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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 · Ethiopia elected to chair 78th session of UNHCR executive committee · Senait Gezahegn recognised among FAO's '100 Women Heroes' · 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 · Ethiopia elected to chair 78th session of UNHCR executive committee · Senait Gezahegn recognised among FAO's '100 Women Heroes'

Politics

Federal government establishes six-month caretaker administration for Tigray

Five officials have been appointed to run security, public services, reconstruction and election preparations, replacing the interim administration led by Tadesse Werede.

News Desk·Oct 16

Politics

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

Federal government establishes six-month caretaker administration for Tigray

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

EU reaffirms political commitment to Ethiopia at IMF meetings

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

Addis Ababa seizes imported cars from unlicensed roadside dealers

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

The War in Ethiopia

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

Politics

Latest

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

Ethiopia elected to chair 78th session of UNHCR executive committee

Ethiopia and UK reaffirm cooperation at IMF-World Bank meetings

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

Sudan offers Ethiopia talks if alleged support for RSF ends

UN Security Council holds closed Horn of Africa consultations

Abiy appoints new heads of three federal institutions

Conflict & Security

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

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

Ethiopia seeks renewable energy investment at Addis Ababa summit

Arbitration tribunal orders Ethiopian Railway Corporation to pay $213.7 million

Ethiopian investors with 10 million birr can buy Dangote refinery receipts

Ethiopia remains last of six debt cases without a closed bond exchange

Ethiopia urges enhanced Common Framework for debt restructuring

Ethiopian Airlines and China Southern sign codeshare agreement

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

Pakistan urges Ethiopia to speed up pharmaceutical approvals

Ethiopia elected to chair 78th session of UNHCR executive committee

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

Addis Ababa seizes imported cars from unlicensed roadside dealers

Arbitration tribunal orders Ethiopian Railway Corporation to pay $213.7 million

EU reaffirms political commitment to Ethiopia at IMF meetings

Federal government establishes six-month caretaker administration for Tigray

UN and Switzerland prepare sixth meeting on coordinating Sudan peace efforts

Laftagaren forces seize Burhakabo on Mogadishu–Baidoa road