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EPRP Plans May 8 Protests in Ten Cities Without Board Approval

The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party (EPRP) announced plans to hold peaceful demonstrations on 8 May 2026 across ten cities, including Addis Ababa, stating it will proceed with or without aut...

Apr 20 · 3 min read

Business

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

The European Union announced it has resumed budget support to Ethiopia after more than five years, allocating €140 million for priority sectors following the suspension of payments over human right...

Apr 20 · 3 min read

Culture

The Pentatonic Bridge: Girma Yifrashewa and the African Composers Reshaping Classical Music

Ethiopian pianist and composer Girma Yifrashewa has been featured among a group of African artists challenging the Eurocentric boundaries of classical music, a recognition that draws fresh attentio...

Apr 20 · 3 min read

Africa

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

Sudan's health ministry reports that 37 percent of the country's health facilities are out of service as a partially reopened tropical disease hospital in Omdurman illustrates the broader healthcar...

Apr 20 · 2 min read

Culture

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

Ethiopia's most beloved musician has released a song of grief that millions are listening to — a lament for a country he says no longer recognizes its own children.

Apr 20 · 4 min read

Africa

DRC Government, M23 Rebels Agree to Facilitate Aid Deliveries and Release Prisoners

The Democratic Republic of Congo government and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group have reached an agreement to facilitate humanitarian aid deliveries and release prisoners within 10 days, following...

Apr 20 · 3 min read

Politics

Digital Terror Drives Ethiopian Women Activists Into Exile

Deepfakes, doxxing, and coordinated harassment campaigns force rights defenders to flee as platforms and authorities fail to act

Apr 20 · 3 min read

Politics

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

Residents of Ambo, a city in the West Shewa Zone of Oromia Regional State, have reported what they describe as organized criminal attacks, calling on authorities to launch an independent investigat...

Apr 19 · 5 min read

World

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

US forces seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday as diplomatic efforts to extend a fragile ceasefire intensified, escalating tensions in a maritime corridor critic...

Apr 19 · 3 min read

Africa

Twelve-Nation Bloc Condemns Israel's Somaliland Envoy as 'Flagrant Violation' of Somali Sovereignty

Foreign ministers from 12 countries jointly condemned Israel's appointment of a diplomatic representative to Somaliland on 18 April, calling the move a "flagrant violation" of Somalia's sovereignty...

Apr 19 · 3 min read