Economy & Business

Ethiopia | Military-Run Company Seeks More Foreign Partners

(By William Davison) Metals & Engineering Corp., an Ethiopian military-run corporation, said it plans to partner with more foreign companies…

Gibe III & Omo | Anti-dam group short on fact, long on fiction again

The Gilgel Gibe III Dam is once again under fire from environmentalists who had previously raised concerns over dangers they…

Gibe III dam | Ethiopia Water Grabs: Creating 'East Africa's Aral Sea'?

(By Lori Pottinger) The destruction of the Aral Sea in Central Asia has been called the world's worst environmental disaster.…

Is Meles’ developmentalism winning in Ethiopia?

The active politician is a creator, an initiator; but he neither creates from nothing nor does he move in the…

Saudis Turn to Ethiopian Maids After Asian Backlash

(William Davison & Simon Clark) Zeini Kadir escaped at dawn, when the gates of the house in Dammam, Saudi Arabia,…

Ethiopia: Gov't reports 8.5% growth as base year changes

Last week, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development put out a "Brief note on the 2004 Ethiopian Fiscal Year…

UK's DFID attacked for effective aid to Ethiopia

Last week in the London Review of Books, Ben Rawlence asked “where does DFID’s money go?” In what is rather…

Special Edition | Post-Meles Zenawi 2012

Special edition| Post-Meles 2012 Collection of exclusive interviews, opinion pieces and news digests covering the four moths after Meles.   …

Timeline: PM Hailemariam Desalegne's first 100 days

Ethiopia's newly elected Prime Minister made 100 days in office on Dec. 28, 2013. Here is a round up of…

Ethiopia Economic Digest: A Post-Meles 2012 Review

* In this digest,  a summary of outstanding developments of economic interest since late August is presented. This compilation of…

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