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Ethiopian Airlines Resumes Addis Ababa–Mekelle Flights After Suspension · Oromia Bank Posts 49% Profit Surge Amid Sector Liquidity Strain · Guterres Voices Grave Concern Over Northern Ethiopia Fighting · Saudi Arabia Deported 26,400 Ethiopians in First Quarter of 2026, More Than Double Last Year's Figure, IOM Reports · Ethiopian Airlines Resumes Addis Ababa–Mekelle Flights After Suspension · Oromia Bank Posts 49% Profit Surge Amid Sector Liquidity Strain · Guterres Voices Grave Concern Over Northern Ethiopia Fighting · Saudi Arabia Deported 26,400 Ethiopians in First Quarter of 2026, More Than Double Last Year's Figure, IOM Reports

Africa

Guterres Voices Grave Concern Over Northern Ethiopia Fighting

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for an immediate end to renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia, warning that foreign intervention and fresh clashes risk igniting a wider crisis across the Horn of Africa.

Africa Desk·Oct 11

Business

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

Aug 22

Business

Oromia Bank Posts 49% Profit Surge Amid Sector Liquidity Strain

Oct 11

Africa

Guterres Voices Grave Concern Over Northern Ethiopia Fighting

Oct 11

World

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

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Ethiopian Airlines Resumes Addis Ababa–Mekelle Flights After Suspension

Ethiopian Airlines resumed commercial flights between Addis Ababa and Mekelle on Sunday, restoring a key air link to the capital of the Tigray region after a suspension that began on September 23.

Oct 11 · 2 min read

Politics

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

Aug 22

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Africa

Guterres Voices Grave Concern Over Northern Ethiopia Fighting

Oct 11

Business

Oromia Bank Posts 49% Profit Surge Amid Sector Liquidity Strain

Oct 11

Politics

Ethiopian Airlines Resumes Addis Ababa–Mekelle Flights After Suspension

Oct 11

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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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Shipwreck Off Djibouti Kills at Least 139 Migrants, 84 Still Missing

Guterres Voices Grave Concern Over Northern Ethiopia Fighting

Oromia Bank Posts 49% Profit Surge Amid Sector Liquidity Strain

Ethiopian Airlines Resumes Addis Ababa–Mekelle Flights After Suspension

Shipwreck Off Djibouti Kills at Least 139 Migrants, 84 Still Missing

UNCTAD Projects Global Growth to Slow to 2.6% in 2026

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

Oromia Bank Posts 49% Profit Surge Amid Sector Liquidity Strain

Guterres Voices Grave Concern Over Northern Ethiopia Fighting

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

|Politics

Ethiopian Airlines Resumes Addis Ababa–Mekelle Flights After Suspension

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

|Latest

Guterres Voices Grave Concern Over Northern Ethiopia Fighting

Oromia Bank Posts 49% Profit Surge Amid Sector Liquidity Strain

Ethiopian Airlines Resumes Addis Ababa–Mekelle Flights After Suspension

Ethiopia Plans Agricultural Bank Launch Within Three Months

Survey: Over 82 Percent of Health Facilities Fail Standards

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

|Business & Economy

Oromia Bank Posts 49% Profit Surge Amid Sector Liquidity Strain

UNCTAD Projects Global Growth to Slow to 2.6% in 2026

Ethiopia Plans Agricultural Bank Launch Within Three Months

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

|Opinion & Analysis

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

Guterres Voices Grave Concern Over Northern Ethiopia Fighting

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

|World

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

Shipwreck Off Djibouti Kills at Least 139 Migrants, 84 Still Missing

Amhara Group Objects to Ruling Clearing TPS Termination for Ethiopians

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

|Culture

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

Shipwreck Off Djibouti Kills at Least 139 Migrants, 84 Still Missing

UNCTAD Projects Global Growth to Slow to 2.6% in 2026

Ethiopia Plans Agricultural Bank Launch Within Three Months

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

Twenty Years to Say It Out Loud

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

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

Libya's Eastern Intelligence Chief Killed in Benghazi Car Bombing