Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy gathers 70 authors and about 1,000 pages of research
Gaet’ale Pond in Afar is Earth’s saltiest natural body of water, denser even than the Dead Sea
Ethiopia’s Kagnew Battalion fought in 253 Korean War battles and left a living bond with South Korea
Bole Airport handles a record 29,528 passengers in one day as its new terminal begins to open
Addis Ababa to host Africa’s 8th Space Leadership Congress on science for development
Sabegn, an Addis Ababa leather workshop, pays artisans when goods sell and pushes them to brand their own work
SES and Eutelsat both claim multi-year deals with Ethiopian broadcasters for satellite TV capacity
Ethiopia’s foreign-currency reserves rise to $3.2 billion, enough for about three months of fuel imports
Paul Njoroge, who lost his family on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, tells Congress to question Boeing and the FAA
More than a quarter of schoolgirls in a rural East Wollega district are anemic, Ethiopian researchers find
Construction begins on an Adwa victory memorial centre at Piassa in Addis Ababa
Ethiopian hides and skins need little degreasing to become leather, a three-year study of 37 breeds finds
Netflix’s The Red Sea Diving Resort dramatises the Mossad rescue of Ethiopian Jews through Sudan
UAE’s Khalifa Fund signs a $100 million deal to back innovation and small businesses in Ethiopia
Nearly 873,000 Ethiopian children missed key vaccines in 2018 as measles coverage slipped to 61 percent
Ethiopian migrants back from Yemen describe torture and ransom demands as IOM flies 280 more home
Awra Amba, the Amhara village where men and women share all work and religion is a private matter
For the Sabbath, Ethiopian Jews bake defo dabo, a wheat loaf often studded with nigella seeds
GreenPath Food, Ethiopia’s first certified organic fruit and vegetable producer, bets on smallholder farmers in Butajira
Ethiopia collected 198.2 billion birr in taxes in 2018/19, about 22 billion more than a year earlier
Ethiopian Airlines wants to start a new airline in Nigeria, chief executive Tewolde Gebremariam says
Sidama’s statehood demand nears its 18 July deadline as the electoral board holds off on a referendum
Ethiopia’s president and prime minister will share a compound as Abiy Ahmed opens the palaces to visitors
TPLF and ADP trade blame in a rare public feud after the 22 June killings in Amhara
Fifteen months after the Gedeo–West Guji violence, displaced families are still moving from place to place
Nine in ten Ethiopian children under 10 are poor across health, education and living standards, UNDP index shows
June droughts could cut sorghum harvests in Ethiopia’s highlands by up to 40 percent in strong El Niño years, study finds
Near Lalibela, honey from bees living in church walls is used in an old healing rite called Mar
Ethiopia hosts Justified Accord 2019, a U.S.-led exercise for peacekeepers serving in Somalia
Addis Ababa mechanics keep old Volkswagen Beetles running as the last Beetle rolls off the line in Mexico
Tigray plans to sell shares in three EFFORT companies, including Mesebo Cement, to diaspora investors
In Addis Ababa, YA Coffee serves specialty coffee brewed only in the traditional jebena
At Awaday, the world’s biggest khat market, millions change hands overnight as farmers turn from coffee to the leaf
Jail Ogaden stands empty, with diaries, logs and bones still scattered in its yard
Ethiopian universities spend under 2 percent of their budgets on research. A scholar argues for rewards, not mandates
Abiy Ahmed presses Kenya and Somalia to settle their sea border dispute out of court
Journalists face terrorism charges as Ethiopia’s defence ministry vows to sue media after the 22 June killings
Ethiopian TV channels agree to move to SES’s NSS-12 satellite to create a dedicated Ethiopian bouquet
In Mekelle, a reggae ballad for Tigrayan unity captures growing anger at Abiy Ahmed’s government
Ethiopia’s parliament approves a 386.95 billion birr budget for 2019/20
Ethiopia lifts power rationing as water rises behind the Gibe III dam
Abiy Ahmed says Ethiopia will send 50,000 workers to the UAE within a year to ease unemployment
Addis Ababa starts feeding its schoolchildren as drought pushes up food prices in the capital
Nearly a third of TB patients at an Addis Ababa hospital show signs of depression, study finds
A year after Abiy Ahmed’s Asmara visit, the Ethiopia-Eritrea peace has lost its glow
Officials in Robe order a Mekane Yesus congregation out of the building it used for ten years
Ireland spent about 5 billion birr on aid in Ethiopia over six years, its largest development partnership
Ethiopia’s drug regulator shuts 42 bars for allowing smoking and serving shisha
Ethiopian migrants feared among the dead after an airstrike on Libya’s Tajoura detention center
Kebour Ghenna makes the case for letting Ethiopians own land, with the state keeping a check
Ethiopia will license two foreign mobile operators and sell 49 percent of Ethio Telecom
Chinese miner Tibet Huayu agrees to finance Tigray’s Adyabo gold and base metals project
Sudan’s military council and protest leaders agree on a power-sharing deal brokered by the African Union and Ethiopia
Sidama leaders vow to declare their own region on 18 July as analysts warn Ethiopia has no safe option
Critics question the official coup account of the 22 June killings and press for an independent inquiry
Ethiopia’s new labour law gives mothers 120 days of maternity leave and lengthens probation to 60 days
Ethiopian medical student Yidnekachew Girma Mogessie wins an international award for a youth sexual health project
Herders in Ale fence off rangeland as drought stretches Ethiopia’s dry seasons
