Addis-Adama Expressway (Photo: FBC) Addis Abeba – Last year, the Council of Ministers ratified Traffic Regulation No. 557/2024, a measure designed to strengthen oversight of road transport and enhance traffic safety. Since taking effect on 09 January, 2025, the regulation has drawn widespread public attention for the substantial fines it imposes on traffic and vehicle-related violations. …

Children and their caretakers at MSF’s inpatient therapeutic feeding center in Kule refugee camp. (Photo: MSF) Addis Abeba – Ethiopia has expressed concern over declining international support for its refugee response, despite continuing to host new arrivals from South Sudan and other neighboring countries. Speaking at the 76th Session of the UNHCR Executive Committee in …

TPLF-Chair-Debretsion (Photo: TPLF) Addis Abeba – The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has written to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, rejecting allegations made by Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and calling for renewed international engagement to ensure the full implementation of the Pretoria peace deal. In the letter addressed to UN Secretary-General António Guterrez dated …

(Illustration: Addis Standard) Addis Abeba – In recent years, the Ethiopian government has introduced a series of fiscal measures designed to strengthen revenue collection from both tax and non-tax sources in order to finance its rapidly expanding annual budget, which currently stands at 1.93 trillion birr. For this fiscal year, the government expects to cover 57% …

Asmera-eritrea (phto: The Economist) Addis Abeba – Eritrea dismissed Ethiopia’s accusation that it is preparing to launch a war as “provocative sabre-rattling,” amid growing tensions between the two Horn of Africa neighbors, AFP reported today Thursday 9 October 2025 “The intense propaganda campaign aimed at whipping up irredentist ambitions has been accompanied by provocative sabre-rattling,” …

Photo by The Newyork times Addis Abeba – More than 100,000 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition were admitted for treatment across Ethiopia between July and August 2025, UNICEF said in its latest Humanitarian Situation Report. According to the report, a total of 104,891 children with severe wasting received therapeutic feeding during the two-month period. …

Children-from-near-Sekota-camp-“Mai Gulit,” (Photo: Addis Standard source) Addis Abeba- Displaced people from East Wollega Zone, Oromia region, who have sought refuge near Sekota town in the Wag Hemra Nationality Administration of Amhara region, said they are facing severe hardships, including food shortages. One displaced man, who requested anonymity for security reasons, told Addis Standard that he …

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