Addis Ababa to provide free uniform to 600,000 students
Addis Ababa City Administration, the capital of Ethiopia, is set to provide school uniform, exercise books and other…
2019
Addis Ababa set to ban street beggars, prostitutes
The Addis Ababa City Administration has drafted a law that will enable it to make free the streets…
Ethiopia completes Ethio-Kenya power line installation
The Ethiopian Electric power (EEP) said it has completed installation of the 433 kilometers of Ethio-Kenya power transmission…
Ethiopia attracts over $100 million investment in mining
The Ministry of Mines and Energy said it has attracted over 3 billion birr ($106.4 million) investment in…
Ethiopia’s export earning continues to decline
Ethiopia’s export performance which has been declining since 2012, has dropped by $170 million for the fiscal year…
Dystopia – Why can’t our MPs look one another in the face?
By Tesfu Telahoun Abebe – A visitor to virtually any Tewahedo Orthodox church will note that, in addition…
Ethiopia – Djibouti railway makes $20 million
Ethio – Djibouti railway has secured more than $20 million in revenue from its freighter and passenger train…
Danish minister visits project in Ethiopia
The Minister for Development Cooperation of Denmark, Mr Rasmus Prehn, visited development projects in Wukro Town of Tigray…
New coffee roasting company goes operational in Ethiopia
Melange, a new coffee roasting and packing company, officially inaugurates its coffee processing plant in the capital Addis…
Ethiopia gets first foreign leasing company
Ethio Lease, a subsidiary of Africa Asset Finance Company Inc. (AAFC), a US-headquartered equipment finance firm, enters Ethiopian…
Ethiopian army company pleas for $2 billion debt cancellation
The highly indebted and implicated in grand corruption and embezzlement military owned company (Metal Engineering Corporation (METEC), made…
Over 500 people arrested in South Ethiopia
Over 500 people arrested in relation to the recent violence in Southern Ethiopia, which led to the death…
Are we hypocritical, self-hating and tribalistic pseudo-patriots?
By Tesfu Telahoun Abebe – First time visitors to Addis Abeba often remark on the abundance of coffee…
Inflation remains double digit in Ethiopia
For over one year both food and non-food inflation in Ethiopia continue to register double digit with 12.6…
Ethiopia secures $56 million from contraband trade
The Customs Commission of Ethiopia has confiscated worth 1.6 billion-birr ($56.3 million) items from contraband traders during the…
Ethiopia, Djibouti secure finance for joint road project
The government of Ethiopia and the African Development Bank Group on Monday have ink a $98 million grant…
Al Hilal begins assembling gold detector devices in Ethiopia
A company named, Al Hilal Gold Mining, is set to inaugurate Ethiopia’s first modern gold detector device assembly…
Ethiopia imports 135, 457 vehicles in a year
The total number of vehicles Ethiopia has imported and registered last year (the fiscal year ended July 7,…
Ethiopia opens banking business for foreigners with Ethiopian descent
The House of Peoples’ Representatives (Ethiopian Parliament), in its second urgent session today, has approved draft proclamations of…
Ethiopian Parliament postpones election
The House of Peoples’ Representatives (Ethiopian Parliament) unanimously approved the proposal to postpone general elections in the capital,…
Ethiopian Airlines set to fly to Bengaluru, India
Ethiopian Airlines announces its plan to start passenger flights to Bengaluru, India as of 27th October 2019.
Ethiopia and the Arab overture
By Tesfu Telahoun Abebe – Relations between Ethiopia and the Arabian Peninsula have blossomed ever since the political…
Ethiopia plants over 353 million trees in one day
ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE – With the aim of combating deforestation and boosting forest coverage, today Ethiopians and the…
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia becomes top tax payer
The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), the state financial institution, has become the top tax payer in Ethiopia…
Offshore Haven Becoming Thorn In Africa’s Path..?
By Tesfu Telahoun Abebe – Greetings to all! Can you guess the name of the following African country?…
Ethiopia takes tight measures to prevent Ebola virus
Ethiopia, whose national airlines has daily flight to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where Ebola outbreak has…
Ethio Telcom makes $830 million profit
The only telecommunications service provider in Ethiopia, Ethio Telecom says it has made a total profit of over…
Amhara region of Ethiopia appoints new president
The Amhara region of Ethiopia, which has recently lost its president and other senior officials in relation to…
Over 300,000 people in Ethiopia at risk of displacement
Heavy rainfalls in Ethiopia are likely to cause flash and/or river floods in low laying areas, leading to…
EU to help Ethiopia create 400,000 new jobs
The European Union (EU) is set to provide 1.5 billion birr (45 million euros) finance to Ethiopia assisting…