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Company, led by an MP, claims 100,000 trained for “success” without accreditation

For Wondesen Ayalew, the promise began with a 4,500 Birr cost payment. While studying at Addis Ababa University, an acquaintance invited him to attend a training session organized by Breakthrough Trading SC. Wondesen was told the program would help him become a successfu...

The Ethiopian National Dialogue hit a last-minute snag after representatives from the Oromia region objected to a consolidated proposal on Addis Ababa’s legal status, forcing the 4,000-participant assembly to send the issue back for review.

The objection was raised after the 120-member agenda consolidation group presented recommendations on August 19, 2026. Oromia repr...

Sugar Group’s Losses Ease but Estates Buckle under Pressure from Financial Constraints, Conflict, Climate

The Ethiopian Sugar Industry Group (ESIG) continues to send mixed signals in the recoverability of a number of estates under it, while the government’s indecisiveness and financial woes over suspended sugar projects persist.

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Regulators have rejected Global Bank SC’s nominee for acting president amid an investigation into financial irregularities at the bank.

Last month, Global Bank’s board submitted its nomination of Sahlemichael Mekonen as acting president to the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) following the suspension of former president Tesfaye Boru (PhD) in the wake of an investigation...

Egypt’s furious reaction to Ethiopia’s latest indication that it may develop additional dams on the Nile should come as no surprise. What must concern Ethiopians, however, is not merely the intensity of Cairo’s rhetoric, but the diplomatic space Ethiopia continues to surrender by allowing Egypt’s narrative to dominate international debate.  Egypt has described Ethiopia’s plan...