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 ...

Ethiopia will head to the polls on June 1 for its first nationwide elections since the formal end of the Tigray war, a devastating two-year conflict from 2020 to 2022 that concluded with a peace ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Authorities and security forces in Ethiopia’s contested Western Tigray Zone are arbitrarily detaining ethnic Tigrayans and severely restricting their movements, employment, and access to services. The ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

NAIROBI, March 29 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Ethio Engineering Group has asked its more than 3,000 employees to switch to virtual meetings to ‌reduce fuel usage following government guidance to avert a ...

KAMPALA, Uganda—Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has made no secret of his desire to restore his country’s access to the sea, which it lost in 1993 when Eritrea broke away after a 30-year war, ...