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Ethiopia explained: Abiy's reforms, the birr float, a US$3.4 billion IMF deal, renewed fighting in Tigray, the Nile dam and a new fuel pipeline to
East Africa is set to remain the world's fastest-growing region, with GDP growth projected at 8%. As Africa potentially outpaces Asia, this deep analysis
East Africa is outpacing the continent and some forecasts see Africa overtaking Asia's growth by 2026....
BRICS+ is moving toward a coordinated critical-mineral strategy with South Africa, Egypt and Ethiopia positioned as...
(Analysis) Foreign ministers from the BRICS group-Brazil Russia India China South Africa and new members Saudi...
The Bishoftu airport shortlist puts ten Chinese contractors across all four packages of a US$12.5bn first phase, with...
The Pentagon acknowledged 153 Yemen civilian deaths in 2025, including about 68 mostly Ethiopian migrants killed in an...
The United States will cut African visa processing sites from nearly 50 to 20 regional hubs on 1...
Safaricom Ethiopia grew active customers 46% to 14.7 million in the June quarter, halved losses and kept EBITDA...
Chinese Belt and Road investment in Africa jumped 254% to a record US$33.5 billion in H1 2026, two-thirds...
Anopheles stephensi is spreading across Africa, breeding in city water tanks. A Djibouti study confirms it carries malaria...
Ethiopian state-owned enterprises paid 42% of large-taxpayer revenue in FY2025/26, from a total of about US$3.2 billion, ministry...
Amhara region delivers 357 kg of gold to Ethiopia's central bank in a historic first shipment, as the...