Ethiopia reaches preliminary deal with bondholders on $1 billion debt overhaul

Ethiopia has struck a preliminary deal with key bondholders to restructure its defaulted $1 billion international bond, the ...
Biometric Companies

Ethiopia links digital ID with passport system in utility-first adoption push

Ethiopia’s Immigration and Citizenship Service (ICS) has announced the integration of the Fayda national digital ID with the passport application system in a bid to streamline the process and ...
Center for Strategic and International Studies

After the Supermajority: Ethiopia’s Trajectory Following the 2026 Election

Ethiopia's Prosperity Party secured a supermajority in the June 2026 elections. What does this mean for the country's ...
The New York Times

The Ruling Party Won Ethiopia’s Election. Here’s What to Know.

The vote bolsters the power of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed amid fears of renewed conflict in the Tigray region and tensions with Eritrea over access to the Red Sea. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg Reporting from ...
CNN

Ethiopia’s PM won a Nobel Peace Prize, stoked a civil war - and is set for re-election

When Abiy Ahmed became Ethiopia’s prime minister in 2018, he offered a clean slate for Africa’s oldest uncolonized nation, which had been suffocated by decades of strict state control. His predecessor ...
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Ethio Telecom enters capital market in historic listing on Ethiopian Securities Exchange

Addis Ababa, May 26, 2026 —Ethio Telecom has been officially listed on the Ethio Telecom shares market under the Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX), marking a historic turning point in the country’s ...
Foreign Affairs

The War in Ethiopia Isn’t Over

A few months after coming to power in April 2018, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed a peace deal to end a decades-long insurgency in the country’s Oromia region. The same summer, he struck a ...
The Economist

Abiy Ahmed dreams of remaking Ethiopia in his image

A SHEAF OF wheat can have many meanings. For Ethiopia’s Prosperity Party, which chose one as its campaign logo ahead of polls scheduled for June 1st, it is a symbol of national unity: stalks entwined ...
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Ethio Coders graduates drive digital transformation in public institutions

Addis Ababa, May 1, 2026 — Young Ethiopians trained under the national Five Million Ethio Coders program are developing homegrown digital systems that are beginning to modernize public institutions ...
Human Rights Watch

Ethiopia: Persecution of Tigrayans Unrelenting

Authorities and security forces in Ethiopia’s contested Western Tigray Zone are arbitrarily detaining ethnic Tigrayans and severely restricting their movements, employment, and access to services. The ...
Wired

COBOL Is the Asbestos of Programming Languages

Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, the governor of New Jersey made an unusual admission: He’d run out of COBOL developers. The state’s unemployment insurance systems were written in the 60-year-old ...
Los Angeles Times

Ethiopian leader’s vision for nation includes an Eritrean seaport. Some see a looming conflict

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s push for sovereign sea access via Eritrea’s Assab port is sparking military tensions ...