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

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Army retakes Wuchale after heavy fighting with Fano, residents say

Residents of the South Wollo town described a day of fighting on Monday that killed at least four civilians and closed the Dessie–Woldia highway. Fighting is continuing outside the town, they said.

News Desk·Nov 3

Two crenellated stone gate towers flank a paved entrance to the palace compound of Emperor Yohannes IV in Mekelle, with trees and a building behind

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

Nov 2

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The War in Ethiopia

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

Nov 3

Tigray caretaker administration makes Tembien the region's eighth zone

An assistant professor has been named to run the new zone, and four other zones have new chief administrators, but which woredas Tembien will cover has not been announced.

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Politics

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Mo Ibrahim, in a dark suit and yellow tie, speaks at a Chatham House event in front of a map backdrop

PoliticsIbrahim Index says Ethiopia's governance gains show 'warning signs'Nov 3

The Nile flowing past Gezira Island in central Cairo

PoliticsEgypt and Sudan call GERD a persistent threat and urge Ethiopia to change courseNov 3

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Beijing

PoliticsChina to send envoys to Ethiopia and Eritrea to promote peace talksNov 3

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

PoliticsSudan says it has filed UN and AU complaints against Ethiopia over drone strikesNov 2

Newspapers and magazines laid out for sale on the pavement and on tables at street stalls in Addis Ababa, seen from above, with passers-by walking past

Ethiopia's media regulator suspends The Reporter indefinitelyNov 2

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 NovemberNov 2

Women and girls in colourful dresses walk along an unpaved street in Aksum, with houses on a hillside behind

Tigray's local caretaker elections reach Aksum and ShireNov 1

Conflict & Security

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A street in Marsabit town in northern Kenya

ConflictWoman killed by suspected stray bullet in Kenya's Moyale as border fighting continuesNov 3

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

ConflictRockets from Moyale fighting land in Kenya, police sayNov 2

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

ConflictOromia says 73 suspects detained over Shirka attackNov 2

Water pours through the spillway gates of the Roseires Dam on the Blue Nile, with rocks in the river in the foreground

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

Wooded hills and open savannah stretching to distant mountains near Asosa in western Ethiopia, under a hazy sky

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

Satellite view of the Horn of Africa showing the green Ethiopian highlands and Lake Tana, Eritrea's Red Sea coast, Djibouti, the Gulf of Aden and northern Somalia

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

Business & Economy

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

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

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

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

Two men sign documents at a wooden table while about a dozen people stand behind them applauding, in front of British and Ethiopian flags in a high-ceilinged room

BusinessCorbetti geothermal project hires British driller for exploration wellsOct 31

A white, red and green Ethio-Djibouti Railways electric locomotive pulling passenger carriages beside a platform at Furi-Lebu station in Addis Ababa, under overhead power lines

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

Opinion & Analysis

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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

A roundabout in Sekota with low buildings, power lines and people walking under a clear sky, with hills behind

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

Addis Ababa spread across the valley below, seen through trees from the Entoto hills

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

A blue-fronted stone building with an Amharic hotel sign on a dirt street in Wolkite, with two people walking past

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

Officials in face masks look into the back of an equipped ambulance at an ambulance dispatch centre in Ethiopia

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

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

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

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

The facade of the Ethiopian National Theatre building on a sunny street in Addis Ababa

Culture · BriefEuropean Union Film Festival opens in Addis AbabaOct 25

Close-up of Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama speaking, in front of a blue and pink map backdrop

CultureMahama says Ethiopia is ready to host a successful AFCONOct 24

Ethiopian animation project Sunday Morning wins two Durban FilmMart awardsOct 18

Fans fill the far stands of Addis Ababa Stadium behind a row of advertising boards, with high-rise buildings and hills on the skyline

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

The carved stone arch of the Addis Ababa University main gate, topped by two lion statues, with a man walking past

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

The Region

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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

AfricaUS moves to cut South Africa and Rwanda from Africa trade programmeNov 3

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

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

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Africa

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

Nov 3

Politics

Ibrahim Index says Ethiopia's governance gains show 'warning signs'

Nov 3

Hillside view over the town of Hagere Selam and the surrounding highland farmland in Dogu'a Tembien, Tigray

PoliticsBrief

Tigray caretaker administration makes Tembien the region's eighth zone

Nov 3

Politics

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

Nov 3

Politics

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

Nov 3

Conflict

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

Nov 3

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

Conflict

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

Nov 3

Politics

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

Nov 2

Culture

Ethiopia seeks first UNESCO Global Geopark status for Central Rift Valley

Nov 2

Society

Ethiopia enters final preparations to host African public health conference

Nov 2

Business

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

Nov 2

Conflict

Rockets from Moyale fighting land in Kenya, police say

Nov 2

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

Army retakes Wuchale after heavy fighting with Fano, residents say

Tigray caretaker rules bar war participants from local office, report says

TPLF claims it killed 500 federal soldiers in fighting near Aksum

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

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

The War in Ethiopia

Tigray caretaker administration makes Tembien the region's eighth zone

Politics

Conflict & Security