The Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority has ordered all hospitals, health centres and speciality facilities to establish dedicated antimicrobial oversight committees, expanding institutional control over antibiotic use under a sweeping new directive aimed at containing drug resistance. The requirement is part of the “Rational Medicine Use Control Directive No. 1138/2026”, which came into effect in […]

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC), announced that as of late voting hours on June 1, 2026, no human rights violations had been recorded at polling stations across the country. More than 54 million registered voters participated in Ethiopia’s seventh general election. In its preliminary assessment, the EHRC described the vote as peaceful, orderly, and […]

The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has dismissed multiple polling officials for unlawful conduct during the country’s seventh general election and has announced that certified final results will be released within ten to twenty days. Speaking at a press briefing on Tuesday, NEBE Chairperson Melatwork Hailu stated intelligence reports and monitoring teams had identified […]

The African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) said Ethiopian authorities had committed to organising future elections in Tigray and other constituencies excluded from the country’s seventh general election because of security challenges. The statement was delivered on Wednesday during a joint press conference in Addis Ababa by the AUEOM and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development […]

Ethiopia has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the fifth review of its four-year Extended Credit Facility, putting the country in line for about 468 million US dollars once the deal is approved by IMF management and the Fund’s Executive Board. The disbursement would bring total IMF support under the […]

The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has announced that vote counting at all polling stations has been completed and results posted. Consolidation efforts are now actively underway at the constituency level. Ethiopia’s electoral process operates under a multi-stage system managed by NEBE, the constitutionally mandated body responsible for conducting free and fair elections. The […]

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Ethiopia’s seventh general election was largely underway across the country on Monday, with the National Election Board of Ethiopia saying about 50,800 polling stations opened on time and voter turnout was high, even as security problems kept 143 polling stations closed and disrupted voting in parts of Oromia and Amhara. NEBE Chairperson Melatework Hailu, briefing […]

Ethiopia has raised the barriers to entry for multimodal logistics operators, increasing capital requirements, infrastructure obligations and governance standards in a regulatory overhaul that deepens the state’s push to formalise a sector central to trade and import flows. The changes, contained in Directive 1140/2026 issued by the Ministry of Transport and Logistics and signed by […]

Ethiopia’s election authorities have extended voting hours for citizens already waiting in line at polling stations, seeking to accommodate thousands of voters affected by delays during the country’s seventh general election. The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) said on Monday that all voters who were present and queued at polling stations before the official […]