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Ethiopia Says Grade 12 Pass Rate Rises to Nearly 13 Percent, but Most Still Fall Short · Ethiopia's Megech Irrigation Project Reaches 94 Percent Completion After 18-Year Stall · Obasanjo Praises Ethiopia Dialogue, but Key Actors Were Absent · Saudi Arabia Deported 26,400 Ethiopians in First Quarter of 2026, More Than Double Last Year's Figure, IOM Reports · Ethiopia Says Grade 12 Pass Rate Rises to Nearly 13 Percent, but Most Still Fall Short · Ethiopia's Megech Irrigation Project Reaches 94 Percent Completion After 18-Year Stall · Obasanjo Praises Ethiopia Dialogue, but Key Actors Were Absent · Saudi Arabia Deported 26,400 Ethiopians in First Quarter of 2026, More Than Double Last Year's Figure, IOM Reports

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Obasanjo Praises Ethiopia Dialogue, but Key Actors Were Absent

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo described Ethiopia's National Dialogue Conference as historic and an example for Africa at the event's closing ceremony in Addis Ababa on 24 August, after about 4,000 participants deliberated for…

Africa Desk·Aug 25

Business

Ethiopia's Megech Irrigation Project Reaches 94 Percent Completion After 18-Year Stall

Aug 25

Africa

Ethiopia's Megech Irrigation Project Reaches 94 Percent Completion After 18-Year Stall

Aug 25

Africa

Obasanjo Praises Ethiopia Dialogue, but Key Actors Were Absent

Aug 25

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Ethiopia Says Grade 12 Pass Rate Rises to Nearly 13 Percent, but Most Still Fall Short

More than 70,500 students scored the passing mark on Ethiopia's 2025/26 Grade 12 university entrance examination, the Ministry of Education announced on Saturday — a sharp rise that lifts the pass rate to approximately 13 percent but still…

Aug 22 · 2 min read

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Survey: Over 82 Percent of Health Facilities Fail Standards

Aug 16

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Obasanjo Praises Ethiopia Dialogue, but Key Actors Were Absent

Aug 25

Business

Ethiopia's Megech Irrigation Project Reaches 94 Percent Completion After 18-Year Stall

Aug 25

Africa

Sudanese Opposition Rejects Burhan-Backed Dialogue, Proposes Alternative

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

Ethiopia's ruling party has declined to contest 81 parliamentary seats — and the pattern of which seats it abandoned tells you everything about what June 1 is actually for.

Apr 2 · 4 min read

Ethiopia's Reform Showcase Has a Fuel-Shaped Hole in It

Yadata Bori · Mar 26

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Amhara Group Objects to Ruling Clearing TPS Termination for Ethiopians

Obasanjo Praises Ethiopia Dialogue, but Key Actors Were Absent

Ethiopia's Megech Irrigation Project Reaches 94 Percent Completion After 18-Year Stall

Sudanese Opposition Rejects Burhan-Backed Dialogue, Proposes Alternative

Amhara Group Objects to Ruling Clearing TPS Termination for Ethiopians

Survey: Over 82 Percent of Health Facilities Fail Standards

Ethiopia's Megech Irrigation Project Reaches 94 Percent Completion After 18-Year Stall

Obasanjo Praises Ethiopia Dialogue, but Key Actors Were Absent

|Politics

Ethiopia Says Grade 12 Pass Rate Rises to Nearly 13 Percent, but Most Still Fall Short

Survey: Over 82 Percent of Health Facilities Fail Standards

|Latest

Obasanjo Praises Ethiopia Dialogue, but Key Actors Were Absent

Ethiopia's Megech Irrigation Project Reaches 94 Percent Completion After 18-Year Stall

Sudanese Opposition Rejects Burhan-Backed Dialogue, Proposes Alternative

Twenty Years to Say It Out Loud

Ethiopia Says Grade 12 Pass Rate Rises to Nearly 13 Percent, but Most Still Fall Short

Saudi Arabia Deported 26,400 Ethiopians in First Quarter of 2026, More Than Double Last Year's Figure, IOM Reports

Central Ethiopia Official Cites 'Measures' in Abeshige Killings' Wake

Tigray's Top Court Defends Zewdu Haftu Acquittal as Civic Groups Demand Immediate Appeal

Drone Strike Hits Tigray School, Casualty Accounts Diverge

National Dialogue Participants Voice Optimism as Key Groups Remain Absent

EPRP Plans May 8 Protests in Ten Cities Without Board Approval

Digital Terror Drives Ethiopian Women Activists Into Exile

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Ethiopia's Megech Irrigation Project Reaches 94 Percent Completion After 18-Year Stall

Ethiopia FX Auction System Marks Two Years With Demand Still Outpacing Supply

Ethiopian Airlines Veteran Aman Wole Named CEO of Zambia Airways

Ethiopia Says Digital ID System Tops 50 Million Registrations — But Report Leaves Key Details Unanswered

Ethiopia Sets $13.4 Billion Export Target for 2026/27, Building on $11.2 Billion Prior-Year Result

UAE Developer Reportage Group Cites Ethiopia's Infrastructure Push as It Eyes Addis Ababa Market

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

Ethiopia's Reform Showcase Has a Fuel-Shaped Hole in It

|Africa

Obasanjo Praises Ethiopia Dialogue, but Key Actors Were Absent

Sudanese Opposition Rejects Burhan-Backed Dialogue, Proposes Alternative

Cameroon's Biya Returns After 73-Day Absence Amid Succession Fears

Eritrean Opposition Figure Calls 'Tsimdo' Alliance a Coalition Bound Only by Shared Opposition to Addis Ababa

Zimbabwe Ferry Death Toll Rises to 72 After 26 More Bodies Recovered from Lake Kariba

Journalist Says Egyptian Media Coverage of GERD Contradicts Egypt's Own Scientists

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Saudi Arabia Deported 26,400 Ethiopians in First Quarter of 2026, More Than Double Last Year's Figure, IOM Reports

US Seizes Iranian Ship as Fragile Ceasefire Talks Resume, Threatening Red Sea Trade Routes

Iran War Fuel Shock Ripples Through Global South as Ethiopia Faces $4B+ Import Bill Surge

IEA Releases Record 400 Million Barrels from Strategic Reserves as Oil Crisis Deepens Ethiopia's Import Burden

Iran-Israel War Spreads to NATO Territory as Turkey Intercepts Third Missile

Dubai High-Rise Hit by Drone as Iran's Regional Campaign Threatens Horn Trade Routes

|Diaspora

Amhara Group Objects to Ruling Clearing TPS Termination for Ethiopians

1,708 Ethiopians Repatriated From Saudi Arabia in Eight Flights, Government Says

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration from Ending Ethiopian TPS Protections

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Twenty Years to Say It Out Loud

Twenty Years of Music. No Album. Until Now.

The Pentatonic Bridge: Girma Yifrashewa and the African Composers Reshaping Classical Music

Teddy Afro's Mourning Song Draws Millions as Ethiopia's Star Laments Lost Unity

Teddy Afro Pays 33 Million Birr to Exit Sewasew Deal Days Before Album Release

Simien Mountains Gain Recognition as Premier Highland Trekking Destination

Amhara Group Objects to Ruling Clearing TPS Termination for Ethiopians

Twenty Years to Say It Out Loud

Ethiopia Says Grade 12 Pass Rate Rises to Nearly 13 Percent, but Most Still Fall Short

Ethiopia FX Auction System Marks Two Years With Demand Still Outpacing Supply

Cameroon's Biya Returns After 73-Day Absence Amid Succession Fears

Twenty Years of Music. No Album. Until Now.

Eritrean Opposition Figure Calls 'Tsimdo' Alliance a Coalition Bound Only by Shared Opposition to Addis Ababa

Ethiopian Airlines Veteran Aman Wole Named CEO of Zambia Airways

Zimbabwe Ferry Death Toll Rises to 72 After 26 More Bodies Recovered from Lake Kariba

Libya's Eastern Intelligence Chief Killed in Benghazi Car Bombing

DRC's Ebola Toll Passes 2,000 in Fastest-Growing Outbreak on Record