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News Ethiopia: Iran war dampens Easter season for millions in Ethiopia as gas and food prices rise

Published on: Friday 10 April 2026
Iran war dampens Easter season for millions in Ethiopia as gas and food prices rise
News source: https://apnews.com/article/ethiopia-orthodox-easter-good-friday-fuel-iran-fb49db8df21b0738aafaba6e6c2622ef

Millions of Christians in Ethiopia observed Good Friday in the capital, Addis Ababa, as celebrations — ahead of their Easter Sunday this weekend — were dampened by fuel scarcity and rising food prices caused by the Iran war.

News Ethiopia: Ethiopia sends non-essential public workers on leave over fuel shortage

Published on: Monday 30 March 2026
Ethiopia sends non-essential public workers on leave over fuel shortage
News source: https://www.thecable.ng/ethiopia-sends-non-essential-public-workers-on-leave-over-fuel-shortage/

The Ethiopian government has directed all public institutions to send all non-essential employees on annual leave in an attempt...

News Ethiopia: Ethiopia: UN Urges Ethiopia to Tackle Pollution At Gold Mine

Published on: Thursday 12 March 2026
Ethiopia: UN Urges Ethiopia to Tackle Pollution At Gold Mine
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202603120103.html

"The company's chemicals have contaminated our land, water, and people," 28-year-old "Elizabeth" recently told Kontomaa Darimu Alliance, an Ethiopian nongovernmental organization. Elizabeth's 2-year-old son died a few years ago and she suffered miscarriages in 2024 and 2025; she believes the mine is to blame.

News Ethiopia: Ethiopia’s digital ID joins sovereign wealth fund as weekly enrollments reach 1M

Published on: Friday 13 March 2026
Ethiopia’s digital ID joins sovereign wealth fund as weekly enrollments reach 1M
News source: https://www.biometricupdate.com/202603/ethiopias-digital-id-joins-sovereign-wealth-fund-as-weekly-enrollments-reach-1m

The NIDP joins Ethiopia’s public enterprise commercialization engine with an authorized capital 10 billion birr and 2.5 billion birr in paid-up capital.

News Ethiopia: Ethiopia’s Climate Finance Challenge: Strong Policy Ambitions, But Billions Still Missing

Published on: Friday 06 March 2026
Ethiopia’s Climate Finance Challenge: Strong Policy Ambitions, But Billions Still Missing
News source: https://www.thereporterethiopia.com/49590/

As Ethiopia positions itself to host the 32nd UN Climate Change Conference (COP32) in 2027, an event expected to draw around 80,000 participants, a new ...

News Ethiopia: The young women who fought in Ethiopia's last civil war and don't want to see another one

Published on: Friday 06 March 2026
The young women who fought in Ethiopia's last civil war and don't want to see another one
News source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyv959eyjgjo

Female fighters recall how the conflict in the northern Tigray destroyed their lives, as fears grow that fighting could resume.

News Ethiopia: Ethiopia's prime minister accuses Eritrea of mass killings during Tigray war

Published on: Tuesday 03 February 2026
Ethiopia's prime minister accuses Eritrea of mass killings during Tigray war
News source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ethiopias-prime-minister-accuses-eritrea-mass-killings-tigray-129826513

Ethiopian prime minister has accused Eritrea of mass killings while fighting alongside government troops against regional forces in the war in the troubled northern region of Tigray that ended in 2022 ...

News Ethiopia: Ethiopia satcaster offers fresh voice

Published on: Saturday 29 May 2010
Ethiopia satcaster offers fresh voice
News source: https://variety.com/2010/tv/news/ethiopia-satcaster-offers-fresh-voice-1118019969/

Ethiopia’s first independent satellite web launched in May, breaking the monopoly long held by pubcaster Ethiopian Television. Ethiopian Satellite Television began a trial run May 14, with plans to ...

News Ethiopia: Ethiopia’s transitional justice — tensions around international experts’ role need swift resolution

Published on: Tuesday 20 August 2024
Ethiopia’s transitional justice — tensions around international experts’ role need swift resolution
News source: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-08-21-ethiopias-transitional-justice-value-of-international-experts-role/

Ethiopia’s transitional justice process has grappled with the issue of international involvement from the start. However, following nationwide consultations on the green paper, the Transitional ...

News Ethiopia: Transitional justice is key to addressing Tigray’s conflict-related sexual violence

Published on: Monday 29 December 2025
Transitional justice is key to addressing Tigray’s conflict-related sexual violence
News source: https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/human-security/transitional-justice-is-key-to-addressing-tigrays-conflict-related-sexual-violence/

On 16 October, the Commission of Inquiry on Tigray Genocide (CITG) released its landmark report documenting atrocities allegedly committed during the northern ...

News Ethiopia: Ethiopia embraces big projects but escalates regional tensions by seeking more access to the sea

Published on: Tuesday 09 December 2025
Ethiopia embraces big projects but escalates regional tensions by seeking more access to the sea
News source: https://apnews.com/article/ethiopia-politics-economy-security-development-1fa14ff3ea2a7a3e53cf2b773f408caf

Ethiopia’s prime minister loves big projects. With a contentious megadam completed on the Nile, Abiy Ahmed is now planning Africa’s largest airport and a nuclear power plant.

News Ethiopia: Ethiopia embraces big projects but risks another war by seeking access to the sea

Published on: Tuesday 09 December 2025
Ethiopia embraces big projects but risks another war by seeking access to the sea
News source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ethiopia-embraces-big-projects-risks-war-seeking-access-128266494

Ethiopia 's prime minister loves big projects. With a mega-dam completed on the Nile, Abiy Ahmed now plans Africa's largest airport and a nuclear power plant. But the threat of war is back as the ...

News Ethiopia: India's Modi visits Ethiopia and calls for renewed bilateral relations

Published on: Wednesday 17 December 2025
India's Modi visits Ethiopia and calls for renewed bilateral relations
News source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/indias-modi-visits-ethiopia-calls-renewed-bilateral-relations-128482077

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for a strategic relationship with Ethiopia during his first visit to the country ...

News Ethiopia: Ethiopia: Africa's latest economic miracle?

Published on: Friday 09 August 2019
Ethiopia: Africa's latest economic miracle?
News source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w172wx8rjl59j55

In Ethiopia - Africa's fastest growing economy - non-citizens can invest in the country for the first time. So will diaspora return and investment flow? Show more For decades, Ethiopia was troubled by ...

News Ethiopia: Going green: Ethiopia's bid to plant four billion trees

Published on: Thursday 01 August 2019
Going green: Ethiopia's bid to plant four billion trees
News source: https://www.enca.com/analysis/going-green-ethiopias-bid-plant-four-billion-trees

"We took this as a good opportunity to show solidarity with the citizens," he said. "Our concern is the green legacy, making Ethiopia green." - Planting only first step - Ethiopia's forest cover ...

News Ethiopia: Why Sidama statehood demand threatens to unravel Ethiopia’s federal system

Published on: Monday 12 August 2019
Why Sidama statehood demand threatens to unravel Ethiopia’s federal system
News source: http://theconversation.com/why-sidama-statehood-demand-threatens-to-unravel-ethiopias-federal-system-121701

Ethiopia’s ethnic federal arrangement was ... and would come at the most trying and divisive times in the country’s history. Such a decision will also pave the way for more Southern groups ...

News Ethiopia: Kenya: Lamu Port Completes Building Its First Berth

Published on: Tuesday 06 August 2019
Kenya: Lamu Port Completes Building Its First Berth
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201908070024.html

The government traffic forecast for the Lapsset corridor shows that inclusive of demand from both South Sudan and Ethiopia, the Lamu traffic is to reach 23.9 million tons by 2030.

News Ethiopia: WIN an Invitation to the 2019 Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) and Travel to Ethiopia to Cover the Largest African Hospitality Event in Africa

Published on: Tuesday 13 August 2019
WIN an Invitation to the 2019 Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) and Travel to Ethiopia to Cover the Largest African Hospitality Event in Africa
News source: https://www.africanews.com/2019/08/13/win-an-invitation-to-the-2019-africa-hotel-investment-forum-ahif-and-travel-to-ethiopia-to-cover-the-largest-african-hospitality-event-in-africa/

APO Group (www.APO-opa.com), the leading media relations consultancy and press release distribution service in Africa and the Middle East, will award one African journalist transport, accommodation ...