The international presence at Monday's polls marks a historic low. The European Union, whose monitoring missions historically shaped global perspectives on Ethiopian politics, has deployed no observers. The current footprint is strictly limited to re...
May 31 , 2026
The Ethiopian Customs Commission (ECC) has introduced a legally binding advance ruling system for determining the rules of origin of export goods, a move aimed at streamlining customs procedures and a...
May 31 , 2026
Tsehay Bank closed its last financial year with the profile of a young lender that had learned to grow but not yet to make growth pay. Its operating income exceeded one billion Birr, up by 33.7pc. ...
May 31 , 2026
The Birr (Brewed Buck) ended May's final week quietly. It barely shifted against the dollar last week. Yet daily cash-rate told a more unsettled story about banks no longer speaking with one voice. ...
May 31 , 2026
The Federal High Court's Arada Division has ruled that Sandford International School's (SIS) tuition...
May 31 , 2026
Brazzaville - Congo Few institutional metaphors are less flattering than the “spaghetti bowl....
May 28 , 2026
Kassahun Follo's plan to keep an eye on the national polls set for Monday, June 1, 2026, ended before the vote began. The Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions (CETU), which he leads as the country's national trade union platform, had been accre...
May 31 , 2026
Tomorrow, millions of Ethiopians are expected to vote in the seventh national elections. According to the national electoral agency, more than 50 million voters are registered. Yet the poll may be the strangest since the constitutional order began in...
May 30 , 2026
Fortune: Given the United Kingdom's long history with Ethiopia, is there a change of view about its role in East Africa's economic and climate future? McLoughlin: We are recalibrating our approach in recognition of Ethiopia's increased importance, particularly on climate and economic transformati...
May 3 , 2026
The percentage of merchandise trade in Africa intermediated by banks on the continent in the four years beginning 2020, down from 40pc between 2011 and 2019. Ethiopia’s 2024 merchandise imports totalled 16.77 billion dollars, about 4.6 times its exports that year. Exports of goods and services were 6.6pc of GDP and imports at 14pc, revealing how small and imbalanced the external trade base was relative to financing needs.
May 30 , 2026
Leaders of the National Election Board are in a charm offensive mood, of a sort. Last week, they organised a rare tour for members of the media, showcasing what polling stations will look like during the upcoming national elections; and they took the...
Oct 3 , 2020
Ervin Massinga, the United States ambassador to Ethiopia, posted a video on the Embassy's official social media account following his recent two-day visit to Bahir Dar in the Amhara Regional State. He said there has been a "lot of pain" in a region that has "gone through much."
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