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STAGED BUT UNPAID
Artists Behind Ethiopia’s BRICS Cultural Missions Take Pay Dispute to Court Music composer Kamuzu Kassa and a group of over 30 artists are at loggerheads...
Election Board Nods to Security Assessment Less than Two Months Before National Vote
The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) is preparing to dispatch a taskforce to conduct security assessments across the country as the public prepares...
Where Art Makes Its Own Light
Inside AAU’s “Angafa” night, where music, poetry and chance converge By 11 p.m., the hall at the Addis Ababa University Cultural Center was already alive...
NEBE Reports 50.5 Million Voters Registered Amid Election Strains
Ethiopia’s National Election Board has announced that more than 50 million citizens have registered to vote in the country’s upcoming national election, as officials...
Illegal Fuel Trade Booms as Supply Disruptions Leave Drivers Idle
Drivers are paying exorbitant prices for fuel in a parallel market that has only grown more lucrative in the wake of the war in...
“Ethiopian Music Has Everything it Needs to Reach a Global Audience”
Veronica Adane has quickly established herself as one of Ethiopia’s most dynamic contemporary artists, skillfully blending traditional Ethiopian sounds with modern production to captivate...
Ethiopia Faces Multi-Crisis Stress Test as Overlapping Shocks Threaten Stability
Policy analysis urges shift from reactive crisis response to long-term resilience planning A policy analysis published this week by the Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA)...
Hormuz Traffic Collapses by 95pct, Triggering Global Oil Shock: UN Trade Agency
Fuel retail prices jump in response to crisis Ethiopia is facing mounting economic pressure as a global energy shock triggered by disruptions in the Strait...
Pay-to-Play
Priced Out of Play—New Fields Leave Young Footballers on the Sidelines Each morning in the Ayat neighborhood, 13-year-old Abel wakes with a routine that once...
Tigray Admin’s New 20pct Salary Deduction Sparks Outrage
“We’re struggling to survive.” A decision from regional officials in Tigray obliging civil servants and bank employees to give up a fifth of their earnings...
