More than 50 church students studying at Kidane Mehret Church in the town of Alamata were reportedly abducted by fighters from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), Deutsche Welle Amharic reported, citing sources on the ground. The radio station cited…
Ethiopian Airlines has pushed back against reports suggesting it could suspend or reduce domestic flights as jet fuel prices climb amid tensions linked to the Iran conflict. The airline said the claims were inaccurate and insisted operations across its domestic…
The Tigray Orthodox Tewahedo Church Synod has announced that the town of Axum will be designated the “Holy Axum of St. Mary of Zion,” according to church statements. Following the decision, the church said it plans to introduce a set…
Ethiopian Airlines may suspend short-haul and domestic routes across its network as part of efforts to cut jet fuel consumption, sources told Ethiopia Observer. Jet fuel prices have doubled since the outbreak of the Iran conflict, prompting the airline to…
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front reconstituted its dissolved pre-war regional council and elected chairman Debretsion Gebremichael as regional president, Tigray TV reported. The council, dissolved under the 2022 Pretoria Agreement between the federal government and the TPLF, has resumed work…
Xenophobic violence in South Africa has intensified following the killing of five Ethiopians and other African nationals last Tuesday, signaling a renewed surge in attacks across the country. Migrants are facing growing intimidation, exclusion and, in some cases, deadly violence.…
Ethiopia has secured a major legal victory against Turkish contractor Yapı Merkezi İnşaat, after an international tribunal dismissed the bulk of a nearly $1bn claim.The London Court of International Arbitration rejected roughly $750mn of the contractor’s demands and ordered it…
Mesfin Tasew, Group Chief Executive of Ethiopian Airlines, is set to depart the carrier, according to people familiar with the matter. Appointed in March 2022, his exit—if confirmed—would mark another leadership transition at the airline’s highest level, a role widely…
Since the outbreak of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory attacks on its Gulf neighbors, Ethiopia—fully dependent on Gulf countries for the supply of refined petroleum—has been facing severe shortages, despite government calls for restraint, writes Maëlle Duhamel…
ምንም እንኳን አሜሪካ እና እስራኤል በኢራን ላይ የከፈቱት ጦርነትና የኢራን አፀፋ በብዙ ሀገራት ላይ ኢኮኖሚያዊ ቀውስም ቢያስከትልም ፣ እንደ ቶታል ላሉ ኩባንያዎች ግን ትርፍን እያስገኘላቸው ነው።የሆርሙዝ የባሕር ወሽመጥ ሊዘጋ እንደሚችል ቀድሞ በመገመት፥ የነዳጅ አከፋፋይ ኩባንያ የሆነው ቶታል ኢነርጂ በመካከለኛው ምስራቅ…