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Facade of the German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin
Politics

Germany warns against Horn of Africa escalation as Ethiopia's rifts with Eritrea and Sudan widen

Berlin's message to Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos is dated 4 October, before the latest consulate closures with Khartoum

News Desk·Nov 6
Sunset light over the city of Addis Ababa
Politics

Abiy proposes succession and development pledges at African parties summit

Nov 6
A paved road at Moyale on the Ethiopia-Kenya border
Conflict

Kenya orders more police to Moyale as fighting in Ethiopia pushes thousands across border

Nov 6
High-rise buildings in the Addis Ababa skyline
Business

Ethiopia presses EU to ease trade rules as AU-EU officials meet in Addis Ababa

Nov 5
Exterior of Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
Society

Malawian man held in Addis Ababa over alleged cocaine smuggling to Malaysia

Nov 5
Series

The War in Ethiopia

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

Nov 4

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

Commissioner Bankole Adeoye says Uhuru Kenyatta is conducting shuttle diplomacy and that the Algiers and Pretoria agreements should guide efforts

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Politics

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The Quai d'Orsay building along the Seine in ParisPoliticsEthiopia and France pledge deeper military cooperation at Addis Ababa talksNov 6
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam reservoir and structurePoliticsEthiopian minister urges Egypt to back dams, accuses Cairo of gaining from Sudan's warNov 5The terminal building of Asosa HIDASE Airport in Asosa, Benishangul-Gumuz region, EthiopiaPoliticsEthiopia orders six Sudanese consulate staff in Assosa to leaveNov 4People walking along a busy street in the Piassa district of Addis AbabaPoliticsHuman Rights Watch urges Ethiopia to lift suspension of the Reporter newspaperNov 4
The equestrian statue of Emperor Menelik II at Menelik Square in Addis AbabaAddis Ababa to host second African Political Parties Summit from 5 NovemberMo Ibrahim, in a dark suit and yellow tie, speaks at a Chatham House event in front of a map backdropIbrahim 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, TigrayTigray caretaker administration makes Tembien the region's eighth zone

Conflict & Security

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Dry grassland and fields bordered by stone walls stretch towards low hills under a cloudy sky near AksumConflictTPLF claims it killed 500 federal soldiers in fighting near AksumNov 3Pedestrians cross a wide paved main street lined with low buildings in the town of Hayq, with a wooded hill and a telecommunications mast behindConflictArmy retakes Wuchale after heavy fighting with Fano, residents sayNov 3A street in Marsabit town in northern KenyaConflictWoman 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 WolloSurvivors flee Amhara displacement camp as drone strike toll rises to 18A 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 MoyaleRockets from Moyale fighting land in Kenya, police sayHouses with corrugated iron roofs among eucalyptus trees on a hillside, with the town of Shambu spread along the ridge behindResidents say dozens of civilians killed in attack on Oromia's Tulu Gena

Business & Economy

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An Addis Ababa Light Rail vehicleBusinessAfDB report finds 9.8% growth but Ethiopian tax take near 7.8% of GDPNov 5A person draws water from a well in rural EthiopiaBusinessEthiopia and World Bank agree to extend One WASH programme to 30 JuneNov 4Pedestrians and traffic beside Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, with office towers behindBusinessRebasing lifts Ethiopia's measured GDP by 59% to 24 trillion birrNov 4
National Bank of Ethiopia Governor Eyob Tekalign speaks at a podium bearing the bank's logoNational Bank of Ethiopia holds policy rate at 16% as inflation stays highAn elevated light-rail line runs above a busy road with pickups and cars in Addis AbabaWorld Bank calls Addis Ababa a rare African city funding infrastructure through long-term debtFour- and five-storey condominium blocks with yellow roofs among trees in Jemo, Addis Ababa, with a hill behindAddis Ababa reports 496,971 homes in five years as affordability questions persist

Opinion & Analysis

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Ink illustration of a wooden footbridge over a winding blue river, with one plank slipping out of place and leaving a gap in the crossing.
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

Society

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The Ethiopian Skylight Hotel in Addis Ababa, with its name sign on a lawn in front of the white multi-storey buildingSocietyWHO emergency medical teams meeting opens in Addis Ababa, a first for AfricaNov 3Ethiopian nurses practise rescue breathing on a training mannequin during an emergency medical courseSocietyEthiopia's WHO-classified medical team runs full-scale drill before Addis Ababa meetingNov 2High-rise towers of central Addis Ababa rise above tree-lined low-rise neighbourhoods under an overcast skySocietyEthiopia 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 skyOrdnance blast kills at least eight, including five children, in Tigray's YechilaWHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in a grey suit and tinted glasses, speaks into reporters' microphones outdoorsWHO chief warns northern Ethiopia's health system is nearing collapseA roundabout in Sekota with low buildings, power lines and people walking under a clear sky, with hills behindDrought has killed about five people in a Wag Hemra district, official says

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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

Culture

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Weathered standing stone stelae lean in a grassy field at Tiya, with trees behindCultureEthiopia seeks first UNESCO Global Geopark status for Central Rift ValleyNov 2The facade of the Ethiopian National Theatre building on a sunny street in Addis AbabaCulture · BriefEuropean Union Film Festival opens in Addis AbabaOct 25Close-up of Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama speaking, in front of a blue and pink map backdropCultureMahama says Ethiopia is ready to host a successful AFCONOct 24
Ethiopian animation project Sunday Morning wins two Durban FilmMart awardsEthiopian animation project Sunday Morning wins two Durban FilmMart awardsFans fill the far stands of Addis Ababa Stadium behind a row of advertising boards, with high-rise buildings and hills on the skylineCAF inspectors arrive in Addis Ababa to assess Ethiopia's 2028 AFCON bidThe carved stone arch of the Addis Ababa University main gate, topped by two lion statues, with a man walking past194 researchers at Ethiopian institutions make global top 2% list, analysis says

The Region

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People and vehicles on a street in MogadishuHorn of AfricaSomalia reportedly seeks 20,000 foreign troops as Ugandan forces withdrawNov 6Residential streets in the Al Taif area of KhartoumHorn of AfricaAustralia sanctions Sudan's army chief Burhan and RSF leader HemedtiNov 6Women looking at a mobile phoneHorn of AfricaSafaricom half-year profit up 35.9% as Ethiopia revenue jumps 71.6%Nov 5Ruined walls of the Mogadishu CathedralHorn of AfricaSomali president dismisses chief justice who took up constitution challengeNov 4

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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
Africa

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

Nov 3
The Nile flowing past Gezira Island in central Cairo
Politics

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

Nov 3
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Beijing
Politics

China to send envoys to Ethiopia and Eritrea to promote peace talks

Nov 3
People and vehicles on a street in Mogadishu
Horn of Africa

Somalia reportedly seeks 20,000 foreign troops as Ugandan forces withdraw

Nov 6

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Residential streets in the Al Taif area of Khartoum
Horn of Africa

Australia sanctions Sudan's army chief Burhan and RSF leader Hemedti

Nov 6
The Quai d'Orsay building along the Seine in Paris
Politics

Ethiopia and France pledge deeper military cooperation at Addis Ababa talks

Nov 6
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam reservoir and structure
Politics

Ethiopian minister urges Egypt to back dams, accuses Cairo of gaining from Sudan's war

Nov 5
Women looking at a mobile phone
Horn of Africa

Safaricom half-year profit up 35.9% as Ethiopia revenue jumps 71.6%

Nov 5
An Addis Ababa Light Rail vehicle
Business

AfDB report finds 9.8% growth but Ethiopian tax take near 7.8% of GDP

Nov 5
Ruined walls of the Mogadishu Cathedral
Horn of Africa

Somali president dismisses chief justice who took up constitution challenge

Nov 4
A person draws water from a well in rural Ethiopia
Business

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

Nov 4
The African Union Conference Centre building in Addis Ababa
Conflict

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

Nov 4