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Ethiopia's media regulator suspends The Reporter indefinitely

The authority says more than a year of monitoring found repeated breaches of law and ethics. The order halts the Amharic and English papers and their online platforms from Monday.

News Desk·Nov 2

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NowAfricaUS moves to cut South Africa and Rwanda from Africa trade programme NowPoliticsIbrahim Index says Ethiopia's governance gains show 'warning signs'NowPolitics · BriefTigray caretaker administration makes Tembien the region's eighth zone 2hPoliticsEgypt and Sudan call GERD a persistent threat and urge Ethiopia to change course 2hPoliticsChina to send envoys to Ethiopia and Eritrea to promote peace talks

The Merowe dam and its spillway on the Nile in northern Sudan

Sudan says it has filed UN and AU complaints against Ethiopia over drone strikes

A street in Marsabit town in northern Kenya

Woman killed by suspected stray bullet in Kenya's Moyale as border fighting continues

National Bank of Ethiopia holds policy rate at 16% as inflation stays high

Ethiopian nurses practise rescue breathing on a training mannequin during an emergency medical course

Ethiopia's WHO-classified medical team runs full-scale drill before Addis Ababa meeting

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The War in Ethiopia

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

Survivors flee Amhara displacement camp as drone strike toll rises to 18

Support centres, small markets and classrooms at Hayiq Jari 2 have closed, residents say

Nov 2Residents say dozens of civilians killed in attack on Oromia's Tulu Gena
Nov 2Ordnance blast kills at least eight, including five children, in Tigray's Yechila
Nov 2Tigray caretaker administration says civil servants will be paid from 9 November

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PoliticsTigray's local caretaker elections reach Aksum and ShireNov 1

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PoliticsEthiopia preparing to adopt INTERPOL traveller technology, federal police chief saysNov 1

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, in sunglasses and a light khaki training uniform, runs at the centre of a large group of men and women in matching khaki overalls on a tarmac parade ground

PoliticsAbiy puts ministers through military training at HursoOct 31

Kindu Gezu, in a green beret and camouflage uniform, speaks at a microphone in front of an Adwa commemoration banner

PoliticsEthiopia's return to a seaport is inevitable, navy commander saysOct 30

The red walls and towers of the Moscow Kremlin seen from the Moskva River

Abiy seeks Russian partners for Ethiopia's new AI university at Moscow summitOct 30

The gate of the Balcha Hospital of the Russian Red Cross on a street in Addis Ababa

Ethiopia and Russia sign Balcha hospital and news agency agreementsOct 29

Lana Nusseibeh, seated at a table, speaks during a meeting at the European Commission

Ethiopia welcomes UAE's Lana Nusseibeh as UN secretary-general candidateOct 29

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ConflictRockets from Moyale fighting land in Kenya, police sayNov 2

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ConflictOromia says 73 suspects detained over Shirka attackNov 2

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ConflictSudan report says 70 drone attacks were launched from Ethiopia since FebruaryNov 1

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Sudan tells diplomats Ethiopia's Asosa base is supplying the RSFOct 31

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Armed alliance's council approves plan to step up struggle against federal governmentOct 31

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US condemns targeted killings of civilians in Arsi and urges Ethiopia to investigateOct 31

Business & Economy

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BusinessWorld Bank calls Addis Ababa a rare African city funding infrastructure through long-term debtNov 2

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BusinessAddis Ababa reports 496,971 homes in five years as affordability questions persistNov 2

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BusinessCorbetti geothermal project hires British driller for exploration wellsOct 31

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The long way around: Why Ethiopia's trade routes lead abroadOct 30

A red and yellow Anbessa city bus on route 41 drives along a tree-lined street in Addis Ababa

Ethiopia orders 400 more gas buses and extends conversion drive to taxis and factoriesOct 30

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US Customs releases Toyo's Ethiopian-made solar cells as duty inquiry continuesOct 30

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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

Opinion

Ethiopia's Government Owes Us More Than Another Victory

Yadata Bori · Oct 12

Opinion

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

Yadata Bori · Apr 2

Society

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High-rise towers of central Addis Ababa rise above tree-lined low-rise neighbourhoods under an overcast sky

SocietyEthiopia enters final preparations to host African public health conferenceNov 2

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in a grey suit and tinted glasses, speaks into reporters' microphones outdoors

SocietyWHO chief warns northern Ethiopia's health system is nearing collapseNov 2

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SocietyDrought has killed about five people in a Wag Hemra district, official saysNov 1

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Addis Ababa named among five winners of 2026 UN-Habitat Shanghai AwardNov 1

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Film actor and two other men shot dead in Wolkite, residents sayOct 30

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Ethiopia says it is ready to host WHO global emergency medical teams meetingOct 30

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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

Brief

Somaliland frees Ethiopian held for 28 years in Hargeisa prison

News Desk · Nov 1

Somaliland arrests suspects after attacks on Ethiopian Oromo homes in Borama

News Desk · Nov 1

Culture

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CultureEthiopia seeks first UNESCO Global Geopark status for Central Rift ValleyNov 2

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Culture · BriefEuropean Union Film Festival opens in Addis AbabaOct 25

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CultureMahama says Ethiopia is ready to host a successful AFCONOct 24

Ethiopian animation project Sunday Morning wins two Durban FilmMart awards

Ethiopian animation project Sunday Morning wins two Durban FilmMart awardsOct 18

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CAF inspectors arrive in Addis Ababa to assess Ethiopia's 2028 AFCON bidOct 15

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194 researchers at Ethiopian institutions make global top 2% list, analysis saysOct 12

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Israeli ambassador Michael Lotem holds a document as he faces Somaliland's President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi in a palace reception room, with officials in suits standing behind

Horn of AfricaIsrael's first ambassador to Somaliland presents credentials in HargeisaNov 2

Runners and spectators near the finish line at the Lagos City Marathon in Nigeria in February 2026

AfricaEthiopian runners among 13,722 entrants for Nigeria's Ikogosi raceOct 30

African Union peacekeepers to leave four bases in Somalia's Lower Shabelle

Horn of AfricaAfrican Union peacekeepers to leave four bases in Somalia's Lower ShabelleOct 29

France condemns Sudan drone strikes as UN warns of grid damage

Horn of AfricaFrance condemns Sudan drone strikes as UN warns of grid damageOct 28

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1Drone strike hits displacement camp in South Wollo, residents say

2Ethiopian Navy hosts regional maritime security workshop in Addis Ababa

3Ethiopia and Russia sign Balcha hospital and news agency agreements

4Lavrov says Russia ready to host Ethiopia–Eritrea leaders' meeting in Moscow

5OLA captures federal police personnel and weapons in major Finchaa operation

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A man leads a donkey along a street in Hayq town, South Wollo

Survivors flee Amhara displacement camp as drone strike toll rises to 18

Weathered standing stone stelae lean in a grassy field at Tiya, with trees behind

Ethiopia seeks first UNESCO Global Geopark status for Central Rift Valley

High-rise towers of central Addis Ababa rise above tree-lined low-rise neighbourhoods under an overcast sky

Ethiopia enters final preparations to host African public health conference

An elevated light-rail line runs above a busy road with pickups and cars in Addis Ababa

World Bank calls Addis Ababa a rare African city funding infrastructure through long-term debt

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A 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 Moyale

Rockets from Moyale fighting land in Kenya, police say

Houses with corrugated iron roofs among eucalyptus trees on a hillside, with the town of Shambu spread along the ridge behind

Residents say dozens of civilians killed in attack on Oromia's Tulu Gena

Farmland of red earth and green fields below sandstone hills and a pointed peak in Kola Tembien, central Tigray, under a cloudy sky

Ordnance blast kills at least eight, including five children, in Tigray's Yechila

Bundled sheaves of harvested wheat in the foreground, with a patchwork of golden fields and hills stretching to mountains under a cloudy sky

Oromia says 73 suspects detained over Shirka attack

Israeli ambassador Michael Lotem holds a document as he faces Somaliland's President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi in a palace reception room, with officials in suits standing behind

Israel's first ambassador to Somaliland presents credentials in Hargeisa

Shops and small offices along Selam Street in Mekelle, with a blue bajaj, a parked car and pedestrians under a clear sky

Tigray caretaker administration says civil servants will be paid from 9 November

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in a grey suit and tinted glasses, speaks into reporters' microphones outdoors

WHO chief warns northern Ethiopia's health system is nearing collapse

Four- and five-storey condominium blocks with yellow roofs among trees in Jemo, Addis Ababa, with a hill behind

Addis Ababa reports 496,971 homes in five years as affordability questions persist