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Addis Ababa skyline, Ethiopia (Wikimedia Commons)

NBE’s undersubscribed dollar auction shows banks short of birr, not a fixed FX market

11 hours ago September 23, 2026September 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Satellite view of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden (Wikimedia Commons / ASTER)

UK P&I war-risk exclusion hits Red Sea lanes that carry Ethiopia’s seaborne trade

17 hours ago September 23, 2026September 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Bab el-Mandeb Strait and southern Red Sea corridor from space (Wikimedia Commons / NASA)

Houthi hold on Perim puts Bab el-Mandeb risk on Djibouti’s doorstep and Ethiopia’s freight bill

3 days ago September 21, 2026September 21, 2026Yonas Mikael
Ethiopian birr banknotes, a reminder that Gulf wages often become family remittances at home (on-site / prior mereja.com media)

Saudi Musaned suspends new Ethiopian domestic worker hiring after Addis decision

3 days ago September 20, 2026September 20, 2026Yonas Mikael
Bab el-Mandeb Strait and southern Red Sea shipping corridor from space (Wikimedia Commons / NASA)

Bab el-Mandeb war-risk stays near 3% while terrorism cover climbs toward 10%

4 days ago September 20, 2026September 20, 2026Yonas Mikael
Bab el-Mandeb Strait seen from space, southern Red Sea gateway (Wikimedia Commons / public domain NASA-related imagery)

Ethiopian Gov’t pushes “sovereign” Red Sea access while Bab el-Mandeb insurance stays near war prices

5 days ago September 19, 2026September 19, 2026Yonas Mikael
Bab el-Mandeb Strait seen from space, southern Red Sea gateway (Wikimedia Commons / public domain NASA-related imagery)

Ethiopian Gov’t pushes “sovereign” Red Sea access while Bab el-Mandeb insurance stays near war prices

5 days ago September 19, 2026September 19, 2026Yonas Mikael
Ethiopian birr banknotes (Wikimedia Commons / Flosegura, CC0)

Ethiopia’s remittances hit $7.14 billion, but the managed birr still pushes families toward market rates

5 days ago September 18, 2026September 18, 2026Yonas Mikael
Bab el-Mandeb Strait seen from space, southern Red Sea gateway (Wikimedia Commons / public domain NASA-related imagery)

War-risk insurance and Cape detours keep raising the price of Red Sea oil and Horn freight

6 days ago September 18, 2026September 18, 2026Yonas Mikael
Ethiopian birr banknotes (Wikimedia Commons / Flosegura, CC0)

Telebirr seeks higher limits as remittance payout gaps push Ethiopians toward market rates

1 week ago September 16, 2026September 17, 2026Yonas Mikael
Bab el-Mandeb Strait satellite image (ASTER / NASA-METI-AIST / Wikimedia Commons, public domain)

Bab el-Mandeb traffic stuck near 26 ships a day as Houthi coastal gains raise war-risk costs

1 week ago September 16, 2026September 17, 2026Yonas Mikael
Port of Djibouti container terminal on the Red Sea approaches (Wikimedia Commons / Kao Akana, CC BY-SA 2.0)

Eritrea says Abiy Ahmed’s government is “actively destabilising” the Horn as Assab and Red Sea access stay flashpoints

1 week ago September 15, 2026September 17, 2026Yonas Mikael
Container terminal at the Port of Djibouti (Skilla1st / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Djibouti still handles 96.7% of Ethiopia’s sea cargo as Bab el-Mandeb risk keeps Berbera thin

1 week ago September 14, 2026September 17, 2026Yonas Mikael
Container terminal at the Port of Djibouti, Ethiopia’s main seaborne gateway (David Stanley / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0)

Bab el-Mandeb crossings crash after Perim seizure as Cape diversion freight taxes the Horn

2 weeks ago September 13, 2026September 13, 2026Yonas Mikael

Egypt’s super-rich take their money out of the country

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