Amharic News & Opinion

OSINT analyst Rich Tedd says UAE cargo airlift to Ethiopia is stepping up, as unconfirmed reports of a drone strike near the UAE embassy circulate

A flight-tracking chart Rich Tedd of AfriMEOSINT posted on X on October 12, 2026, saying he had tracked 23 UAE-China cargo flights between September 2 and October 12 that may be linked to transfers of ...
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New strike hits Riyadh airport a day after Houthi attack killed 13, as Saudi-backed forces fight around Bab el-Mandeb

A fresh strike hit Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport on Sunday, killing one person and wounding 11 others.
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Somalia says it is neutral in Ethiopia-Eritrea tension after joining El Alamein declaration

Somalia’s deputy foreign minister said his country is neutral in the growing tension between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
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Getachew Reda says a federal command post will run Tigray until an election in six months, as he returns to Mekelle on the first flight in weeks

Getachew Reda said Tigray will be run by a federal command post until an election in six months. He returned to Mekelle on Sunday on the first Ethiopian Airlines flight to the city in weeks.
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At least 139 migrants die as boat capsizes off Djibouti, IOM says

At least 109 migrants, including 15 children, died when a boat bound for Yemen capsized off Djibouti, the UN migration agency said on Sunday, as more than 116 people remained missing.
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Sudanese governor says the drone that killed displaced women and children near the Ethiopian border was launched from inside Ethiopia

A drone strike on a displacement site in Sudan’s Blue Nile near the Ethiopian border killed at least 30 people on Friday, according to most reports.
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Ethiopian Airlines paid about $6 million for carbon credits last year and expects the bill to grow faster, CEO Mesfin Tasew says

Ethiopian Airlines paid about six million dollars for carbon credits in the 2025/26 fiscal year, its chief executive said, as global emissions rules and new taxes add costs for African airlines.
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Ethiopian Gov’t takes over stalled Kombolcha railway as reports clash over its London arbitration with Yapı Merkezi

The Ethiopian Railways Corporation has taken over the stalled Awash-Kombolcha-Hara Gebeya railway with its own workers and machines, The Reporter said. A legal news service reported that Turkish ...
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Ethiopian forces enter Adigrat, residents tell Reuters, as Eritrea asks UN Security Council to condemn “declaration of war”

Trucks carrying armed men move along a street in an image posted on X by AfriMEOSINT on October 9, 2026, in a post saying Ethiopian National Defense Force and Tigray Peace Force convoys had entered ...
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Abiy Ahmed opens a refinery in Addis Ababa built to process 600 tonnes of precious metals a year as Ethiopia moves to stop sending raw gold to Dubai

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed opened a national precious metals refinery at Bole Lemi in Addis Ababa, built to process more than 600 tonnes of precious metals a year, as officials say all of ...
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Ethiopia’s rights commission reports killings, detentions of alleged “Fano cells” and ransom abductions as a party says detainees are pressed to sign pardon papers

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission’s fifth annual report says killings, unlawful detentions, ransom abductions and enforced disappearances continued over the past year, while the EPRP ...
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Yemeni forces advance around Bab el-Mandeb but have not secured the strait, and Perim Island stays in Houthi hands, military sources tell AFP

Yemeni military sources told AFP on Saturday that gov’t forces are advancing around the Bab el-Mandeb strait but have not secured it, and that Perim Island remains in Houthi hands, after ...