AfricanewsPan-Africaneditorial@africanews.com (Dominic Wabwireh)31 Aug 2026 Ethiopia backs executive presidency plan, raising fears of power grab↗
Ethiopia’s national dialogue has endorsed constitutional changes that would merge the roles of prime minister and president into a powerful executive presidency, a move critics warn could allow Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to further…
Read at Africanews ↗Headline and extract © Africanews — reproduced for reference, full article at the publisher. Why Ethiopia’s Conflicts Keep Returning: The Question Ethiopia’s National Dialogue Cannot Avoid↗
As Ethiopia’s National Dialogue seeks to chart a path toward peace, it faces an immense task. The Dialogue aims to address some of the country’s most difficult political, historical, institutional, social, and peacebuilding questions. Yet…
AfricanewsPan-Africaneditorial@africanews.com28 Aug 2026 Kenya’s world record holder Sawe withdraws from Berlin marathon↗
His withdrawal leaves the men's race wide open, while the women's event is set to feature Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa, who recently set a new women's marathon world record in London.
Read at Africanews ↗Headline and extract © Africanews — reproduced for reference, full article at the publisher. AfricanewsPan-Africaneditorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)25 Aug 2026 Ethiopia bids to host Africa Cup of Nations 2028 after 52 years↗
Ethiopia is officially in the race to host the Africa Cup of Nations in 2028, potentially bringing the continent’s biggest football tournament back to the country for the first time in more than 50 years.
Read at Africanews ↗Headline and extract © Africanews — reproduced for reference, full article at the publisher. AfricanewsPan-Africaneditorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)25 Aug 2026 Sudanese Opposition rejects Burhan’s national dialogue↗
A major gathering of Sudanese political forces and civil society groups opposed to the war has ended in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Read at Africanews ↗Headline and extract © Africanews — reproduced for reference, full article at the publisher. AfricanewsPan-Africaneditorial@africanews.com23 Aug 2026 Ethiopia: Tigrayan women celebrate Ashenda amid fears of new war↗
In Addis Ababa, Tigrayan women gather to celebrate Ashenda, while expressing hopes for lasting peace in Ethiopia's Tigray region, where recent drone strikes on the regional capital Mekella have renewed fears of conflict after the…
Read at Africanews ↗Headline and extract © Africanews — reproduced for reference, full article at the publisher. AfricanewsPan-Africaneditorial@africanews.com (Dominic Wabwireh)21 Aug 2026 Drone strike wounds 13 in Tigray capital as fears of renewed war grow↗
A drone strike on Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, injured at least 13 people, including five children, a hospital official said Thursday. The attack comes amid growing tensions between federal and Tigrayan forces and…
Read at Africanews ↗Headline and extract © Africanews — reproduced for reference, full article at the publisher. AfricanewsPan-Africaneditorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)18 Aug 2026 Ethiopia: Authorities in Tigray accuse Addis Ababa of drone strike near Mekelle↗
Authorities in Ethiopia's Tigray region have accused the federal government of launching a drone strike near the state capital Mekelle. Tensions between Tigray and Addis Ababa have been mounting in recent weeks, with both parties massing…
Read at Africanews ↗Headline and extract © Africanews — reproduced for reference, full article at the publisher. Ethiopia Counts Coffee at the Wrong End↗
On July 7, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told Parliament that Ethiopia had earned a record $3.1 billion from coffee exports. Six days later, the National Bank of Ethiopia reported that coffee export volume was down from the same period a year…
AfricanewsPan-Africaneditorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)13 Aug 2026 RSF claims key victory in Sudan’s Blue Nile region↗
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, say they have taken full control of Geissan, in the Blue Nile region, near the Ethiopian border.
Read at Africanews ↗Headline and extract © Africanews — reproduced for reference, full article at the publisher. AfricanewsPan-Africaneditorial@africanews.com (Dominic Wabwireh)11 Aug 2026 Tigray rebels accuse Ethiopia of drone strikes amid fears of renewed war↗
Tigray rebel authorities have accused Ethiopia’s federal government of carrying out deadly drone strikes in the region, raising fears of a renewed conflict nearly four years after a peace deal ended a devastating two-year war.
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