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Ethiopia tells UN Security Council it has no option but self-defense against Eritrea, as federal forces are reported in Idaga Hamus
Residents tell DW a student and a deacon were killed in Menz fighting, as Fano says it shot down a gov’t drone
Small boat fired on Chinese-operated container ship off Mokha, security firm says, as Yemeni Gov’t forces claim the heights above Bab el-Mandeb
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Tigray disaster agency says 3.9 million need emergency food, as a North Gondar priest tells DW that hunger has killed eight
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Oil jumps 40 percent in two months while coffee slips, leaving Ethiopia’s new finance minister a costlier import bill
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Ethiopian drones hit Eritrean troops near Adigrat, witnesses and a conflict monitor say, as Addis Ababa demands that foreign forces leave
Parliament approves Abiy Ahmed’s new cabinet, moving Fitsum Assefa to Finance and naming nine women among 22 ministers
Fano captures Mehal Meda and other Shewa towns, residents tell Mereja
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Houthi missile lands near Aden runway minutes before a Cairo flight as the Yemeni Gov’t push stalls in the hills above Bab el-Mandeb
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One of the driest rainy seasons on record threatens Ethiopia’s main harvest as war in the north blocks aid
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Witnesses say Tigrayan forces are seizing boys as young as 15 for the front as Addis Ababa urges fighters to report to a Mekelle demobilization center
Eritrean troops reported in Adigrat and moving south as federal and allied forces take Agula’e north of Mekelle
Parliament turns the Planning Ministry into a Ministry of National Strategy in a four-ministry shake-up before Abiy Ahmed names his cabinet
Yemeni Gov’t forces say they retook Mokha and the Bab el-Mandeb coast, raising stakes for Djibouti and Ethiopia
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Ethiopian Gov’t targets 10.1 percent growth as central bank schedules $840 million in dollar auctions
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Drone strikes kill displaced families in Shiraro and hit Adwa hotels as fighting goes on across Tigray
EU warns Ethiopia-Eritrea tension risks a regional war as Isaias returns from Alamein talks
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Abiy Ahmed begins new five-year term pledging sea access and constitutional change as war continues in the north
Economists doubt Ethiopia’s inflation data and NBE independence, EEA survey finds
Ethiopian Gov’t says Abay and Red Sea talks must include Ethiopia’s interests
Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan say only coastal states should govern the Red Sea
About 150,000 displaced in northern Afar as Ethiopian Gov’t forces retake Abala and Erebti
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Ethiopian Gov’t forces hold Mekelle as residents fear a return to full-scale war
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Most economists in an EEA survey are not convinced the birr float will last
Mereja TV to host a worldwide online symposium on Ethiopia’s current affairs
Somalia offers Ethiopia commercial access to two or three ports
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TPLF says it left Mekelle as Ethiopian Government forces enter the city
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EU Aspides escort shortage leaves merchant ships waiting at Bab el-Mandeb
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Ethiopian Government allies claim Mekelle airport as fighting still hits Amhara towns
Bocconi and Fondazione Nuovo Fiore open 2026-2027 scholarships for Ethiopian students
Saudi Red Sea tanker war-risk premiums spike, lifting costs on routes Ethiopia still needs
Ethiopian Government closes its Asmara embassy and orders Eritrean diplomats out
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Addis heard explosions on Wednesday night and again overnight into Friday
Amnesty urges AU emergency session as Ethiopian Government fighting expands into Amhara and Afar
Ethiopian Government closes Asmara embassy as residents report unverified Addis blasts
Ethiopia malaria resurgence: 7.3 million cases in 2024 and a new push on vivax radical cure
Ethiopian Government corridor risk: why Berbera matters as Bab el-Mandeb raises Djibouti costs
Ethiopian Government forces push north from Alamata as hospital sources tell BBC 52 civilians killed
Meskel Demera lights Addis as Kitfo Fest brings Gurage food and music to Piassa
Hapag-Lloyd adds Red Sea sailings as Bab el-Mandeb risk still weighs on Ethiopia’s Djibouti corridor
MSF suspends Alamata hospital work as war-wounded surge across northern Ethiopia
NBE warns on hawala remittances as diaspora dollars still chase market value
Red Sea war-risk insurance soars as Ethiopia’s Assab talk raises corridor stakes
Ethiopian Government forces claim Alamata as fighting spreads into Amhara and Afar
Fresh Voices in Addis: six new art graduates show free at Ethio-post through October 5
Bab el-Mandeb risk reaches Ethiopia through Cape diversions, war-risk premiums, and Djibouti logistics
Ethiopian Government and Tigrayan forces fight on three fronts; Tigrayan officials say more than 21 strikes on Alamata killed at least 14
CPHIA 2026 abstract deadline nears as Addis Ababa hosts Africa’s biggest public health meeting
Berbera sits at 30% capacity while Ethiopia still routes 96.7% of seaborne trade through Djibouti
Ethiopian Government army chief promises ‘wisdom and restraint’ as Amhara prisoner transfers and Fano fighting continue
GEREZAT at Fendika: Tewoldebrehan Kidane’s free Addis solo show runs through October 19
Houthi hold on Perim and Mokha raises Red Sea freight costs for Ethiopia’s Djibouti corridor
Ethiopian Government forces face fighting in Wag Hemra as Tigrayan fighters reportedly enter Sekota
Ethiopian Government, Djibouti and Dangote plan $660m fuel pipeline on a corridor facing war and Red Sea risk
Saudi Red Sea war-risk premiums hit 3% as Bab el-Mandeb risk raises Ethiopia’s freight bill
Ethiopian Government forces fight Tigrayan and Fano fighters in North Wollo as internet cuts hit the north
Displaced Amhara families in Harbu and Chagni say months without food aid as malaria spreads
Ethiopia still moves 96.7% of seaborne trade through Djibouti as Bab el-Mandeb war risk rises
