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Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in an official portrait from January 17, 2022 (Government of Somalia, Wikimedia Commons, public domain)

Somalia says it is neutral in Ethiopia-Eritrea tension after joining El Alamein declaration

October 12, 2026October 12, 2026Yonas Mikael
A small tugboat at the pier in the port of Obock, Djibouti, with the town in the background, in a 2008 file photo (U.S. Navy via Wikimedia Commons)

At least 139 migrants die as boat capsizes off Djibouti, IOM says

October 11, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Members of the Enat Party gather at the party's second regular general assembly in Addis Ababa on October 10, 2026 (Ethiopian Reporter via X)

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed names 62 state ministers, including EZEMA leader Eyob Mesafint

October 11, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Bodies wrapped in cloth on beds, with mourners standing beside them (Darfur Network for Human Rights via X)

Sudanese governor says drone that killed displaced civilians in Blue Nile was launched from Ethiopia

October 11, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
An Ethiopian Airlines Dash 8 aircraft on the runway at Alula Aba Nega International Airport in Mekelle on October 11, 2026, as flights resumed (Fana Media Corporation via X)

Getachew Reda says a federal command post will run Tigray until an election in six months

October 11, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Ethiopian Airlines Group Chief Executive Officer Mesfin Tasew speaks at a news conference in front of an Ethiopian flag (The Reporter via X)

Ethiopian Airlines paid about $6 million for carbon credits last year, CEO Mesfin Tasew says

October 11, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Satellite view of the Bab el-Mandeb strait and Perim Island (NASA ASTER, April 10, 2017, public domain) [file photo]

Military sources tell AFP Yemeni forces have not secured the Bab el-Mandeb strait

October 10, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Officials in safety vests walk along the Awash-Kombolcha-Hara Gebeya railway track during an Ethiopian Investment Holdings visit on June 30, 2026 (Ethiopian Investment Holdings via X)

Ethiopian Gov’t takes over stalled Kombolcha railway

October 10, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Ethiopian Human Rights Commission Chief Commissioner Birhanu Adelo speaks to journalists at the release of the commission's annual report in Addis Ababa on October 9, 2026 (Ethiopian Human Rights Commission via X)

Ethiopia’s rights commission reports killings, ransom abductions and detentions of alleged “Fano cells”

October 10, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Trucks carrying armed men move along a street in an image AfriMEOSINT posted on X on October 9, 2026, saying federal and allied forces had entered Shire; where and when it was taken is not verified (AfriMEOSINT / @AfriMEOSINT, via X)

Ethiopian forces enter Adigrat, residents tell Reuters

October 10, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Gold bars on a steel table at the launch of the National Precious Metals Refinery at Bole Lemi Special Economic Zone in Addis Ababa on October 10, 2026 (Office of the Prime Minister of Ethiopia via X)

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed opens Addis Ababa refinery to stop sending raw gold to Dubai

October 10, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Perim Island and Yemen coast in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait (Wikimedia Commons)

Houthis deny Saudi envoy’s claim that Bab el-Mandeb is cleared

October 9, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Cover of the US State Department's Trafficking in Persons Report dated October 2026, shared on X by the US Embassy in Addis Ababa on October 9, 2026 (US Embassy Addis Ababa via X)

US report keeps Ethiopia on Tier 2 for human trafficking, says ENDF used child soldiers

October 9, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Heavy traffic on Bole Road in Addis Ababa, November 2017 (Yonatan Solomon, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0) [file photo]

Some car asking prices jump as an Addis Ababa tax crackdown on brokers leaves showrooms quiet seven weeks on

October 9, 2026October 9, 2026Yonas Mikael
A soldier lifts the wing of a drone marked S-389 beside stacked ammunition boxes, in an image AfriMEOSINT posted on X on October 9, 2026; where and when it was filmed is not verified (AfriMEOSINT / @AfriMEOSINT, via X)

Ethiopia tells UN Security Council it has no option but self-defense against Eritrea

October 9, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Wreckage of a drone marked S-355 lying on grass, in a photo posted on X by AfriMEOSINT on October 9, 2026, which said the drone was reportedly launched by the ENDF and brought down by Fano; where and when it was taken is not verified (AfriMEOSINT via X)

Residents tell DW a student and a deacon were killed in Menz fighting

October 9, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Satellite view of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait linking the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (NASA / Wikimedia Commons)

Small boat fired on Chinese-operated container ship off Mokha, security firm says

October 8, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
A farmer ploughs a field with oxen in Tigray, August 2013 (Rod Waddington, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0) [file photo]

Tigray disaster agency says 3.9 million need emergency food

October 8, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
A truck on the road that links Djibouti and Addis Ababa, between Lake Afdera and Awash in the Afar region, January 2014 (Ji-Elle, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0) [file photo]

Oil jumps 40 percent in two months while coffee slips, leaving Ethiopia’s new finance minister a costlier import bill

October 8, 2026October 8, 2026Yonas Mikael
Soldiers ride on a red truck on a paved road in a photo AfriMEOSINT posted on X on October 7, 2026, saying footage that day purportedly showed Eritrean troops entering Idaga Hamus in Tigray [file photo] (AfriMEOSINT / @AfriMEOSINT, via X)

Ethiopian drones hit Eritrean troops near Adigrat, witnesses and a conflict monitor say

October 8, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Members of the new Council of Ministers take the oath of office in the House of Peoples' Representatives in Addis Ababa on October 8, 2026 (Office of the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, via X)

Parliament approves Abiy Ahmed’s new cabinet, moving Fitsum Assefa to Finance and naming nine women among 22 ministers

October 8, 2026October 15, 2026Yonas Mikael
Armed men stand in front of the gate of Mehal Meda General Hospital in North Shewa, in a photo posted on X on 7 October 2026 by Thomas van Linge, who said Fano had captured the town; open-source analysts geolocated the photo to the hospital, but its date has not been independently verified (Thomas van Linge / @ThomasVLinge, via X)

Fano captures Mehal Meda and other Shewa towns, residents tell Mereja

October 7, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
A damaged building at Aden International Airport, July 2017 (IOM, UN Migration, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0) [file photo]

Houthi missile lands near Aden runway minutes before a Cairo flight

October 7, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Selam Street in Mekelle, the capital of Tigray, January 2018 (A.Savin, via Wikimedia Commons, Free Art License) [file photo]

Residents tell The Guardian Tigrayan forces are seizing boys as young as 15 for the front

October 7, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Armed men ride in the back of a yellow truck on a town street, in a photo posted on 7 October 2026 by AfriMEOSINT, which said footage circulating that day purportedly showed Eritrean troops entering Idaga Hamus; the place, the date and the identity of the troops have not been independently verified (Rich Tedd / @AfriMEOSINT, via X)

Eritrean troops reported in Adigrat and moving south

October 7, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Members of the House of Peoples' Representatives in the chamber in Addis Ababa during the first extraordinary session of the new term on 7 October 2026 (Fana Media Corporation)

Parliament turns the Planning Ministry into a Ministry of National Strategy

October 7, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Mokha city and port, Yemen

Yemeni Gov’t forces say they retook Mokha and the Bab el-Mandeb coast, raising stakes for Djibouti and Ethiopia

October 6, 2026October 8, 2026Yonas Mikael
The hills around Adwa in Tigray's Central Zone, site of the 1896 Battle of Adwa, 31 January 2018 (A.Savin, via Wikimedia Commons, Free Art License) [file photo]

Drone strikes in Tigray kill at least 17, including displaced families in Shiraro

October 6, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael

EU warns Ethiopia-Eritrea tension risks a regional war

October 6, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Abiy Ahmed at talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, 23 October 2019 (Kremlin.ru via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0) [file photo]

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed begins new five-year term pledging sea access and constitutional change

October 6, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Birr Metrics graphic summarising Ethiopia's 5 October 2026 Foreign Ministry statement linking Nile and Red Sea interests to geography (Birr Metrics / @birrmetrics, via X)

Ethiopia says any Abay or Red Sea talks must account for its interests

October 5, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud shake hands during bilateral talks in Alamein on the margins of the four-country summit, 5 October 2026 (Yemane G. Meskel / @hawelti, via X)

Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan say only coastal states should govern the Red Sea

October 5, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Armed men in a pickup truck flying Ethiopia's flag on a town street during fighting around Erebti in the Afar region, 27 September 2026 (AfriMEOSINT / Rich Tedd, via X)

About 150,000 displaced in northern Afar during a week of fighting

October 5, 2026October 24, 2026Yonas Mikael
Mekelle on 22 July 2013 (MarcD., Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0) [file photo]

Ethiopian Gov’t forces hold Mekelle, residents and aid workers tell Reuters

October 5, 2026October 24, 2026Yonas Mikael
Mereja TV International Symposium poster for October 24, starting at 1 p.m. Eastern

Mereja TV to host a worldwide online symposium on Ethiopia’s current affairs

October 4, 2026October 12, 2026Yonas Mikael
The Port of Mogadishu on 27 November 2022

Somalia offers Ethiopia commercial access to two or three ports

October 4, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Mekelle on 22 July 2013, photograph by MarcD (Wikimedia Commons) [file photo]

TPLF says it left Mekelle as Ethiopian Government forces enter

October 4, 2026October 24, 2026Yonas Mikael
A satellite view of Bab el-Mandeb acquired on 10 April 2017 (Wikimedia Commons / NASA) [file photo]

EU Aspides escort shortage leaves merchant ships waiting at Bab el-Mandeb

October 3, 2026October 8, 2026Yonas Mikael
Mekelle on 22 July 2013, in a photograph by MarcD (Wikimedia Commons) [file photo]

Tigray Peace Forces claim control of Mekelle airport

October 3, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Library building at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy (Wikimedia Commons)

Bocconi and Fondazione Nuovo Fiore open 2026-2027 scholarships for Ethiopian students

October 2, 2026October 10, 2026Yonas Mikael
Container terminal at the Port of Djibouti on the Red Sea approach (Wikimedia Commons)

Saudi Red Sea tanker war-risk premiums spike, lifting costs on routes Ethiopia still needs

October 2, 2026October 5, 2026Yonas Mikael
Harnet Avenue, the main street of Asmara, Eritrea, on 5 January 2013

Ethiopian Government closes its Asmara embassy and orders Eritrean diplomats out

October 2, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Skyline of Addis Ababa in August 2012 [file photo]

Addis heard explosions on Wednesday night and again overnight into Friday

October 2, 2026October 8, 2026Yonas Mikael
Farmland and highlands in Ethiopia's Amhara region. This photograph shows the landscape, not the fighting. (Wikimedia Commons)

Amnesty urges AU emergency session on Ethiopia’s widening war

October 2, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Addis Ababa city skyline, Ethiopia (Wikimedia Commons)

Ethiopian Government closes Asmara embassy as residents report unverified Addis blasts

October 1, 2026October 5, 2026Yonas Mikael
Anopheles stephensi mosquito, a malaria vector photographed by the U.S. CDC (Wikimedia Commons)

Ethiopia recorded 7.3 million malaria cases in 2024, its highest in seven years, study finds

October 1, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Ethiopian cargo ship at the Port of Djibouti on 15 March 2012

Ethiopian Government corridor risk: why Berbera matters as Bab el-Mandeb raises Djibouti costs

October 1, 2026October 5, 2026Yonas Mikael
Hills and farmland near Lalibela in Ethiopia's Amhara region (Wikimedia Commons)

Hospital sources tell BBC 52 civilians killed in fighting around Alamata as federal forces push north

October 1, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Demera bonfire engulfed in flame during Meskel celebration in Ethiopia (Wikimedia Commons)

Meskel Demera lights Addis as Kitfo Fest brings Gurage food and music to Piassa

September 30, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Bab el-Mandeb Strait seen from midchannel (Wikimedia Commons)

Hapag-Lloyd adds Red Sea sailings as Bab el-Mandeb risk still weighs on Ethiopia’s Djibouti corridor

September 30, 2026October 5, 2026Yonas Mikael
A street in Alamata, southern Tigray, on 23 December 2020

MSF suspends Alamata hospital work as war wounded surge

September 30, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Addis Ababa city skyline, Ethiopia (Wikimedia Commons)

National Bank of Ethiopia warns against unlicensed remittance services

September 29, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
NASA satellite view of the Bab el-Mandeb strait between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden (Wikimedia Commons)

Red Sea war-risk insurance soars as Ethiopia’s Assab talk raises corridor stakes

September 29, 2026October 5, 2026Yonas Mikael
A street in Alamata, southern Tigray, on 23 December 2020

Ethiopian Government forces and allies say they have taken Alamata

September 29, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Headquarters of Ethiopost on Churchill Avenue in Addis Ababa on 18 September 2025

Fresh Voices in Addis: six new art graduates show free at Ethio-post through October 5

September 28, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Port of Djibouti container facilities on the Gulf of Aden approach (Wikimedia Commons)

Bab el-Mandeb risk reaches Ethiopia through Cape diversions, war-risk premiums, and Djibouti logistics

September 28, 2026October 5, 2026Yonas Mikael
A public gathering in Alamata town

Tigrayan officials say more than 21 air strikes on Alamata killed at least 14 civilians

September 28, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
Exterior of Balcha Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Wikimedia Commons)

Abstract deadline nears for Africa CDC’s CPHIA 2026 public health conference in Addis Ababa

September 27, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael
DP World Berbera New Port terminal on the Gulf of Aden coast (Wikimedia Commons)

Berbera port runs at 30 percent of capacity, DP World official says

September 27, 2026October 24, 2026Yonas Mikael
Field Marshal Berhanu Jula speaking on 5 April 2023

Ethiopia’s army chief promises ‘wisdom and restraint’ on the Tigray front, Al Jazeera reports

September 27, 2026October 23, 2026Yonas Mikael

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