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Pedestrians and traffic beside Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, with office towers behind

Rebasing lifts Ethiopia's measured GDP by 59% to 24 trillion birr

The government says the new figures, with 2024/25 as the base year, capture mining, manufacturing and digital finance the old accounts missed. They also cut debt and tax ratios.

Business Desk·Nov 4

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5hHorn of AfricaSafaricom half-year profit up 35.9% as Ethiopia revenue jumps 71.6%5hSocietyMalawian man held in Addis Ababa over alleged cocaine smuggling to Malaysia 5hBusinessAfDB report finds 9.8% growth but Ethiopian tax take near 7.8% of GDP 19hHorn of AfricaSomali president dismisses chief justice who took up constitution challenge 19hPoliticsEthiopia orders six Sudanese diplomatic staff to leave within 48 hours

The front entrance of the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in Washington

Former US contractor pleads guilty to passing secrets to Ethiopian officials

AU steps up Ethiopia-Eritrea diplomacy and warns against wider Horn crisis

AU steps up Ethiopia-Eritrea diplomacy and warns against wider Horn crisis

Ethiopia and World Bank agree to extend One WASH programme to 30 June

Ethiopia and World Bank agree to extend One WASH programme to 30 June

The Ethiopian Skylight Hotel in Addis Ababa, with its name sign on a lawn in front of the white multi-storey building

WHO emergency medical teams meeting opens in Addis Ababa, a first for Africa

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The War in Ethiopia

The north, Fano in Amhara, the OLA in Oromia, Eritrea, and the search for peace.

Rights commission confirms 41 killed in Sirka woreda attack in Oromia

EHRC says seven more civilians were killed separately by informal armed individuals, 247 families displaced and 21 houses burned

Nov 3Tigray caretaker rules bar war participants from local office, report says
Nov 3TPLF claims it killed 500 federal soldiers in fighting near Aksum
Nov 3Army retakes Wuchale after heavy fighting with Fano, residents say

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The terminal building of Asosa HIDASE Airport in Asosa, Benishangul-Gumuz region, Ethiopia

PoliticsEthiopia orders six Sudanese consulate staff in Assosa to leaveNov 4

People walking along a busy street in the Piassa district of Addis Ababa

PoliticsHuman Rights Watch urges Ethiopia to lift suspension of the Reporter newspaperNov 4

The equestrian statue of Emperor Menelik II at Menelik Square in Addis Ababa

PoliticsAddis Ababa to host second African Political Parties Summit from 5 NovemberNov 4

Mo Ibrahim, in a dark suit and yellow tie, speaks at a Chatham House event in front of a map backdrop

PoliticsIbrahim Index says Ethiopia's governance gains show 'warning signs'Nov 3

Hillside view over the town of Hagere Selam and the surrounding highland farmland in Dogu'a Tembien, Tigray

Tigray caretaker administration makes Tembien the region's eighth zoneNov 3

The Nile flowing past Gezira Island in central Cairo

Egypt and Sudan call GERD a persistent threat and urge Ethiopia to change courseNov 3

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Beijing

China to send envoys to Ethiopia and Eritrea to promote peace talksNov 3

Conflict & Security

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A street in Marsabit town in northern Kenya

ConflictWoman killed by suspected stray bullet in Kenya's Moyale as border fighting continuesNov 3

A man leads a donkey along a street in Hayq town, South Wollo

ConflictSurvivors flee Amhara displacement camp as drone strike toll rises to 18Nov 3

A wide dirt street lined with single-storey painted shops and tin-roofed buildings, with a white mosque minaret and a palm tree under a cloudy sky in Moyale

ConflictRockets from Moyale fighting land in Kenya, police sayNov 2

Houses with corrugated iron roofs among eucalyptus trees on a hillside, with the town of Shambu spread along the ridge behind

Residents say dozens of civilians killed in attack on Oromia's Tulu GenaNov 2

Bundled sheaves of harvested wheat in the foreground, with a patchwork of golden fields and hills stretching to mountains under a cloudy sky

Oromia says 73 suspects detained over Shirka attackNov 2

Water pours through the spillway gates of the Roseires Dam on the Blue Nile, with rocks in the river in the foreground

Sudan report says 70 drone attacks were launched from Ethiopia since FebruaryNov 1

Business & Economy

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BusinessNational Bank of Ethiopia holds policy rate at 16% as inflation stays highNov 3

An elevated light-rail line runs above a busy road with pickups and cars in Addis Ababa

BusinessWorld Bank calls Addis Ababa a rare African city funding infrastructure through long-term debtNov 2

Four- and five-storey condominium blocks with yellow roofs among trees in Jemo, Addis Ababa, with a hill behind

BusinessAddis Ababa reports 496,971 homes in five years as affordability questions persistNov 2

Two men sign documents at a wooden table while about a dozen people stand behind them applauding, in front of British and Ethiopian flags in a high-ceilinged room

Corbetti geothermal project hires British driller for exploration wellsOct 31

A white, red and green Ethio-Djibouti Railways electric locomotive pulling passenger carriages beside a platform at Furi-Lebu station in Addis Ababa, under overhead power lines

The long way around: Why Ethiopia's trade routes lead abroadOct 30

A red and yellow Anbessa city bus on route 41 drives along a tree-lined street in Addis Ababa

Ethiopia orders 400 more gas buses and extends conversion drive to taxis and factoriesOct 30

Opinion & Analysis

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Opinion

What happens when the alliance disagrees?

Fano, the TPLF and the OLA have agreed to fight Abiy Ahmed's government together. The harder question is whether they can accept one another's decisions after he is gone.

Oct 30 · 10 min read

Opinion

Ethiopia's Government Owes Us More Than Another Victory

Yadata Bori · Oct 12

Opinion

The Prosperity Party Does Not Fear Losing This Election. It Fears Winning It Honestly.

Yadata Bori · Apr 2

Society

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Ethiopian nurses practise rescue breathing on a training mannequin during an emergency medical course

SocietyEthiopia's WHO-classified medical team runs full-scale drill before Addis Ababa meetingNov 2

High-rise towers of central Addis Ababa rise above tree-lined low-rise neighbourhoods under an overcast sky

SocietyEthiopia enters final preparations to host African public health conferenceNov 2

Farmland of red earth and green fields below sandstone hills and a pointed peak in Kola Tembien, central Tigray, under a cloudy sky

SocietyOrdnance blast kills at least eight, including five children, in Tigray's YechilaNov 2

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in a grey suit and tinted glasses, speaks into reporters' microphones outdoors

WHO chief warns northern Ethiopia's health system is nearing collapseNov 2

A roundabout in Sekota with low buildings, power lines and people walking under a clear sky, with hills behind

Drought has killed about five people in a Wag Hemra district, official saysNov 1

Addis Ababa spread across the valley below, seen through trees from the Entoto hills

Addis Ababa named among five winners of 2026 UN-Habitat Shanghai AwardNov 1

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Diaspora

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Several Ethiopian Airlines jets parked on a wet apron at Bole International Airport under a cloudy sky

Ethiopia says 1,364 more nationals returned from Saudi Arabia last week

Total under the repatriation operation passes 112,500 since September 2025; the latest group was almost entirely men

Nov 2 · 1 min read

Brief

Somaliland frees Ethiopian held for 28 years in Hargeisa prison

News Desk · Nov 1

Somaliland arrests suspects after attacks on Ethiopian Oromo homes in Borama

News Desk · Nov 1

Culture

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Weathered standing stone stelae lean in a grassy field at Tiya, with trees behind

CultureEthiopia seeks first UNESCO Global Geopark status for Central Rift ValleyNov 2

The facade of the Ethiopian National Theatre building on a sunny street in Addis Ababa

Culture · BriefEuropean Union Film Festival opens in Addis AbabaOct 25

Close-up of Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama speaking, in front of a blue and pink map backdrop

CultureMahama says Ethiopia is ready to host a successful AFCONOct 24

Ethiopian animation project Sunday Morning wins two Durban FilmMart awards

Ethiopian animation project Sunday Morning wins two Durban FilmMart awardsOct 18

Fans fill the far stands of Addis Ababa Stadium behind a row of advertising boards, with high-rise buildings and hills on the skyline

CAF inspectors arrive in Addis Ababa to assess Ethiopia's 2028 AFCON bidOct 15

The carved stone arch of the Addis Ababa University main gate, topped by two lion statues, with a man walking past

194 researchers at Ethiopian institutions make global top 2% list, analysis saysOct 12

The Region

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Aerial view of the container terminal at the Port of Durban, with stacked containers, gantry cranes and ships at the quay

AfricaUS moves to cut South Africa and Rwanda from Africa trade programmeNov 3

Israeli ambassador Michael Lotem holds a document as he faces Somaliland's President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi in a palace reception room, with officials in suits standing behind

Horn of AfricaIsrael's first ambassador to Somaliland presents credentials in HargeisaNov 2

Runners and spectators near the finish line at the Lagos City Marathon in Nigeria in February 2026

AfricaEthiopian runners among 13,722 entrants for Nigeria's Ikogosi raceOct 30

African Union peacekeepers to leave four bases in Somalia's Lower Shabelle

Horn of AfricaAfrican Union peacekeepers to leave four bases in Somalia's Lower ShabelleOct 29

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1Drone strike hits displacement camp in South Wollo, residents say

2Ethiopia and Russia sign Balcha hospital and news agency agreements

3Film actor and two other men shot dead in Wolkite, residents say

4Abiy puts ministers through military training at Hurso

5Somaliland frees Ethiopian held for 28 years in Hargeisa prison

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The Merowe dam and its spillway on the Nile in northern Sudan

Sudan says it has filed UN and AU complaints against Ethiopia over drone strikes

Newspapers and magazines laid out for sale on the pavement and on tables at street stalls in Addis Ababa, seen from above, with passers-by walking past

Ethiopia's media regulator suspends The Reporter indefinitely

The terminal building of Asosa HIDASE Airport in Asosa, Benishangul-Gumuz region, Ethiopia

Ethiopia orders six Sudanese consulate staff in Assosa to leave

People walking along a busy street in the Piassa district of Addis Ababa

Human Rights Watch urges Ethiopia to lift suspension of the Reporter newspaper

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The equestrian statue of Emperor Menelik II at Menelik Square in Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa to host second African Political Parties Summit from 5 November

A field of ripening wheat stretches to a line of eucalyptus trees under a cloudy sky at Kulumsa in Arsi, Oromia

Rights commission confirms 41 killed in Sirka woreda attack in Oromia

Two crenellated stone gate towers flank a paved entrance to the palace compound of Emperor Yohannes IV in Mekelle, with trees and a building behind

Tigray caretaker rules bar war participants from local office, report says

Dry grassland and fields bordered by stone walls stretch towards low hills under a cloudy sky near Aksum

TPLF claims it killed 500 federal soldiers in fighting near Aksum

Pedestrians cross a wide paved main street lined with low buildings in the town of Hayq, with a wooded hill and a telecommunications mast behind

Army retakes Wuchale after heavy fighting with Fano, residents say

Aerial view of the container terminal at the Port of Durban, with stacked containers, gantry cranes and ships at the quay

US moves to cut South Africa and Rwanda from Africa trade programme

Mo Ibrahim, in a dark suit and yellow tie, speaks at a Chatham House event in front of a map backdrop

Ibrahim Index says Ethiopia's governance gains show 'warning signs'

Hillside view over the town of Hagere Selam and the surrounding highland farmland in Dogu'a Tembien, Tigray

Politics·Brief

Tigray caretaker administration makes Tembien the region's eighth zone