News Analysis
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Over 30 homes collapse in Afar as earthquakes intensify in Awash Fentale; thousands flee to neighboring areas seeking refuge
As recent earthquakes continue to intensify in the Awash Fentale area, residents are fleeing their homes and seeking refuge in…
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Parliament approves game-changing real estate law: 80% project completion required before home transfers
A housing project currently under construction in Addis Abeba by Ayat Real Estate (Photo: Addis Standard) Addis Abeba – Legislators have…
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Minister Kassahun Goffe faces intense scrutiny as lawmakers demand accountability for price hikes, escalating cost of living
Kassahun Goffe (PhD), Minister of Trade and Regional Integration (Photo: ENA) Addis Abeba – In a heated parliamentary session yesterday, Kassahun Goffe…
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Advocacy group sounds alarm over conflict-induced education, health crisis in Amhara; criticizes lack of international support
The Forum for Higher Education Institutions in the Amhara Region convened a High-Level Advocacy Workshop on 26 November, 2024, to…
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Beheading of young man in Oromia’s Darra district sparks outrage as violence claims 43 lives in four months
The ongoing conflict in the Darra district of North Shewa Zone, involving armed groups as well as government forces, has…
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Legislators endorse Federal Civil Service bill, bringing structural changes, revised pay scales for gov’t workers
(Photo: HoPR) Addis Abeba – Among the legislative proposals introduced in the final days of the previous fiscal year and carried over…
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Shops in Merkato remain shut for over a week as merchants challenge new receipt-based transaction requirement
Photographs taken on 18 November, 2024, capture the business slowdown and shop closures in Merkato (Photo: Addis Standard) Yishak Endris…
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Bill to resolve 845 billion birr bad debt of state enterprises sparks heated debate in parliament before majority endorsement
(Photo: HoPR/Facebook) Addis Abeba – A bill aimed at addressing nearly 845.4 billion birr in bad loans accumulated by state-owned enterprises (SOEs)…
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PM Abiy hails recent macroeconomic reforms as foundation for an era of sustainable growth amid ‘unintended’ outcomes
(Photo: HoPR) Addis Abeba – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed touted the success of the macroeconomic reforms introduced in late July by his…
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Ethiopia pushes for swift debt restructuring with new proposal, calls for global financial system reform
During the Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable on 25 October 2024, Eyob Tekaligne, Ethiopia’s State Minister for Finance, presented a new…
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