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Oil jumps 40 percent in two months while coffee slips, leaving Ethiopia’s new finance minister a costlier import bill

Brent crude rose 40 percent from July to September while Arabica coffee fell, World Bank data show, pulling Ethiopia’s foreign currency accounts in opposite directions.
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Ethiopian drones hit Eritrean troops near Adigrat, witnesses and a conflict monitor say, as Addis Ababa demands that foreign forces leave

Ethiopian drones struck Eritrean troops around Adigrat overnight, ACLED and witnesses said, as Addis Ababa demanded that all foreign forces leave Ethiopian territory.
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Parliament approves Abiy Ahmed’s new cabinet, moving Fitsum Assefa to Finance and naming nine women among 22 ministers

Parliament unanimously approved 22 ministers on Thursday, moving Fitsum Assefa (PhD) to Finance in a cabinet where women hold nine posts.
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Fano captures Mehal Meda and other North Shewa towns, residents tell Mereja

Residents of the towns told Mereja Media that the Fano Asaminew Command captured several towns in North Shewa on Wednesday, including Mehal Meda, Wegere, Zemero, Mida and Jiru. They said there ...
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One of the driest rainy seasons on record threatens Ethiopia’s main harvest as war in the north blocks aid

Farmers harvest teff in a roadside field between Axum and Adwa in Tigray, October 2007 (A. Davey, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0) [file photo] Ethiopia’s main harvest is in danger after ...
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Houthi missile lands near Aden runway minutes before a Cairo flight as the Yemeni Gov’t push stalls in the hills above Bab el-Mandeb

A damaged building at Aden International Airport, July 2017 (IOM, UN Migration, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0) [file photo] Yemen’s Houthis fired missiles and drones at Aden International ...
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Eritrean troops reported in Adigrat and moving south as federal and allied forces take Agula’e north of Mekelle

Armed men ride in the back of a yellow truck on a town street, in a photo posted on 7 October 2026 by AfriMEOSINT, which said footage circulating that day purportedly showed Eritrean troops ...
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Witnesses say Tigrayan forces are seizing boys as young as 15 for the front as Addis Ababa urges fighters to report to a Mekelle demobilization center

Selam Street in Mekelle, the capital of Tigray, January 2018 (A.Savin, via Wikimedia Commons, Free Art License) [file photo] Armed men serving the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) are ...
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Parliament turns the Planning Ministry into a Ministry of National Strategy in a four-ministry shake-up before Abiy names his cabinet

Members of the House of Peoples’ Representatives raise their hands during a vote in the chamber in Addis Ababa, May 2021 (unknown author, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain) [file photo] ...
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Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan say only coastal states should govern the Red Sea

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud shake hands during bilateral talks in Alamein on the margins of the four-country summit, 5 October 2026 (Yemane G. Meskel / ...
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EU warns Ethiopia-Eritrea tension risks a regional war as Isaias returns from Alamein talks

The European Union said it was alarmed by the escalating war in Ethiopia and by rising tension between Ethiopia and Eritrea, warning that the confrontation risks setting off a broader regional ...
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Ethiopian Gov’t targets 10.1 percent growth as central bank schedules $840 million in dollar auctions

The National Bank of Ethiopia building in Addis Ababa, April 2008 (Shagada, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain) [file photo] The Ethiopian government is aiming for 10.1 percent economic growth ...