Mereja

Houthi missile lands near Aden runway minutes before a Cairo flight as the Yemeni Gov’t push stalls in the hills above Bab el-Mandeb

A damaged building at Aden International Airport, July 2017 (IOM, UN Migration, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0) [file photo] Yemen’s Houthis fired missiles and drones at Aden International ...
Mereja

Fano captures Mehal Meda and other North Shewa towns, residents tell Mereja

Residents of the towns told Mereja Media that the Fano Asaminew Command captured several towns in North Shewa on Wednesday, including Mehal Meda, Wegere, Zemero, Mida and Jiru. They said there ...
Mereja

One of the driest rainy seasons on record threatens Ethiopia’s main harvest as war in the north blocks aid

Farmers harvest teff in a roadside field between Axum and Adwa in Tigray, October 2007 (A. Davey, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0) [file photo] Ethiopia’s main harvest is in danger after ...
Mereja

Witnesses say Tigrayan forces are seizing boys as young as 15 for the front as Addis Ababa urges fighters to report to a Mekelle demobilization center

Selam Street in Mekelle, the capital of Tigray, January 2018 (A.Savin, via Wikimedia Commons, Free Art License) [file photo] Armed men serving the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) are ...
Mereja

Parliament turns the Planning Ministry into a Ministry of National Strategy in a four-ministry shake-up before Abiy names his cabinet

Members of the House of Peoples’ Representatives raise their hands during a vote in the chamber in Addis Ababa, May 2021 (unknown author, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain) [file photo] ...
Mereja

Ethiopian Gov’t targets 10.1 percent growth as central bank schedules $840 million in dollar auctions

The National Bank of Ethiopia building in Addis Ababa, April 2008 (Shagada, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain) [file photo] The Ethiopian government is aiming for 10.1 percent economic growth ...
Mereja

EU warns Ethiopia-Eritrea tension risks a regional war as Isaias returns from Alamein talks

The European Union said it was alarmed by the escalating war in Ethiopia and by rising tension between Ethiopia and Eritrea, warning that the confrontation risks setting off a broader regional ...
Mereja

Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan say only coastal states should govern the Red Sea

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud shake hands during bilateral talks in Alamein on the margins of the four-country summit, 5 October 2026 (Yemane G. Meskel / ...
Mereja

About 150,000 displaced in northern Afar as Ethiopian Gov’t forces retake Abala and Erebti

About 150,000 people were displaced from three northern Afar districts during a week of fighting that ended with Ethiopian Government forces and Afar regional special forces reclaiming Abala and ...
Amharic News & Opinion

Saudi Red Sea war-risk premiums hit 3% as Bab el-Mandeb risk raises Ethiopia’s freight bill

The cost of war-risk insurance for Saudi-linked oil tankers calling at Yanbu, Saudi Arabia’s main Red Sea port, has risen to around 3 percent of a ship’s value. Four industry sources told Reuters on ...
Mereja

Ethiopian Gov’t forces hold Mekelle as residents fear a return to full-scale war

Ethiopian Government forces and allied Tigray Peace Forces fighters were in control of Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray region, on Sunday after the Tigray People’s Liberation Front said it had ...
Mereja

Ethiopian Gov’t says Abay and Red Sea talks must include Ethiopia’s interests

Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday that any discussion of the Abay River and the Red Sea must take account of Ethiopia’s geographic reality and legitimate national interests. The ...