, Sharply Increasing Amid Dire Humanitarian Crisis

The Tigray regional health bureau said the number of under five children dying of acute malnutrition has increased by 28% between March and April amidst worsening humanitarian… Read more »

Ethiopia: Exchange Rate Reform - Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't

The political and business corridors of Addis Abeba are overwhelmed by talks of an upcoming devaluation of the local currency - Ethiopian Birr. This is despite a recent statement… Read more »