Ethiopia has announced plans to construct three new dams on the Blue Nile, the main tributary of the Nile River, sparking anger in Egypt, where there is concern that the projects will further increase ...

Ethiopia is set to keep supporting its currency after spending $1.35 billion buying birr this year, an amount that equates to roughly a quarter of its known central bank reserves. The National Bank of ...

Addis Ababa, March 9, 2026 (ENA)—Ethio telecom and ZTE Corporation have finalized a major network expansion and modernization agreement on the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2026 in ...

Both sides have moved troops toward their shared border, while Ethiopia has accused Eritrea of occupying part of its territory. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg Reporting from Nairobi Last weekend, Ethiopia’s ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s push for sovereign sea access via Eritrea’s Assab port is sparking military tensions ...

Ethiopian authorities are resorting once again to the authoritarian playbook. On February 24, three months ahead of scheduled national elections, Ethiopia’s Media Authority announced the revocation of ...

The histories of Eritrea and Ethiopia have long been closely intertwined. Once part of Ethiopia, Eritrea launched an armed struggle for independence in 1961 that resulted in its secession in 1993 ...

Addis Ababa, February 20, 2026 (ENA) –Ethio telecom has officially launched teleStream, a cutting-edge internet-based streaming platform poised to revolutionize Ethiopia’s media and entertainment ...

Ethiopia inaugurated Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam in 2025, positioning itself as a regional energy exporter while millions of its citizens still lack access to electricity. Egypt, which lies ...

Safaricom’s M-Pesa Ethiopia launched a new app called M-Pesa Lehulum on December 1 that works across any mobile network. Days later, users on Ethio Telecom’s mobile data network reported they couldn’t ...

Haftam Yizhak Heathwood used to be private about her Jewish migration story. After she was born during the Ethiopian civil war, her family fled their home in Gondar on foot when she was a baby, and ...