The Ethiopian government has transitioned to a market-based foreign exchange rate system, allowing the birr’s value to be determined by the market. This shift marks the most significant economic change in the country in 50 years, moving away from the…
PARIS (Reuters)-Tatjana Smith took South Africa’s first gold of the Paris Olympics on Monday and added the 100 metres breaststroke title to the 200 metres she won at Tokyo 2021 under her maiden name of Schoenmaker. China’s world champion Tang…
The Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games was held in Paris, France, on Friday, July 26, officially launching the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad. Forty-one Ethiopian athletes are in the French capital in pursuit of sporting glory. Team Ethiopia,…
Farida Abaroge, a 30-year-old runner who fled Ethiopia eight years ago due to persecution, is “proud” to have earned her spot on the Refugee Olympic Team. The team, made up of 37 athletes from 15 countries, is now at the…
The death toll from landslides in the Gofa zone of southern Ethiopia has reached 257, according to the United Nations on Thursday, and the number could potentially increase to 500. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)…
In his memoir የዲፕሎማሲ ፋና (Yediplomasi Fana), Teruneh Zenna vividly describes the harrowing experience he spent detained at the Sendafa Police Training School in 1969 after participating in the “Land to the Tiller” demonstration. “When the police arrived, those of…
Eritrea has issued orders blocking Ethiopian Airlines flights to and from Asmara, with the ban set to be fully effective by the end of September 2024. The Eritrean Civil Aviation Authority has blamed Ethiopian Airlines for “consistent and malicious trading…
The death toll from two landslides in the Gofa zone of southern Ethiopia on Monday has risen to 229, according to authorities. The landslides occurred on Sunday evening and Monday morning, after heavy rains in a mountainous area in Kencho…
Four residents of the town of Alamata were taken hostage by “Tigray militants,” their families and a witness who was released after his arrest told the BBC. According to family members and an eyewitness, four young people from Alamata, a…
Daniel Bekele has stepped down from his position as head of the state-appointed but legally-autonomous Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, or EHRC. Tagesse Chafo, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, bade farewell to Daniel Bekele as he completed his five-year…