WSJ: a Boeing official played down a bird-strike scenario linked to the doomed Ethiopian Max
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini began a Horn tour through Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti, and Ethiopia
Refugees International said Ethiopia’s forced IDP returns were making the displacement crisis worse
BBC Travel visited church forests near Debre Tabor that still shelter highland trees and stories
Ethiopian Diaspora Trust Fund named an 11-member board with five seats for the diaspora
Christian Science Monitor profiled Meaza Ashenafi as Ethiopia’s first woman Supreme Court chief
BBC: Abiy Ahmed hosted a $173,000-a-seat dinner to fund Addis Ababa river and park works
Commentary asked if Ethiopia had left the TPLF pan only to fall into ethno-anarchy
Ethiopian Army said it helped return 1,500 people who had fled to Sudan from Gondar areas
Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers approved a new anti-terrorism draft law
Africa Hall at UNECA in Addis Ababa was lined up for a $56.9 million renovation
British Museum said it may discuss a long-term loan of sacred Ethiopian tabots
Ethiopian Electric Power restarted two turbines at the Tekezé hydro plant
Global Burden of Disease research counted 17,181 HIV/AIDS deaths in Ethiopia in 2017
Health reports said Ethiopian children remained at high risk in a long measles fight
Somali regional officials accused Ethiopia’s London embassy of colonial-style diaspora tactics
Observer: a Ugandan visitor described Ethiopia’s reverence for the dead at Holy Trinity Cathedral
BBC: a rumour that researchers came to poison children led a mob to kill two scientists
Borkena: a political scientist said federal system design sat at the root of Ethiopia’s crisis
The Hindu warned that power shortages could stop a Chinese-funded rail link for a full day
The Atlantic profiled Aïda Muluneh’s fight against visual clichés of Africa
UNESCO released emergency assistance money for Simien Mountains National Park
Reporter profile: Birtukan Mideksa faced a divided timetable for Ethiopia’s national election
National Bank directive told foreign oil firms to keep foreign-currency accounts inside Ethiopia
A new sugar company opened talks to buy Wonji-Shoa and Metehara plants
Parliament approved a mining bill that gave regional states more power over the sector
Radio X aired Samuel Schlaefli’s reportage on Chinese money and daily life in Ethiopia
Parliament reviewed a bill to amend commercial registration and business licensing rules
The Reporter: Sky Way Investment Group pitched a cable-train system for Ethiopian cities
Washington Post: Ethiopian Airlines rejected claims that ET302 pilots failed emergency procedures
India’s KPR Mill said it would open a garment plant in Ethiopia with about $5 million to start
Ethiopia began rationing electricity for homes and factories after hydropower reservoirs fell
Low water at Melka Wakena, Gibe III, and Koka helped create a hundreds-of-megawatts power gap
Benishangul-Gumuz officials said April ethnic clashes in Dangur left 31 people dead
Addis Standard opinion: Hige Mengist is not the same as a democratic constitution
A government study said Ethiopia’s research spending was only 0.27 percent of GDP
MDS: Ethiopia’s $26 monthly garment wage made it a low-cost fashion hub facing a hard model choice
Wolaita protesters rallied in Soddo for self-rule, equality, and rights
Amhara Democratic Party official Yohannes Buayalew gave a recorded interview on Walta
Concordia named Vanier Scholars whose research included Ethiopian city life and vulnerable adolescents
Rights groups used World Press Freedom Day in Addis Ababa to call for a UN envoy on journalist safety
Deutsche Welle: Europe’s textile buyers looked at Ethiopia as the next low-cost stop
Tadias: an Ethiopia–Eritrea filmmaker refugee described detention and war noise near Tripoli
Etan Comics launched Hawi, often called Ethiopia’s first female superhero comic
Ethiopia Insight: detained Tigrayan youth challenged the TPLF over land and rights
Eritrea’s border closure emptied shops in Zalambessa after the 2018 peace reopening
UNESCO’s secretariat offered support tied to an Ethiopian national park conservation push
Forbes: apparel firms in Ethiopia needed a longer investment model than quick Wall Street returns
A southern Ethiopia study found 3,200 civil servants hired with forged university papers
Guardian: Gedeo displaced people said returning home meant death while staying meant hunger
Tadias and Human Rights Watch warned that criminalizing hate speech alone would not fix Ethiopia’s violence
How Emperor Haile Selassie pushed Amharic as Ethiopia’s shared public language in the 1930s
Tigray collected about $130 million in tax over nine months of the 2018/19 Ethiopian fiscal year
CNN: A mother whose daughter died on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 asked to keep unsafe planes on the ground
NYT: before the Ethiopian crash, Boeing resisted pilots’ calls for stronger 737 Max steps
The Economist: after drought and war, ethnic conflict was displacing Ethiopians
Five Ethiopian opposition parties announced a merger
Aida Edemariam won the Ondaatje Prize for The Wife’s Tale
