The Habesha By Daniel Kendie (Professor in the History department at Prairie View A&M University) To begin with, in today’s Ethiopia, unemployment, mass hunger, corruption, and social unrest happen to be the fundamental causes of lack of peace and stability in the country. Yet, alienated and marginalized individuals exploit such conditions […] More
CBE initially disclosed that a “system glitch” had exposed a maximum of 801.4 million birr to potential misappropriation. According to CBE President Abe Sano, the incident involved 25,761 customers who withdrew cash from ATMs or made digital transfers during the glitch. More
Addis Standard In a phone call held on 12 June, 2024, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the leader of Qatar, Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, discussed ways to support and enhance the existing cooperative relations between the two countries across various fields. Reportedly, […] More
Addis Standard Addis Abeba – With the proposed federal budget nearing one trillion birr for the upcoming fiscal year, the government is preparing to introduce new tax categories and broaden the tax base with the goal of generating an additional 92.5 billion birr in tax […] More
The Habesha An open letter to the international community and to the media From Meskerem Abera, Ethiopia It is now 33 years since Ethiopia adopted and institutionalized ethnicity-elite based politics, culture, constitution, and administrative structure as its model of governance. The political ecology of the […] More
Ethiopian News Agency Ethiopians in the diaspora and foreign nationals of Ethiopian origin have legally transferred an average remittance of over 4.5 billion USD annually during the last five years, the Ethiopian Diaspora Service revealed. The participation of the diaspora in the calls for nation […] More
The Habesha By Girma Berhanu Mr. Abiy Ahmed’s project for “corridor development” in Addis Ababa is deceptive, as it conceals poverty instead of tackling it. To begin with, the terminology used is incorrect; the appropriate term should be “development corridor.” This error in naming lays […] More
Borkena The Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Party (EPRP) last week released a statement in connection with the National Dialogue. The party assessed that there is no enabling environment for national dialogue and called on the ruling party to make “itself ready for all-inclusive national dialogue.” The […] More
Eurasia Review By Dr. Suleiman Walhad Ethiopia is, indeed, the largest country in the region of the Horn of Africa States both area-wise (1.1 million sq.km.) and demographically (about 120 million). It has also the largest and fastest growing economy with an average growth rate […] More
Ethiopian Business Review By Eden Teshome Jiji, Africa’s leading classified platform, has announced the launch of its premium services in Ethiopia. This milestone marks a step in Jiji’s growth as it aims to empower small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the region. Jiji’s premium services […] More
Addis Standard By Abdi Biyenssa Ethiopia’s financial landscape is currently on the cusp of a historic transformation as it gears up for the grand unveiling of its very first stock market, the culmination of over three years of strategic groundwork. This journey began in 2021 […] More
Variety Colorful characters and rebel workers collide in directors Xinyan Yu and Max Duncan’s Ethiopia-focused documentary. In “Made in Ethiopia,” directors Xinyan Yu and Max Duncan take the macro issue of China’s influence in Africa and present it provocatively through the micro lens of its […] More