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Over one-fourth of displaced individuals, due to the recent inter-regional disputes between the Oromia and Ethiopian Somali regional states, returned to their home, according to a recent release of the government. National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC) reported that 300,000 internally displaced people returned to their homes. Still, 856,941 people are left displaced, according to […]

Live oxen with fodder in front of them are displayed at the main entryway of a hotel In Dukem. The hotel is famous for its raw meat, and the oxen serve as a sign of the fresh meat service the establishment offers. The town is famous for its livestock resources, also serving as a weekend […]

The low and middle-income housing project that is currently taking place in Koye Fiche, on the skirts of Addis Abeba, is one of the largest in the city. Although the project is not complete yet, street vendors that sell mobile credit cards, biscuits and soft drinks have popped up, mostly catering to workers engaged in […]

Carlos Thronton (left), a.k.a Coach Carlos, hands out jerseys at a press conference held at the Dreamliner Hotel last Thursday in preparation for the first Mini World Cup tournament that began yesterday. Thirty-two companies will represent teams that will play in this year’s World Cup that will be held in Russia. The Mini Cup will […]

Deep Kamara, country manager of Dangote Industries Ethiopia Plc, was assassinated by gunmen along with his secretary Beakal Alelegn and his driver Tsegaye Gidey. Kamara and his co-worker were attacked last Wednesday in the restive Oromia Regional State while returning to Addis Abeba from the company’s plant located in West Shoa Zone, Adaberga wereda, near […]

Getahun Nana, president of the Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE), has tendered his letter of resignation to the Office of the Prime Minister. Getahun has served the state policy financer, DBE, for the past two years moving from his former post as vice governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) for Financial Sector Development. […]

The contribution of extractive industries to the country’s economy has reached 5.7 billion Br which is 0.7pc of the GDP, according to a recent release of the Central Statistical Agency (CSA). Export earnings of the country from minerals was 310.6 million dollars, which were 10.8pc of the total export revenue of the nation, according to […]

The number of Ethio telecom’s customers has reached 66.2 million during the third quarter of the current fiscal year showing a 17pc growth, according to the Ethio telecom. The company reports that 64.4 million of its customers are mobile phone subscribers, and 1.2 million are fixed line users. The company’s internet service users have also […]

Diyuan Ceramic Plc, a Chinese company, located inside the Eastern Industry Zone in Dukem, Oromia Regional State shipped its first consignment of ceramics to Somaliland. The company has been in business for two years and had been supplying its products to the local market only. Diyuan has been promoting its products and was looking for […]

Nib International Bank (NIB) inaugurates its newly built five-story mixed-use building in Dukem, Oromia Regional State. The Bank has invested 64 million Br for the construction of the building, which took two years. The new building has different facilities including offices, shops, guest house, café and a bank. Dukem is known for the Chinese built […]

The Southern Nations, Nationalities & Peoples’ Regional (SNNPR) State has collected 6.15 Br in tax revenues in the first nine months of the first fiscal year. The region had aimed for 10.23 billion Br revenue, having accomplished 60.1pc of its goal. The authority has beaten last year’s performance though, where 1.42 billion Br less was […]

Ethiopia has generated 2.8 billion dollars from tourists that have visited the nation in the first three-quarters of this fiscal year. It is three-fourths of the target that was put forth by the Ministry of Culture & Tourism (MoCT). The nation has had 1.2 million tourists, where 756,758 of them were on a leisure visit. […]

The 77th-anniversary of Ethiopian Patriots’ Victory Day, which marks the end of the Italian occupation in Ethiopia, was colourfully celebrated in Addis Abeba, at Dil Monument, in Arat Kilo. Daniel Jote (left), president of the Patriots’ Association, Mulatu Teshome (PhD) (centre), president of Ethiopia, and Diriba Kuma, mayor of Addis Abeba, attended the event that […]

This shop is made out of a cargo container that sits next to a bus station in Jemo, Addis Abeba. Due to its ideal location, it has advertising glued all over the exterior. Of various sizes and colour, the adverts are for satellite installation, plumbing and laptops and computers sales.

An outdoor circus performance entertains children and passer-by in Meskel Square. The show was put on by Fekat Circus. It was established in 2014 by a group based in Ethiopia. Along with putting on public shows, Fekat is also involved in charity works.

The Main Department for Immigration & Nationality Affairs has partnered with the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) to facilitate appointments and fee payments for passport issuance and renewal. The new system is now on a pilot project in 30 branches of the bank in Addis Abeba. CBE has prepared special windows dedicated to the passport […]

East Africa Metals Inc, a Vancouver based, mineral exploration company focused on exploration and development projects, announces receipt from Tetra Tech Canada Inc of positive results from Preliminary Economic Assessments (PEA) for its three gold projects in Ethiopia. Separate Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) studies have been received for the Company’s Mato Bula Gold-Copper, Da Tambuk […]

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched a five-year HIV Services for Key and Priority Populations activity as a replacement to the recently phased-out Mulu Most At Risk Populations Project. Through community-based clinical services and public laboratory facilities, the project will continue to improve HIV testing, link people to HIV treatment, and […]

The World Food Program (WFP), Lion International Bank and Bell Cash have inked a tripartite agreement to use Hello Cash to ensure food security in the Amhara Regional State. WFP has been providing food aid to citizens in three districts of the Amhara Regional State to address food insecurity and ensure that citizens receive nutritious […]

Heineken Breweries S.C Ethiopia has handed over ambulance and medical equipment worth 1.8 million Br to a public health centre in Akaki Kality District. The pledge was made for the maternal wing of a health centre. The ambulance costs 1.3 million Br and the emergency medical equipment for the ambulance worth half a million Birr. […]

The Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) announced that it had transacted 45,000tn of commodity worth 2.5 billion Br within 20 days in April. Out of the total transaction, 66pc of the volume and 81pc of the value was recorded by coffee, according to the data from the ECX. Though the transaction of coffee registered a 12pc […]

Addis Abeba has hosted healthcare regulators from all over the world who held a discussion on fighting the spread of fake drugs and the need to secure the healthcare supply chain in Africa. The conference was organised by GS1, the global supply chain standards organisation, in partnership with the Ethiopian Food, Medicine, Healthcare Administration & […]

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and Oxfam America under their Rural Resilience Initiative (R4) are going to receive insurance payments totalling 1.5 million dollars to compensate for weather-related crop losses in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Senegal and Zambia. Poor rainfall in parts of Africa has triggered the largest insurance payout to date for vulnerable […]

Despite being a fast developing country, slums are still prevalent in Ethiopia, even in the capital, Addis Abeba. From the upper view of one of the buildings behind Dembel City Centre in the Bole district, it is closely built houses with old roofs that fill up the scenery. A notable feature is the stack of […]

This ring road that leads to Mekanisa has a height limit signage of 5.4m. A truck that had loaded goods higher than this limit, however, has hit and bent another signage, one that indicates the destinations and distances in Amharic.