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Parliament turns the Planning Ministry into a Ministry of National Strategy in a four-ministry shake-up before Abiy names his cabinet

Members of the House of Peoples’ Representatives raise their hands during a vote in the chamber in Addis Ababa, May 2021 (unknown author, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain) [file photo] ...
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Ethiopian Gov’t targets 10.1 percent growth as central bank schedules $840 million in dollar auctions

The National Bank of Ethiopia building in Addis Ababa, April 2008 (Shagada, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain) [file photo] The Ethiopian government is aiming for 10.1 percent economic growth ...
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EU warns Ethiopia-Eritrea tension risks a regional war as Isaias returns from Alamein talks

The European Union said it was alarmed by the escalating war in Ethiopia and by rising tension between Ethiopia and Eritrea, warning that the confrontation risks setting off a broader regional ...
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About 150,000 displaced in northern Afar as Ethiopian Gov’t forces retake Abala and Erebti

About 150,000 people were displaced from three northern Afar districts during a week of fighting that ended with Ethiopian Government forces and Afar regional special forces reclaiming Abala and ...
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Ethiopian Gov’t forces hold Mekelle as residents fear a return to full-scale war

Ethiopian Government forces and allied Tigray Peace Forces fighters were in control of Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray region, on Sunday after the Tigray People’s Liberation Front said it had ...
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Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan say Red Sea governance belongs to littoral states

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud shake hands during bilateral talks in Alamein on the margins of the four-country summit, 5 October 2026 (Yemane G. Meskel / ...
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Ethiopian Gov’t says Abay and Red Sea talks must include Ethiopia’s interests

Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday that any discussion of the Abay River and the Red Sea must take account of Ethiopia’s geographic reality and legitimate national interests. The ...
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Economists doubt Ethiopia’s inflation data and NBE independence, EEA survey finds

A survey of economists by the Ethiopian Economics Association finds deep doubt about official inflation figures, the National Bank of Ethiopia’s independence and the credibility of the fight for ...
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Yemeni Gov’t forces say they retook Mokha and the Bab el-Mandeb coast, raising stakes for Djibouti and Ethiopia

A U.S. Navy sailor mans a machine gun aboard the destroyer USS Jason Dunham in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait between Djibouti and Yemen, 7 October 2018 (U.S. Department of Defense, via Wikimedia ...
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Ethiopian Government allies claim Mekelle airport as fighting still hits Amhara towns

The Tigray Peace Forces said on X late Friday into Saturday that they had taken full control of Alula Aba Nega Airport outside Mekelle, capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region. The group said on X, “We’ve ...
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TPLF says it left Mekelle as Ethiopian Government forces enter the city

The Tigray People’s Liberation Front said late Saturday that it had temporarily moved out of Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, after Ethiopian Government forces and allied fighters ...
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Most economists in an EEA survey are not convinced the birr float will last

More than half of Ethiopian economists surveyed by the Ethiopian Economics Association are not convinced that the birr’s market-based exchange rate will survive the next two to three years. Ethiopian ...