The National Bank of Ethiopia expressed its heartfelt gratitude to its outgoing governor, Mamo Mihertu, for his exceptional leadership and commitment to service during his tenure.

Breaking - Mamo Mihertu has announced that he is resigning from his position as the governor of Ethiopia's National Bank.

A landslide in the Gedeo Zone of the South Ethiopia region kills at least 9 people, according to local government reports.©️Gedeo TV

As Ethiopia’s economy struggles to create jobs, migration is perceived as the only solution, rather than just an option p.dw.com/p/4zbgZ

Ethiopian civil servants fear rising cost of living amid salary increment p.dw.com/p/4zGqO

@amnesty.org the Ethiopian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Tesfalem Woldeyes the Editor in Chief of Ethiopia Insider.

የጋዜጠኛ ተስፋለም ወልደየስ መታሰርን በተመለከተ ከሐቅ ሚዲያና ኮሚኒኬሽን የተሰጠ መግለጫ

Tesfalem Waldyes, co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Ethiopia Insider, is detained....again.

Asmelash Teka, the co-founder of Lesan, has high hopes for the benefits of AI for Africa for improved services, including Education and Health. But who decides the issue of alignment concerning AI? Here is our short conversation with Asmelash. p.dw.com/p/4vD0d

በ1997 ምርጫ ኢሕአዴግን የተገዳደሩት ተቃዋሚ የፖለቲካ ፓርቲዎች ባለፉት 20 ዓመታት ተዳክመዋል። ኢሕአዴግን በብልጽግና ፓርቲ የተካው ለውጥ ያነቃቃቸውም በውስጣቸው ተከፋፍለዋል። የፓርቲ ፖለቲካ በኢትዮጵያ ሞተ ወይስ እያጣጣረ ነው? ዶክተር ብዙነህ ጌታቸው እና ዶክተር አዲሱ ላሽተው የተሳተፉበት የእንወያይ መሰናዶ የኢትዮጵያን የፓርቲ ፖለቲካ ህልውና ከ1997 ወዲህ እና በሚቀጥለው ዓመት ሊካሔድ ከታቀደው ምርጫ አኳያ ይዳስሳል። amp.dw.com/am/%E1%8B%A8...

የአዲስ አበባ ከንቲባ አዳነች አቤቤ ካዛንቺስ እና ፒያሳን በመሳሰሉ ሠፈሮች “የከተማችን ነዋሪዎች ፈቃደኛ ሆነው፣ ልማቱ ገብቷቸው አምነውን ይሁንታቸውን ባይሰጡ ኖሮ ይህንን ሥራ ልንሰራ አንችልም” ሲሉ በቅርቡ ተናግረዋል። የአምነስቲ ኢንተርናሽናል የአፍሪካ ቀንድ ጉዳዮች ተመራማሪ ሐይማኖት አሸናፊ በኮሪደር ልማት “የመንግሥት አካላት እንደሚያቃልሉት በጣም ጥቂት የሚባል ሕብረተሰብ አይደለም እየተጎዳ የሚገኘው” ሲሉ ይሞግታሉ። amp.dw.com/am/%E1%8B%A8...

It took Dejene Abide four months to travel from Hosaena, a town in southern Ethiopia, to South Africa. His journey along the perilous south-south migration route involved passing through Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, and Mozambique. youtu.be/uuTQ6PVtK-k?...

For more than a year, my colleague Justin Scheck and I looked into why domestic workers from across East Africa, who are promised jobs and a better life in Saudi Arabia, continued to face abuse, starvation and death. Here's what we found.

የህወሓት አመራሮች ልዩነት ሲበረታ በደም አፋሳሽ ጦርነት ውስጥ ያለፈው የትግራይ ክልል ነዋሪ “ነገስ ምን ይፈጠራል?” በሚል “እየተሳቀቀ እንዲኖር” ተገዷል። ነዋሪዎች እንደሚሉት ጦርነት ይቀሰቀሳል በሚል ሥጋት “ሰዉ በጣም ተረባብሿል”፤ በኅብረተሰቡ ዘንድ “መከፋፈል” ተፈጥሯል። ነጋዴዎች የዋጋ ጭማሪ በማድረጋቸው “የኑሮ ውድነቱ እያሻቀበ” ነው። p.dw.com/p/4ruIg

It seems the future holds mergers for Ethiopia's banks and according to industry insiders, it might be forced, not only voluntary. Here, I have invited three guests to discuss the pros & cons of mergers for the banks and the stability of the financial industry as a whole. p.dw.com/p/4rnsa

ከኢትዮጵያ ድንበር 30 ኪሎ ሜትር በምትርቀው ናስር ከተማ በደቡብ ሱዳን ጦር ሠፈር ላይ የተፈጸመ ጥቃት ጁባን ፖለቲካዊ ውጥረት ውስጥ ከቷታል። ፕሬዝደንት ሳልቫ ኪር ምክትላቸው ሪየክ ማቻርን ሳያማክሩ የወሰዷቸው ርምጃዎችም ቅሬታ ፈጥረዋል። ሁለቱ የተፈራረሙት የሰላም ሥምምነት ፈርሶ ደቡብ ሱዳን ወደ የርስ በርስ ጦርነት እንዳትገባ ሥጋት አለ። p.dw.com/p/4rbKz

These pictures were released by the verified X account of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, with the caption, "Our apple farming productivity is showing progress." However, there is one significant detail that is incorrect: the images were originally published elsewhere on the internet,

The Ethiopian Civil War was “a historical mistake” that could have been avoided, according to Gedu Andargachew. He is now in exile, far from Ethiopia, where he served as the former foreign affairs minister and National Security advisor to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. amp.dw.com/am/%E1%88%88...

A series of photographs released by the Mayor of Addis Abeba on February 6, 2025, show the extent of demolition in Kazanchis. Stationery & office supply shops, restaurants, bars, residential areas, & street traders have vacated their spaces in the old town to make way for new buildings & open areas.

Ethiopia has a new Human Rights Commissioner, and he is a former EPRDF official. ethiopiainsider.com/2025/14962/

ባለፉት አምስት አመታት አሜሪካ ለኢትዮጵያ 7.6 ቢሊዮን ዶላር ርዳታ ሰጥታለች። ባለፈው ዓመት ብቻ ግጭት፣ ድርቅ እና የምግብ ዋስትና እጦት ለገጠማቸው ኢትዮጵያውያን የሕይወት አድን ርዳታ ለማቅረብ አሜሪካ 676 ሚሊዮን ዶላር ወጪ አድርጋለች። ዶናልድ ትራምፕ አሜሪካ የምትሰጠው ርዳታ ለ90 ቀናት እንዲቆም ያሳለፉት ውሳኔ ካሁኑ ተጽዕኖ አሳድሯል። p.dw.com/p/4pnQS

በኢትዮጵያ የሚካሔዱ ግጭቶች የአነስተኛ እና መለስተኛ ኢንተርፕራይዞችን ጥሪት፣ ከግብዓት አቅራቢዎች እና ከደንበኞቻቸው የነበራቸውን ትሥሥር እየነጠቁ ነው። ለወጣቶች የሥራ ዕድል ከፈጠሩት መሰል ተቋማት መካከል ጭርሱን የከሰሩ ቢኖሩም ጥቂት የማይባሉት ፈተናውን ለመቋቋም ይታትራሉ። ይሁንና አሁንም የብድር እጦት እና የግጭት ዳፋ ይፈትኗቸዋል p.dw.com/p/4pbHM

የብሔራዊ ምክክር ሒደት የጀመረችው፤ ለሽግግር ፍትሕ የምትዘጋጀው እና በሚቀጥለው ዓመት ምርጫ የምታካሒደው የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት አራት የሰብአዊ መብቶች ተሟጋች ድርጅቶችን አግዷል። በሲቪል ማኅበረሰብ ድርጅቶች ባለስልጣን በኩል የተላለፈው ዕግድ ሕጋዊ ነው? ዕግዱ ስለ ሲቪክ ምኅዳሩ ይዞታ ምን ይናገራል? ሦስት እንግዶች የተሳተፉበትን ውይይት ያድምጡ! amp.dw.com/am/%E1%8B%A8...

As Ethiopians loudly call for better access to electricity, the authorities are seeking foreign & private investment to meet the growing demand. However, various complicated factors, including the country's situation, deter such investment. p.dw.com/p/4oxOm

"A public acknowledgment from the federal government for the abuses that occurred," a meaningful step for Ethiopia's Transitional Justice said Beth Van Schaack, U.S. Ambassador at Large for Global Criminal Justice. p.dw.com/p/4oK25

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed & President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud set to meet in Turkey for the third round of talks between Ethiopia and Somalia. On Tuesday, the Somali President traveled to Ankara after receiving an official invitation from his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, SONNA reported.

The challenge of repatriating Ethiopia's looted artifacts: A conversation with Dr. Alula Pankhurst. p.dw.com/p/4npBi

Nach dem Tigray-Krieg ist Äthiopien längst nicht zu Normalität zurückgekehrt: In der Nachbarregion Amhara geht die Armee seit 2023 mit Drohnen gegen Aufständische vor - und hat bereits hunderte Zivilisten getötet. p.dw.com/p/4njPe

The number of civilians killed in drone strikes has significantly increased since the conflict in the Amhara region erupted. Ethiopia's government denies targeting civilians. p.dw.com/p/4ngQn

"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"

Mohamed Idris is heading to the Ministry of Peace to replace Binalf Andualem. Mohammed has been serving as the Director-General of the Ethiopian Media Authority since April 2021. Binalf has been the Minister of Peace for the troubled country since October 2021, after taking over from Muferihat Kamil

The phrase “እንጀራ አለ” used to serve as a notice in Ethiopia, indicating that enjera was available for purchase at a specific location. Now, this trend has emerged in Johannesburg, South Africa, which is home to hundreds of thousands of Ethiopian diaspora.

I woke up at 4a and I was panicking I thought they bombed the building! 😥

Ethiopia's nonprofit organization, Center for the Advancement of Rights and Democracy (CARD), has announced that it has been suspended by the Authority for Civil Society Organizations.

Ethiopia's Council of Ministers approved a supplementary budget of almost 582 billion Birr for the current fiscal year, bringing the total budget to a staggering 1.553 trillion.

The EU "not yet know the details of the proposal" for the new African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), the blocks outgoing top diplomat Josep Borrell said. The EU plans to share the financial burden of the mission with the African Union and the United Nations.

Ethiopia congratulates Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi for winning the Somaliland presidential election. His victory ousted Muse Bihi Abdi, who had signed a MoU with Ethiopia a year ago. The president-elect and his Waddani party prefer a cautious approach regarding this agreement.

በከፍተኛ ወጪ ተግባራዊ እየተደረገ የሚገኘው የአዲስ አበባ “የኮሪደር ልማት” በዚህ ወቅት አስፈላጊ ነው ወይስ አንገብጋቢ? ፒያሳ እና ካዛንቺስን ለመሳሰሉ ነባር ሠፈሮች ነዋሪዎችስ ምን ይዞ መጣ? በዚህ ውይይት ሦስት እንግዶች ተሳትፈዋል። p.dw.com/p/4n3sT

Five Years ago today, the then-EPRDF executive committee approved the merger of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front. Five EC members voted against it but could not stop the demise of the front. It was one of the consequential decisions as Ethiopia descended into a bloody civil war.

ገንዘብ ሚኒስቴር የመንግሥት የልማት ድርጅቶችን 845.3 ቢሊዮን ብር የንግድ ባንክ ዕዳ ከነወለዱ ለመክፈል ተረክቧል። መንግሥት ንግድ ባንክን ለመታደግ በተከተለው አካሔድ ትምህርት እና ጤና የመሳሰሉ አገልግሎቶች ለመሥራት የሚያስፈልገውን ገንዘብ ለዕዳ ክፍያ ሊያውል አሊያም ገቢውን ለማሳደግ ተጨማሪ ግብር ሊያስከፍል እንደሚችል ባለሙያዎች ይናገራሉ። p.dw.com/p/4miPh

I hate that the proliferation of fake content (thanks to generative AI) is making society less trusting. as a result, even those who are truthful are being punished

My latest: a sad rant for The Daily Telegraph. In 2020, I was part of an award winning investigation that uncovered still ongoing abuses of Ethiopian migrants kept in horrifying conditions in Saudi detention centers. 4 years of sportswashing later, nobody cares. The allure of football is too great.

According to the IMF, Ethiopia's GDP is projected to grow by 6.1% in 2024 and 6.5% in 2025. Ethiopian government officials target an 8.3% growth for the current fiscal year.

The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) suspended participating in Ethiopia’s National Dialogue. “The ruling party in Somali region have undermined the process by unilaterally selecting participants violating the agreement with political parties & sidelining diverse voices,” ONLF said

The IMF Board completed the first review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for Ethiopia, allowing the authorities to draw the equivalent of about $340.7 million, the Washington-based lender announced.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed appointed Gedion Timothewos as Ethiopia's Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Investment commissioner, Hanna Arayaselassie, replaced him as Minister of Justice. Selamawit Kassa has been appointed as the new Minister of Tourism for Ethiopia.

THREAD: My visual investigation of a drone massacre of 30+ people in Ethiopia, is the cover page story on this weekend's edition of the @thecontinent.bsky.social. With this thread, I'll outline how we identified the massacre location in a war torn region where comms are severed. www.thecontinent.org

Ethiopia received 27 in the 2024 Freedom House "Freedom on the Net" report, the lowest score out of 100. This places Ethiopia in the "Not Free" category. Obstacles to Access 5/25 Limits on Content 12/35 Violations of User Rights 10/40 In 2023, Ethiopia scored 26 & was also categorized as "Not Free"

የኢትዮጵያ ባንኮች የውጪ ምንዛሪ መግዣ እና መሸጫ ተመኖቻቸውን ልዩነት የብሔራዊ ባንክን የፖሊሲ ለውጥ ተከትሎ ወደ 2 በመቶ ዝቅ አድርገዋል። በእርምጃው በባንኮች የዶላር መሸጫ ከ6-10 ብር ቀንሷል። ባንኮቹ በተቆጣጣሪው እንደታዘዙት ለደንበኞቻቸው ከውጪ ምንዛሪ ጋር የተያያዙ አገልግሎቶች ሲያቀርቡ የሚጠይቁትን ክፍያ እና ኮሚሽን ይፋ አላደረጉም። p.dw.com/p/4lsiL

The IMF bailout bites again; this time, residents of the capital are going to face it. Addis Abeba City Administration revised public transport fares on Tuesday.