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Jun 2 , 2026

Electoral Chief Reports 74pc Turnout, Security Closures, Ballot Irregularities

Melatewerk Hailu, chief of the national electoral board, disclosed an election day defined by three competing realities of high turnout, security-related disruption, and irregularities serious enough...

Jun 1 , 2026

Addis Abeba Vote Ending Peacefully Despite Pressure on Polling System

By the time the last light faded over Addis Abeba, the pressure at some polling stations had begun to ease. At Gerji Roba polling station in Woreda 13, the number of voters waiting in queues had de...

Jun 1 , 2026

Electoral Board Extends Voting Past Deadline as Manual System Bottleneck Strands Voters

The order came as dusk settled over most polling stations, turning what should have been the close of polling into a test of endurance for voters, officials and the National Election Board of Ethiopia...

Civil Society Monitor Finds Polling Broadly Accessible Across the Country

Kassaw Amsalu (MD) stood in the dust outside the Yeka Health Centre, on Fikremariam Abatechan St., not far from the British Embassy, checking his watch as the morning heat began to bake the pavement....

Jun 1 , 2026

Logistical Triumphs, Bursts of Violence Shadow as Voters Head to the Ballot Box

Inside the gleaming and high-ceilinged ballroom of the Skylight Hotel, on Africa Avenue (Bole Road), a delayed press conference became a window into the uneasy electral process today, June 1, 2026. ...

Jun 1 , 2026

Ethiopians Queue for Hours as Voters Seek Peace at the Ballot Box

The charcoal braziers were lit before the sun cleared the volcanic ridges surrounding Addis Abeba, sending a thin blue smoke over the traditional coffee ceremony at Polling Sub-Station 120. By 4:00am...

Jun 1 , 2026

Voters Brave Cold Dawn as Mayor Urges for Patience

By the time the first light settled over Addis Abeba's high-altitude districts today, June 1, 2026, the verdict on election-day machinery was already forming in the cold. At 5:00am, hundreds of vot...

Jun 1 , 2026

Ethiopians Begin Voting for Federal, Regional Legislators

Millions of Ethiopians began lining up before dawn on today, June 1, 2026, to cast ballots in a federal and regional elections whose first test was not political rhetoric but administrative execution...

May 31 , 2026

New Customs Directive Seeks to Remove Export Uncertainty

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

Logistics Sector Opens to Foreign Firms With One-Million-Dollar Entry Requirement

The Ministry of Transport & Logistics has introduced new requirements for foreign multimodal transport operators, setting a paid-up capital threshold of one million dollars and mandating at least...

May 31 , 2026

EIH Ditches Flat Board Pay, Ties Rewards to Profitability, Audit Results

Ethiopian Investment Holdings (EIH) has introduced a performance-linked remuneration framework for the board members of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), tying annual cash payouts directly to governance...

May 31 , 2026

Sandford School Faces Legal Setback as Court Rejects 'Fee Harmonisation' Claim

The Federal High Court's Arada Division has ruled that Sandford International School's (SIS) tuition adjustment was not a fee harmonisation, as the institution argued, but a fee increase, delivering a...

May 31 , 2026

ETHIOPIANS TO VOTE UNDER THE SHADOW OF A FOREGONE OUTCOME

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 observer...

May 28 , 2026

Africa’s Financial “Spaghetti Bowl” Meets Its Would-Be Untanglers

Brazzaville - Congo Few institutional metaphors are less flattering than the “spaghetti bowl.” For Didier Acouetey (PhD), special advisor to the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB...

May 27 , 2026

Africa’s “Three Paradoxes” Test AfDB President’s Quiet Pitch

Brazzaville – Congo The reform began at the retail counter, not in the grand language of continental finance. Private operators have begun submitting permit applications to open independent forei...

May 30 , 2026

ADDIS ABEBA Tries to Redraw Its Future Without Awakening Old Ghosts

Addis Abeba's most contested planning document is entering its final year, carrying the legacy of political rupture and the imprint of rapid redevelopment. The 10th structural master plan, approved...


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