World Bank review finds Ethiopia’s community-based nutrition project reached 55.8 million people
Addis Ababa artists build their own galleries and collectives as high taxes and scarce materials hold the art scene back
WFP fresh food voucher pilot in Amhara’s Habru district could not show impact because transfers arrived irregularly
Getachew T. Alemu argues Ethiopia cannot quickly swap public investment for private capital
Ethiopia’s Rift Valley fights excess fluoride in drinking water with filters made from charred bones
Ethiopian Airlines opens the 373-room Ethiopian Skylight Hotel near Bole Airport
Hijra Bank opens share sale to become one of Ethiopia’s first interest-free banks
British Museum has kept 11 sacred Ethiopian tabots from Maqdala in storage, never displayed, for 146 years
Ethiopia had only 17 doctors of physical therapy for about 105 million people in 2019
SEPDM fails to clarify its position on Sidama’s quest for region status
ADP says it is being patient for the sake of peace and unity
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
Ethiopian consumers and merchants call on the government to fix the economy
Addis Ababa University graduates talk about peace
Prof. Ezkiel Gebissa: There is no democracy in Ethiopia yet
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
The effort to mediate peace between Isaias Afwerki and TPLF
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
Addis Ababa traffic control volunteers talk about their experience and the challenges they face
Amleset Muchie talks about her new film, Minalesh
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
ADP appoints new president for Amhara Region
Wektawi Gudayoch (Ethiopian Current Affairs) on Mereja TV – 15 July 2019
Addis Dimts on Mereja TV with EZEMA officials Yeshiwas Assefa and Girma Seifu
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
Gunshots heard in Bahir Dar
Addis Dimts on Mereja TV – 14 July 2019
GreenPath Food, Ethiopia’s first certified organic fruit and vegetable producer, bets on smallholder farmers in Butajira
Spiritual messages from Hailu Yohannes – 14 July 2019
Addis Ababa University graduates express their experience and joy
Aend Gize – Addis Ababa Funny Street Quiz – 13 July 2019
PM Abiy Ahmed at Addis Ababa University students graduation Ceremony – 13 July 2019
Former Somali Region President Abdi Iley talks about improved prison conditions
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
Wektawi Gudayoch (Ethiopian Current Affairs) – 12 July 2019
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
Activists react to TPLF’s accusation against ADP
Members of Ethiopia’s ruling coalition exchange insults and accusations
Fifteen months after the Gedeo–West Guji violence, displaced families are still moving from place to place
Journalist Eskinder Nega responds to Defense Ministry’s warning
Nine in ten Ethiopian children under 10 are poor across health, education and living standards, UNDP index shows
Wektawi Gudayoch (Ethiopian Current Affairs) 10 July 2019
