Home
Politics
Kenya Elections
Business
In Depth
Opinion
Podcasts

Countries
- Nigeria
- South Africa
- Kenya
- Ethiopia
- Ghana
- Zimbabwe
- Côte d’Ivoire
- More Africa News

Ethiopia

trickle in

Ethiopia: New aid convoys for Tigray after truce

New aid convoys were in or on their way to Ethiopia's Tigray region Thursday, humanitarian agencies said, the latest deliveries to take advantage ... of a truce between the country's warring sides.

A pedestrian walks on a sideway outside the Safaricom mobile phone customer care centre in the central business district of Nairobi

Dial for dollars

Top 500 Companies: Safaricom calling Ethiopia

Few companies can claim success on the scale of Kenyan telecoms operator Safaricom (#56). Since it was founded, in 1997, it has grown to become ... East Africa’s second most valuable firm in The Africa Report’s Top 500 Companies ranking, with a domestic subscriber base that represents two thirds of Kenyan mobile users. Its market capitalisation of $12.5bn is nearly twice that of the nine next biggest Kenyan companies combined.

Article 2/4 of "Africa’s Top 500 Companies"

Ali Asyalo, 14, receives treatment after losing his right leg from grenade explosives during fighting between the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces, at Dubti Referral Hospital, Dubti town, in Afar region, Ethiopia, February 25, 2022.

ethnic cleansing

Tigrayans subjected to ‘war crimes’ in Ethiopia, say rights groups

Security forces and their allies in a disputed part of conflict-hit northern Ethiopia committed abuses against Tigrayans that amounted to war ... crimes and crimes against humanity, two rights groups said Wednesday.

Hold your fire

Congress hits pause on new Ethiopia sanctions as leverage in truce deal

The US Congress has teed up new Ethiopia sanctions bills in both chambers but is holding off on passing them into law as it looks for leverage ... to build on last month's truce deal.

Ethiopia top stories

grim warning

Ethiopia: Inside the Oromia massacre – ‘There were corpses everywhere’

A client uses an automated teller machine (ATM) at the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa

open sesame

Ethiopia’s banks pushed to bulk up before market opens

Ethiopia's PM Abiy Ahmed (twitter: @PMEthiopia)

amidst crises

Ethiopia: Abiy says new committee will handle peace negotiations with TPLF

grim warning

Ethiopia: Inside the Oromia massacre – ‘There were corpses everywhere’

A client uses an automated teller machine (ATM) at the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa

open sesame

Ethiopia’s banks pushed to bulk up before market opens

Ethiopia's PM Abiy Ahmed (twitter: @PMEthiopia)

amidst crises

Ethiopia: Abiy says new committee will handle peace negotiations with TPLF

Join the global community who rely on us for insight.

A woman walks past an Ethio Telecom office in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa

Gearing up

Ethiopia: Can Ethio Telecom survive Safaricom’s April assault?

Ethiopia’s giant state-owned telecoms provider – Ethio Telecom – faces the biggest challenge in its history. In April, its monopoly on ... phone and internet services will come to an end when Kenyan operator Safaricom launches its network. Can the local operator survive?

A militia member and guard walks through a camp for internally displaced people in Afdera town, Ethiopia, February 23, 2022.

mistrust abounds

Ethiopia – Tigray: What’s changed in one week since declared truce?

One week ago, on 24 March, Ethiopia’s government declared a unilateral humanitarian truce, raising hopes that there could be a peaceful resolution ... to its 17 month-long civil war with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).

New CEO Mesfin Tasew has announced his intention to "continue the rapid and profitable growth" of Ethiopian Airlines and "take it to the next level." Ethiopian Airlines/Handout via REUTERS

Discreet but outstanding

Ethiopia: 10 things to know about new Ethiopian Airlines CEO Mesfin Tasew

With a 38-year career at the continent's leading airline group, Tewolde GebreMariam's successor is considered efficient and meticulous. ...

Africa Insight

Wake up to the essential with the Editor's picks.

Also receive offers from The Africa Report

Also receive offers from The Africa Report's partners

SUCCESS

ERROR

Ethiopia Tigray Crisis

all-time low

Ethiopia: Despite truce, no aid has entered Tigray where residents are ‘being pushed to the very edge’

It's been just over a week since Ethiopia declared an immediate "humanitarian truce" in Tigray. However, no aid has entered the region that has ... essentially been cut off from the rest of the country since the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) retook most of it from federal forces in June.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed campaigns in Jimma

one step

Ethiopia declares a ‘humanitarian truce effective immediately’ in Tigray

Ethiopia has declared an “indefinite humanitarian truce”, stating it will allow aid to start flowing into its embattled Tigray region. ...

A Diesel Mobile Unit (DMU) train of the Nairobi Commuter Rail Service operated by the Kenya Railway Corporation from Embakasi to Nairobi leaves the Donholm station in Nairobi

Trade-naissance

Railways: Tracking East Africa’s trade renaissance

East African policy-makers are dreaming of a return to the golden days of rail transport, with smooth-operating corridors linking hinterland ... to the sea.

<1 234 5 >... 115

Africa Insight

Wake up to the essential with the Editor's picks.

Also receive offers from The Africa Report

Also receive offers from The Africa Report's partners

SUCCESS

ERROR

Digital subscription

Digital subscription

Give yourself a headstart:
Get full access to The Africa Report on all your devices.

Africa Insight

Wake up to the essential with the Editor's picks.

Also receive offers from The Africa Report

Also receive offers from The Africa Report's partners

SUCCESS

ERROR

Who we are

About us
How we’re changing
Contact
Privacy
Cookie policy
Terms of use

Media

Advertise with us

Services

Subscribe
Podcasts
Mobile Application
Need help?

Follow us

Sign up to get more of The Africa Report

SUCCESS

ERROR