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TPLF Reconstitutes Dissolved Regional Council, Elects Debretsion President · Ethiopia Calls for Coordinated African Action on Debt Crisis as Continental Forum Opens in Addis Ababa · Over 30 killed in Mali village attacks claimed by al-Qaeda affiliate · US Seizes Iranian Ship as Fragile Ceasefire Talks Resume, Threatening Red Sea Trade Routes · TPLF Reconstitutes Dissolved Regional Council, Elects Debretsion President · Ethiopia Calls for Coordinated African Action on Debt Crisis as Continental Forum Opens in Addis Ababa · Over 30 killed in Mali village attacks claimed by al-Qaeda affiliate · US Seizes Iranian Ship as Fragile Ceasefire Talks Resume, Threatening Red Sea Trade Routes

Politics

TPLF Reconstitutes Dissolved Regional Council, Elects Debretsion President

The Tigray People's Liberation Front reconstituted its pre-war regional council and elected chairman Debretsion Gebremichael as regional president, setting up competing claims to regional authority...

News Desk·May 6

Culture

Security Forces Arrest Teddy Afro Associates After Record-Breaking Album Release

May 6

Africa

Drought, Conflict and Aid Cuts Force 300,000 Somalis From Homes as Kismayo Camps Struggle

May 6

Politics

EPRP Plans May 8 Protests in Ten Cities Without Board Approval

Apr 20

Business

Politics

EPRP Plans May 8 Protests in Ten Cities Without Board Approval

Apr 20

Business

Ethiopia Calls for Coordinated African Action on Debt Crisis as Continental Forum Opens in Addis Ababa

May 6

Africa

Ethiopia Calls for Coordinated African Action on Debt Crisis as Continental Forum Opens in Addis Ababa

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

Ethiopia's ruling party has declined to contest 81 parliamentary seats — and the pattern of which seats it abandoned tells you everything about what June 1 is actually for.

Apr 2 · 6 min read

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

Yadata Bori · Mar 26

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Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration from Ending Ethiopian TPS Protections

TPLF Reconstitutes Dissolved Regional Council, Elects Debretsion President

Security Forces Arrest Teddy Afro Associates After Record-Breaking Album Release

Drought, Conflict and Aid Cuts Force 300,000 Somalis From Homes as Kismayo Camps Struggle

EPRP Plans May 8 Protests in Ten Cities Without Board Approval

EPRP Plans May 8 Protests in Ten Cities Without Board Approval

Ethiopia Calls for Coordinated African Action on Debt Crisis as Continental Forum Opens in Addis Ababa

Over 30 killed in Mali village attacks claimed by al-Qaeda affiliate

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TPLF Reconstitutes Dissolved Regional Council, Elects Debretsion President

EPRP Plans May 8 Protests in Ten Cities Without Board Approval

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Over 30 killed in Mali village attacks claimed by al-Qaeda affiliate

TPLF Reconstitutes Dissolved Regional Council, Elects Debretsion President

Ethiopia Calls for Coordinated African Action on Debt Crisis as Continental Forum Opens in Addis Ababa

EU Resumes Budget Support to Ethiopia with €140 Million After Five-Year Suspension

Teddy Afro's Mourning Song Draws Millions as Ethiopia's Star Laments Lost Unity

US Seizes Iranian Ship as Fragile Ceasefire Talks Resume, Threatening Red Sea Trade Routes

Digital Terror Drives Ethiopian Women Activists Into Exile

Ambo Residents Describe City 'Under Siege' as Videos Circulate Showing Assaults Allegedly Tied to Municipal Officials

Masked Men Abduct Addis Standard Editor From Newsroom as Press Freedom Narrows Before June Votes

TPLF Central Committee Convenes in Axum as Rift Over Interim Administration Deepens

NISS Says It Has Arrested 138 Over Alleged Terror Links Ahead of June Vote

PM Abiy Says Ethiopia Cannot Remain Landlocked Indefinitely

|Business & Economy

Ethiopia Calls for Coordinated African Action on Debt Crisis as Continental Forum Opens in Addis Ababa

Ethiopia Wins $750 Million Arbitration Case Against Turkish Railway Contractor

EU Resumes Budget Support to Ethiopia with €140 Million After Five-Year Suspension

Ethiopia's Debt Restructuring Stalls as Bondholder Deals Fail Comparability Test

Finance Minister Calls for Accelerated Regional Corridor Financing as Ethiopia Pushes $3.8 Billion Infrastructure Agenda

Ethiopia Establishes National Steering Committee for COP32 as Early Preparations Begin

|Opinion & Analysis

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

|Africa

Over 30 killed in Mali village attacks claimed by al-Qaeda affiliate

Ethiopia Rejects Sudan's Allegations as 'Baseless Accusations' While Calling for Dialogue

Maersk Agent Clarifies Berbera Port Booking Suspension Stems from Logistics, Not Security

Pakistani Families Plead for Help as Somali Piracy Claims Loved Ones at Sea

Drought, Conflict and Aid Cuts Force 300,000 Somalis From Homes as Kismayo Camps Struggle

Satellite Data Exposes Sudan's Agricultural Collapse as War Devastates Regional Food Security

|World

US Seizes Iranian Ship as Fragile Ceasefire Talks Resume, Threatening Red Sea Trade Routes

Iran War Fuel Shock Ripples Through Global South as Ethiopia Faces $4B+ Import Bill Surge

IEA Releases Record 400 Million Barrels from Strategic Reserves as Oil Crisis Deepens Ethiopia's Import Burden

Iran-Israel War Spreads to NATO Territory as Turkey Intercepts Third Missile

Dubai High-Rise Hit by Drone as Iran's Regional Campaign Threatens Horn Trade Routes

Lebanon Displacement Crisis Strains Regional Humanitarian Resources as 750,000 Flee Israeli Attacks

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Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration from Ending Ethiopian TPS Protections

Ethiopia, Canadian Company Sign Skills Training Agreement for Youth Employment in Canada

Ethiopian Lawyer Meron Aragaw Erkihun Named to Prestigious Courtroom Mail 100 List

|Culture

Security Forces Arrest Teddy Afro Associates After Record-Breaking Album Release

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

Simien Mountains Gain Recognition as Premier Highland Trekking Destination

UNESCO-Recognized Shuwalid Festival Opens Tomorrow in Harar's Historic Walled City

Ethiopia Rejects Sudan's Allegations as 'Baseless Accusations' While Calling for Dialogue

Security Forces Arrest Teddy Afro Associates After Record-Breaking Album Release

Maersk Agent Clarifies Berbera Port Booking Suspension Stems from Logistics, Not Security

Pakistani Families Plead for Help as Somali Piracy Claims Loved Ones at Sea

Drought, Conflict and Aid Cuts Force 300,000 Somalis From Homes as Kismayo Camps Struggle

Satellite Data Exposes Sudan's Agricultural Collapse as War Devastates Regional Food Security

Ethiopia Wins $750 Million Arbitration Case Against Turkish Railway Contractor

Nigeria Charges Six With Treason Over Alleged Independence Day Coup Plot

EPRP Plans May 8 Protests in Ten Cities Without Board Approval

Nigeria Charges Six With Treason Over Alleged Independence Day Coup Plot

Sudan Says 37% of Health Facilities Out of Service as War-Hit Tropical Disease Hospital Struggles