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Two men seated at a table signing documents beside TotalEnergies and OLA Energy desk signs, under a screen announcing the sale purchase agreement signature in Paris
Business

OLA Energy's purchase of TotalEnergies Ethiopia reportedly enters COMESA competition review

The deal covers more than 120 service stations. People familiar with it put the combined share of retail fuel sales at close to 50%, an estimate that has not been verified.

Business Desk·Nov 8
Delegates stand in a line on stage beneath a large screen reading African Political Parties Summit 2026, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Politics

African parties adopt Addis Ababa Declaration on economic transformation

Nov 7
The Bale Mountains in south-eastern Ethiopia
Conflict

Residents say 38 killed in attack on Endeto in Oromia's Robe woreda

Nov 7
A red-and-white mobile telecommunications mast with antennas and microwave dishes beside an Ethio Telecom building and a roundabout on Selam Street, Mekelle
Business

Ethio Telecom and ZTE complete pre-commercial AI radio network deployment

Nov 7
Exterior of Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
Society

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

Nov 5
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The War in Ethiopia

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

Nov 7

Tigray caretaker says more than 40,000 fighters ready for DDR training

Brigadier General Gebreegziabher Beyene said a 16-day disarmament drive prepared former combatants for a second round of rehabilitation in Mekelle; about 5,500 are already in training at one centre.

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Politics

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Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos meets Chinese special representative on African affairs Liu Xianfa and an aide in Addis Ababa, with Ethiopian and African Union flags behind themPoliticsChinese envoys hold talks with Ethiopia's foreign minister and Eritrea's IsaiasNov 7
Cairo skyline along the Nile River, with high-rise buildings beside the waterPoliticsEthiopia links Nile understanding to Egyptian help on Red Sea accessNov 7A group of donkeys on a path on Mount Entoto above Addis AbabaPoliticsProsperity Party elected unanimously to lead African Political Parties InitiativeNov 7Sunset light over the city of Addis AbabaPoliticsAbiy proposes succession and development pledges at African parties summitNov 6
The Quai d'Orsay building along the Seine in ParisEthiopia and France pledge deeper military cooperation at Addis Ababa talksThe Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam reservoir and structureEthiopian minister urges Egypt to back dams, accuses Cairo of gaining from Sudan's warThe front entrance of the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in WashingtonFormer US contractor pleads guilty to passing secrets to Ethiopian officials

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Sunset over Assosa, capital of Benishangul-Gumuz regionConflictPolice say 52 killed in attack in Benishangul-Gumuz's Bilidigilu woredaNov 7A paved road at Moyale on the Ethiopia-Kenya borderConflictKenya orders more police to Moyale as fighting in Ethiopia pushes thousands across borderNov 6A field of ripening wheat stretches to a line of eucalyptus trees under a cloudy sky at Kulumsa in Arsi, OromiaConflictRights commission confirms 41 killed in Sirka woreda attack in OromiaNov 3
Dry grassland and fields bordered by stone walls stretch towards low hills under a cloudy sky near AksumTPLF claims it killed 500 federal soldiers in fighting near AksumPedestrians cross a wide paved main street lined with low buildings in the town of Hayq, with a wooded hill and a telecommunications mast behindArmy retakes Wuchale after heavy fighting with Fano, residents sayA street in Marsabit town in northern KenyaWoman killed by suspected stray bullet in Kenya's Moyale as border fighting continues

Business & Economy

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Exhibition hall interior at the China International Import Expo in ShanghaiBusinessEthiopian exporters showcase products at China International Import ExpoNov 7High-rise buildings in the Addis Ababa skylineBusinessEthiopia presses EU to ease trade rules as AU-EU officials meet in Addis AbabaNov 5An Addis Ababa Light Rail vehicleBusinessAfDB report finds 9.8% growth but Ethiopian tax take near 7.8% of GDPNov 5
A person draws water from a well in rural EthiopiaEthiopia and World Bank agree to extend One WASH programme to 30 JunePedestrians and traffic beside Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, with office towers behindRebasing lifts Ethiopia's measured GDP by 59% to 24 trillion birrNational 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 high

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

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An African Union police officer in a helmet and body armour stands on a Mogadishu street as pedestrians, three-wheel taxis and armoured police vehicles passHorn of AfricaSomalia's chief justice says he no longer feels safe in Mogadishu, blames presidentNov 7People 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 5

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Ruined walls of the Mogadishu Cathedral
Horn of Africa

Somali president dismisses chief justice who took up constitution challenge

Nov 4
The terminal building of Asosa HIDASE Airport in Asosa, Benishangul-Gumuz region, Ethiopia
Politics

Ethiopia orders six Sudanese consulate staff in Assosa to leave

Nov 4
People walking along a busy street in the Piassa district of Addis Ababa
Politics

Human Rights Watch urges Ethiopia to lift suspension of the Reporter newspaper

Nov 4
The equestrian statue of Emperor Menelik II at Menelik Square in Addis Ababa
Politics

Addis Ababa to host second African Political Parties Summit from 5 November

Nov 4

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An African Union police officer in a helmet and body armour stands on a Mogadishu street as pedestrians, three-wheel taxis and armoured police vehicles pass
Horn of Africa

Somalia's chief justice says he no longer feels safe in Mogadishu, blames president

Nov 7
Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos meets Chinese special representative on African affairs Liu Xianfa and an aide in Addis Ababa, with Ethiopian and African Union flags behind them
Politics

Chinese envoys hold talks with Ethiopia's foreign minister and Eritrea's Isaias

Nov 7
Castle Square in Mekelle, Tigray, with buildings and open paved space
Politics

Tigray caretaker says more than 40,000 fighters ready for DDR training

Nov 7
Cairo skyline along the Nile River, with high-rise buildings beside the water
Politics

Ethiopia links Nile understanding to Egyptian help on Red Sea access

Nov 7
Sunset over Assosa, capital of Benishangul-Gumuz region
Conflict

Police say 52 killed in attack in Benishangul-Gumuz's Bilidigilu woreda

Nov 7
View across Mekelle, capital of Tigray, 2013
Conflict

Army imposes night-time vehicle curfew in Mekelle and orders illegal guns handed in

Nov 7
Exhibition hall interior at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai
Business

Ethiopian exporters showcase products at China International Import Expo

Nov 7
A group of donkeys on a path on Mount Entoto above Addis Ababa
Politics

Prosperity Party elected unanimously to lead African Political Parties Initiative

Nov 7