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EPRP Plans May 8 Protests in Ten Cities Without Board Approval

The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party (EPRP) announced plans to hold peaceful demonstrations on 8 May 2026 across ten cities, including Addis Ababa, stating it will proceed with or without aut...

News Desk·Apr 20

Business

EU Resumes Budget Support to Ethiopia with €140 Million After Five-Year Suspension

Apr 20

Culture

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

Apr 20

politics

Ambo Residents Describe City 'Under Siege' as Videos Circulate Showing Assaults Allegedly Tied to Municipal Officials

Apr 19

Business

EU Resumes Budget Support to Ethiopia with €140 Million After Five-Year Suspension

Apr 20

Africa

Sudan Says 37% of Health Facilities Out of Service as War-Hit Tropical Disease Hospital Struggles

Apr 20

World

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

Apr 19

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

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EU Resumes Budget Support to Ethiopia with €140 Million After Five-Year Suspension

Apr 20

Business

Ethiopia's Debt Restructuring Stalls as Bondholder Deals Fail Comparability Test

Apr 18

Finance Minister Calls for Accelerated Regional Corridor Financing as Ethiopia Pushes $3.8 Billion Infrastructure Agenda

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EPRP Plans May 8 Protests in Ten Cities Without Board Approval

Apr 20

Business

EU Resumes Budget Support to Ethiopia with €140 Million After Five-Year Suspension

Apr 20

Culture

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

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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 · 6 min read

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

Yadata Bori · Mar 26

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Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration from Ending Ethiopian TPS Protections

EPRP Plans May 8 Protests in Ten Cities Without Board Approval

EU Resumes Budget Support to Ethiopia with €140 Million After Five-Year Suspension

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

Ambo Residents Describe City 'Under Siege' as Videos Circulate Showing Assaults Allegedly Tied to Municipal Officials

EU Resumes Budget Support to Ethiopia with €140 Million After Five-Year Suspension

Sudan Says 37% of Health Facilities Out of Service as War-Hit Tropical Disease Hospital Struggles

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

|Business & Economy

EU Resumes Budget Support to Ethiopia with €140 Million After Five-Year Suspension

Ethiopia's Debt Restructuring Stalls as Bondholder Deals Fail Comparability Test

|Latest

EPRP Plans May 8 Protests in Ten Cities Without Board Approval

EU Resumes Budget Support to Ethiopia with €140 Million After Five-Year Suspension

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

TPLF Central Committee Convenes in Axum as Rift Over Interim Administration Deepens

NISS Says It Has Arrested 138 Over Alleged Terror Links Ahead of June Vote

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

Finance Minister Calls for Accelerated Regional Corridor Financing as Ethiopia Pushes $3.8 Billion Infrastructure Agenda

Ethiopia Establishes National Steering Committee for COP32 as Early Preparations Begin

Ethiopia Secures Climate Investment Funds Partnership Ahead of COP32 Summit Hosting

Ethiopian Airlines Embeds Hotels into $21 Billion Airport-City Strategy at Bishoftu

|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

Sudan Says 37% of Health Facilities Out of Service as War-Hit Tropical Disease Hospital Struggles

DRC Government, M23 Rebels Agree to Facilitate Aid Deliveries and Release Prisoners

Twelve-Nation Bloc Condemns Israel's Somaliland Envoy as 'Flagrant Violation' of Somali Sovereignty

Sudanese Refugees Face Bureaucratic Limbo in Morocco as War Displacement Reaches North Africa

Sudan's PM Outlines Peace Plan as War Enters Fourth Year

UN Warns South Sudan Faces 'Full-Scale Famine' Risk as Fighting Intensifies Across Horn of Africa

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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

Lebanon Displacement Crisis Strains Regional Humanitarian Resources as 750,000 Flee Israeli Attacks

|Diaspora

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration from Ending Ethiopian TPS Protections

Ethiopia, Canadian Company Sign Skills Training Agreement for Youth Employment in Canada

Ethiopian Lawyer Meron Aragaw Erkihun Named to Prestigious Courtroom Mail 100 List

|Culture & Ideas

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

UNESCO-Recognized Shuwalid Festival Opens Tomorrow in Harar's Historic Walled City

PM Abiy Opens Luxury Lodge in Afar as Region Eyes Tourism Transformation

Sudan Says 37% of Health Facilities Out of Service as War-Hit Tropical Disease Hospital Struggles

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

DRC Government, M23 Rebels Agree to Facilitate Aid Deliveries and Release Prisoners

Digital Terror Drives Ethiopian Women Activists Into Exile

Ambo Residents Describe City 'Under Siege' as Videos Circulate Showing Assaults Allegedly Tied to Municipal Officials

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

Twelve-Nation Bloc Condemns Israel's Somaliland Envoy as 'Flagrant Violation' of Somali Sovereignty

Ethiopia's Debt Restructuring Stalls as Bondholder Deals Fail Comparability Test

Finance Minister Calls for Accelerated Regional Corridor Financing as Ethiopia Pushes $3.8 Billion Infrastructure Agenda

International Community Pledges $1.5 Billion for Sudan Crisis as War Enters Fourth Year with No End in Sight

Ethiopia and China Pledge Deeper Cooperation on Horn of Africa Stability Amid Regional Crises