Electric vehicles have taken off in Ethiopia. Key to the shift: a world-first ban on importing fossil fuel-powered vehicles. Shashe Asemare handles the large steering wheel with ease, navigating the ...
When Abiy Ahmed became Ethiopia’s prime minister in 2018, he offered a clean slate for Africa’s oldest uncolonized nation, which had been suffocated by decades of strict state control. His predecessor ...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Ethiopians vote on Monday in a general election to choose members of parliament, who will in turn select the next prime minister. The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) ...
The vote comes at a critical moment for the country, which faces fears of renewed conflict in the Tigray region and tensions with Eritrea over access to the Red Sea. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg Reporting ...
As Ethiopia is heading to the polls, the Tigray region won't be participating in the vote for the second time, with tensions simmering on. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his Prosperity Party meanwhile ...
Voting won't take place in Tigray and parts of Amhara Abiy's Prosperity Party faces weak, fragmented opposition Government touts economic record, rejects rights criticism NAIROBI, June 1 (Reuters) - ...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Ethiopia will hold general elections on June 1, 2026, with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s governing Prosperity Party (PP) widely expected to secure a decisive victory. A ...
Image — A man walks past an election campaign poster depicting Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Jimma on 27 May 2026. Photo by Marco Simoncelli / AFP via Getty Images. Ethiopia’s election on 1 ...
A few months after coming to power in April 2018, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed a peace deal to end a decades-long insurgency in the country’s Oromia region. The same summer, he struck a ...
Addis Ababa, May 26, 2026 —Ethio Telecom has been officially listed on the Ethio Telecom shares market under the Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX), marking a historic turning point in the country’s ...
More than 50 million of Ethiopia's 135 million people are registered for the elections, in which voters will choose the 547 members of the House of People's Representatives, the lower house of the ...