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Former Addis Ababa Science and Technology University President Dereje Engida (PhD) has taken over the leadership of Jimma University, succeeding Jemal Abafita (PhD), who served as president of the institution for seven years. The leadership handover took place on August 7 at the university, where Jemal (PhD) formally transferred his responsibilities to Dr...
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Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) generated 118.9 billion birr in total revenue during the 2025/26 financial year, exceeding its annual target by 2.6 percent, even as the utility pushed back its ambition of achieving full national economic electrification from 2030 to 2035. Chief Executive Officer Getu Geremew said on Friday while briefing reporters on the...
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Ethiopia has been urged to use its presidency of COP32 to move the annual United Nations climate summit beyond negotiations and pledges towards financing practical climate solutions developed by African countries. COP32, scheduled to take place in Addis Ababa in late 2027, will be the first climate summit hosted in Africa in five years. Ethiopia...
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Treasury bill yields have fallen by nearly half over the past year as investor demand for government securities more than doubled, reducing the interest-rate pressure associated with public borrowing even as the amount absorbed by the government remained broadly unchanged at about 64 billion birr in July. The weighted-average yield at the latest auction,...
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በአማራ ክልል ደቡብ ወሎ ዞን ለጋምቦ ወረዳ በሕዝብ ማመላለሻ ተሽከርካሪ ላይ በተፈጸመ ጥቃት ቢያንስ አምስት ሰዎች መገደላቸውን የዞኑ ባለሥልጣን እና የሆስፒታል ምንጮች ለቢቢሲ ተናገሩ። በሕዝብ ማመላለሻ ሚኒ ባስ ላይ በተፈጸመው ጥቃት ሌሎች አምስት መንገደኞች ከቀላል እስከ ከባድ የመቁሰል ጉዳት ደርሶባቸው ወደ አቀስታ ሆስፒታል መግባታቸውን የሕክምና ተቋሙ ምንጮች ለቢቢሲ አረጋግጠዋል።
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The number of obese adults in Ethiopia has tripled in just over a decade to an estimated 2.1 million, signalling a rapidly emerging public-health challenge even as nearly 80 million people in the country continue to face moderate or severe food insecurity. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026 shows that...
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