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Amhara towns rally for ENDF as foreign attachés back Ethiopia's defence · Forces loyal to ousted Southwest leader take all Bay towns but Baidoa · Food crisis monitor warns of worsening famine risk in Darfur and Kordofan · IMF explores quota realignment that could lift Ethiopia's share · French envoy urges Horn leaders to treat climate change as security threat · Ethiopia's draft crowdfunding rules would exclude private limited companies · Amhara towns rally for ENDF as foreign attachés back Ethiopia's defence · Forces loyal to ousted Southwest leader take all Bay towns but Baidoa · Food crisis monitor warns of worsening famine risk in Darfur and Kordofan · IMF explores quota realignment that could lift Ethiopia's share · French envoy urges Horn leaders to treat climate change as security threat · Ethiopia's draft crowdfunding rules would exclude private limited companies

Workers unload sacks of food aid from a lorry in Tigray, with more sacks stacked on the ground in the foreground

Conflict

Aid convoy reaches northern Ethiopia as Tigray hospitals resume work

OCHA said a large inter-agency convoy delivered supplies on 14 October, with WHO dispatching more than 71 metric tons of medical items for Afar, Amhara and Tigray.

News Desk·Oct 17

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The War in Ethiopia

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

Oct 14

Eritrean troops leave Zalambessa as federal forces close in, militia says

A resident said the army was about five kilometres south of the border town, while researchers reported federal gains around Axum and towards Sheraro.

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Amhara towns rally for ENDF as foreign attachés back Ethiopia's defence

Oct 17

Horn of Africa

Forces loyal to ousted Southwest leader take all Bay towns but Baidoa

Oct 17

Horn of Africa

Food crisis monitor warns of worsening famine risk in Darfur and Kordofan

Oct 17

Opinion & Analysis

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Illustration of a blue fibre-optic cable tied with rope knots snapping as it rises toward an airplane, above a highland village in northern Ethiopia where two people look up

Opinion

Ethiopia's Government Owes Us More Than Another Victory

The reversal of wartime alliances and the return of fighting demand an account of the government's failures—and a credible explanation of how this war ends.

Oct 12 · 5 min read

Opinion

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

Yadata Bori · Apr 2

Opinion

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

Yadata Bori · Mar 26

The Abay Times: news on Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa

Aid convoy reaches northern Ethiopia as Tigray hospitals resume work

Amhara towns rally for ENDF as foreign attachés back Ethiopia's defence

Forces loyal to ousted Southwest leader take all Bay towns but Baidoa

Food crisis monitor warns of worsening famine risk in Darfur and Kordofan

IMF explores quota realignment that could lift Ethiopia's share

Ethiopia and UK reaffirm cooperation at IMF-World Bank meetings

Eritrean troops leave Zalambessa as federal forces close in, militia says

Ethiopia's draft crowdfunding rules would exclude private limited companies

The War in Ethiopia

Eritrean troops leave Zalambessa as federal forces close in, militia says

Politics

Latest

Amhara towns rally for ENDF as foreign attachés back Ethiopia's defence

Forces loyal to ousted Southwest leader take all Bay towns but Baidoa

Food crisis monitor warns of worsening famine risk in Darfur and Kordofan

French envoy urges Horn leaders to treat climate change as security threat

Senait Gezahegn recognised among FAO's '100 Women Heroes'

Ethiopia and UK reaffirm cooperation at IMF-World Bank meetings

Ethiopia elected to chair 78th session of UNHCR executive committee

EU reaffirms political commitment to Ethiopia at IMF meetings

Federal government establishes six-month caretaker administration for Tigray

Ethiopia hosts 12th Tana security forum in Bahir Dar from 23 October

Somaliland army chief and Ethiopian officials discuss defence cooperation in Hargeisa

Abiy says he discussed bilateral and regional issues with Rubio

Abiy appoints seven officials to ministries and coordination offices

Conflict & Security

Amhara towns rally for ENDF as foreign attachés back Ethiopia's defence

Tadesse Werede and three officials escape TPLF custody

Police commander dies during operation in South Wollo, officials say

Former Tigray interim head escaped detention, colonel says

Sudanese army says it shot down drone that entered from Ethiopia

Federal forces enter Adwa after TPLF fighters withdraw, residents say

Business & Economy

IMF explores quota realignment that could lift Ethiopia's share

Missing regional laws delay Ethiopia's property tax reform

Ethiopia seeks renewable energy investment at Addis Ababa summit

Gadaa Bank's watchlist loans quadruple to 334 million birr

Pakistan urges Ethiopia to speed up pharmaceutical approvals

Addis Ababa seizes imported cars from unlicensed roadside dealers

Opinion & Analysis

Ethiopia's Government Owes Us More Than Another Victory

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

Society

Senait Gezahegn recognised among FAO's '100 Women Heroes'

UN allocates additional $8.5 million for humanitarian response in Ethiopia

Federal relief supplies reach drought-hit households in Afar

Police arrest man over counterfeit banknotes in Nekemte

Ethiopia and Beginnings Fund launch $90 million maternal health investment

Ethiopia targets 74.3% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030

Diaspora

Survivors say Djibouti migrant boat sank within half an hour of leaving shore

Ethiopian-Canadian Nebiyou Timotewos to receive Ontario youth volunteer medal

Shipwreck off Djibouti kills at least 139 migrants, 84 still missing

Culture

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

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

20 years to say it out loud

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

Region

IMF explores quota realignment that could lift Ethiopia's share

French envoy urges Horn leaders to treat climate change as security threat

Ethiopia's draft crowdfunding rules would exclude private limited companies

Missing regional laws delay Ethiopia's property tax reform

Aid convoy reaches northern Ethiopia as Tigray hospitals resume work

Ethiopia and UK reaffirm cooperation at IMF-World Bank meetings

Ethiopia seeks renewable energy investment at Addis Ababa summit

Gadaa Bank's watchlist loans quadruple to 334 million birr

Pakistan urges Ethiopia to speed up pharmaceutical approvals