Ongoing conflicts in Ethiopia over the past four years have severely impacted the operations...

A new report, the "Aid Worker Security Report 2025," reveals a dramatic increase in...

A recent audit report by the Office of the Federal Auditor General (OFAG) has uncovered widespread financial mismanagement, delays, and inefficiencies in the country’s public projects, resulting in losses exceeding 17 billion birr (approximately $121.4 million) in road construction and university developments alone. The report details systemic issues affecting government-funded projects, with over 180 road projects incurring more than 13.26 billion birr in cost overruns in addition to their initial budgets. This means that more than 75% of these projects have faced significant additional costs caused by delays, overbudgeting, and poor management practices. The problem extends beyond infrastructure to other vital sectors such as electricity generation, irrigation, and higher education projects. The audit found that many projects were not completed on schedule, leading to wasteful spending and stalled development efforts. Officials from the Ministry of Planning and...

Sumitomo Corporation, a major Japanese investor in Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia Plc, has obtained political...

The Ethiopian Capital Market Authority (ECMA) has introduced a draft directive aimed at boosting...

Poverty remains one of Ethiopia’s most pressing challenges, as it does for many developing countries. But like India—which has...

In Ethiopia, the private media sector is facing unprecedented challenges, squeezed relentlessly by government actions that increasingly threaten its...

The world is treading a perilous path—one marked by stark inequalities, muted global accountability, and a succession of power...

In the 21st century, amid astonishing advances in technology, communication, and a professed global consciousness, the unfolding starvation crisis...