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Ethiopia’s Parliament Repeals Controversial Immunity for Undercover Investigators Committing Crimes Except Murder
Parliament has repealed a controversial legal provision that exempted undercover investigators from criminal liability for offenses committed in the line of duty—excluding murder. Critics...
Ethiopian Airlines Set to Launch First-Ever Flights to Australia
Ethiopian Airlines is preparing to launch passenger flights to Australia—the only continent it has not served in its eighty-year history. The new service will...
Ethiopia’s Securities Exchange Set to Begin Official Trading This Week
Ethiopia’s much-anticipated Securities Exchange (ESX) is poised to launch full-scale trading next week, marking a watershed moment in the country’s financial modernization journey. This...
Contesting the Politics of Statistics in Ethiopia
By Eyob Asfaw
On July 3, 2025, PM Abiy addressed the House of Peoples’ Representatives, where he shared his quantitative figures quite liberally. The question...
Awash Bank Posts Record 22 Billion Birr Annual Profit, Signaling Strength Amid Economic Reforms
Awash Bank, one of Ethiopia’s largest private banks, has reported a record-breaking annual profit before tax of over 22 billion birr for the 2024/25...
CBE Achieves Historic ETB 1.69 Trillion in Total Deposits, Fueling Confidence in Ethiopia’s Banking Sector
The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), the country's largest state-owned bank, announced on Tuesday that it has reached a record-breaking ETB 1.69 trillion in...