Ethiopia

© File photo of Merera Gudina, addressing a rally in Oromia. (REUTERS/Barry Malone)

scattered shards

Premium badgeEthiopia: No clear path to peace in Oromia Following the inconclusive peace talks between the Ethiopian government and rebel group the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), diametrically opposed views a...
© US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali during his visit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 15, 2023. (Photo by US Department of State)

Rights? Nah

Premium badgeUS lifts Ethiopia’s human rights violator designation The US Treasury’s recent conclusion that Ethiopia is no longer engaging in a “pattern of gross violations of human rights”, based on State Department ...
© Outgoing EU Ambassador to Ethiopia Birgitte Markussen speaks to The Africa Report from her residence in Addis Ababa. (Photo: European Union, 2023)

Coffee with

Premium badgeOutgoing EU Ambassador to AU Markussen: ‘Africa needs improved economy’ Birgitte Markussen arrived in Addis Ababa at an eventful time.
A general view shows the branch of Commercial bank of Ethiopia along Bole Road in Addis Ababa © Ethiopian banks face crucial decisions on training for market liberalization and a capital market. REUTERS/Maheder Haileselassie Tadese

New Era

Premium badgeEthiopia’s SMEs can drive stock market beyond Kenya-style stagnation: Adviser Ethiopia’s abundance of small and medium-sized businesses mean the country’s stock market planned for 2024 won’t be a backwater where just a few large...

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A woman drives a skinny herd of cattle in the Somali region of Ethiopia. (World Food Programme/via Reuters)

politics of hunger

Premium badgeEthiopia’s food security goal remains elusive Despite its ambition to become food secure and export major staples like grain to neighboring countries, Ethiopia is staring at an unprecedented droug...
Amhara Fano militia fighters inside a ransacked terminal at Lalibela airport in 2021. (Solan Kolli / AFP)

protracted conflict

Premium badgeWill the Fano drag Ethiopia back into civil war? Nearly two months after militia fighters briefly seized control of several cities across Amhara, the fate of the region hangs in the balance. Is Ethio...
The logo of accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is seen on the top of a Brussels’ office of the company in Diegem © REUTERS/Yves Herman

Seeking FX

Premium badgeEthiopia: Dashen Bank hires PwC to advise on stock-market listing Dashen Bank CEO Asfaw Alemu talks about plans to list on Ethiopia’s coming stock market, the country’s FX needs and digital versus bricks and mortar c...

Ethiopia top stories

A woman drives a skinny herd of cattle in the Somali region of Ethiopia. (World Food Programme/via Reuters)

politics of hunger

Premium badgeEthiopia’s food security goal remains elusive Despite its ambition to become food secure and export major staples like grain to neighboring countries, Ethiopia is staring at an unprecedented droug...
Amhara Fano militia fighters inside a ransacked terminal at Lalibela airport in 2021. (Solan Kolli / AFP)

protracted conflict

Premium badgeWill the Fano drag Ethiopia back into civil war? Nearly two months after militia fighters briefly seized control of several cities across Amhara, the fate of the region hangs in the balance. Is Ethio...
The logo of accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is seen on the top of a Brussels’ office of the company in Diegem © REUTERS/Yves Herman

Seeking FX

Premium badgeEthiopia: Dashen Bank hires PwC to advise on stock-market listing Dashen Bank CEO Asfaw Alemu talks about plans to list on Ethiopia’s coming stock market, the country’s FX needs and digital versus bricks and mortar c...

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African beauty

Kenya: Cassava Republic presents ‘Unbury Our Dead With Song’ Twice a month, we bring you an excerpt from a book to be published by the Nigeria-based Cassava Republic, a renowned publisher on the continent, leadi...
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empty nets

Premium badgeDRC, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania: Why fish are disappearing from the Great Lakes The African Great Lakes, a global reservoir of biodiversity whose resources benefit 50 million on the continent, are more threatened than ever by over...
A Masterpass QR payment system is demonstrated at the MasterCard booth during the Money 20/20 conference in Las Vegas © A Masterpass QR payment system demonstrated at the the Money 20/20 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on October 24, 2017. REUTERS/Steve Marcus

Laying the Rails

Premium badgeMastercard eyes Ethiopian fintech, telco partners to scale up cashless payments Mastercard is looking for fintech and telecom partnerships in Ethiopia as it seeks to scale up the acceptance of non-cash payments in the country, say...
A signage shows the branch of Commercial bank of Ethiopia along Bole Road in Addis Ababa © Sign for a branch of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia along Bole Road in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 31, 2019. REUTERS/Maheder Haileselassie Tadese

Skills Revolution

Premium badgeEthiopian banks need corporate-governance overhaul to make stock market work: Pragma More than half a century without an official capital market has left Ethiopia short of the range of expertise needed to make a success of current plan...
© Girma Wake addresses a news conference at the company’s headquarters in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa January 26, 2010. REUTERS

Guiding light

Premium badgeShock exit of Girma Wake raises questions over Ethiopian Airlines’ future Girma Wake, the emblematic face of the African airline industry, is no longer chairman of the board of Ethiopian Airlines, the continent’s leading nat...
© Ethiopian immigrants returning from Saudi Arabia arrive at Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport, 2013. (AFP/Jenny Vaughan)

human rights?

Premium badgeEthiopia: New scheme to export maids to Saudi Arabia after ban due to rights abuses lifted Ethiopia has started a scheme to send 500,000 house maids to Saudi Arabia, swallowing its concerns over human rights abuses in a bid to tackle depress...