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Bab el-Mandeb risk reaches Ethiopia through Cape diversions, war-risk premiums, and Djibouti logistics

ASA says Djibouti and Egypt face the most immediate strategic and economic exposure. It says Ethiopia faces significant indirect exposure because it depends on the Djibouti corridor. Ethiopia has no ...
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CPHIA 2026 abstract deadline nears as Addis Ababa hosts Africa’s biggest public health meeting

The abstract window is the practical door for many participants. The call for abstracts opened on August 5 and remains open through September 30. Guidelines on the CPHIA abstracts page say submissions ...
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Army talks ‘wisdom and restraint’ while Amhara prisoners and Fano fronts stay under Abiy Ahmed’s war

While Addis Ababa talks about restraint on the Tigray axis, the Amhara Association of America published an urgent September 26 update on Amhara prisoners of conscience held inside the capital’s prison ...
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Berbera sits at 30% capacity while Ethiopia still routes 96.7% of seaborne trade through Djibouti

The utilisation gap matters because Ethiopia’s own transport ministry numbers still show almost all seaborne trade locked to Djibouti. Birr Metrics reported on August 27 that the logistics sector ...
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Houthi hold on Perim and Mokha raises Red Sea freight costs for Ethiopia’s Djibouti corridor

That geography matters for landlocked Ethiopia because the Djibouti corridor still moves the overwhelming share of the country’s overseas cargo. The Africa Center wrote that Ethiopia’s population of ...
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Tigray fighters enter Sekota as Wag Hemra fighting deepens Abiy Ahmed’s Amhara war

ACLED’s September 24 and 25 conflict alerts map the same Amhara corridor with named woredas rather than vague “north” language. Jalale Getachew Birru wrote that fighting had spread across Wag Hemra ...
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Dangote’s $660m Djibouti-Ethiopia fuel pipeline meets Abiy Ahmed’s war-risk corridor

BBC reporting on the same ceremony said Abiy claimed the pipeline would cut the time needed to move fuel from Djibouti’s port to Addis Ababa from five days to one. The first phase is expected to carry ...
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Saudi Red Sea war-risk premiums hit 3% as Bab el-Mandeb risk raises Ethiopia’s freight bill

Reuters said Iran-aligned militants who seized swathes of the Yemeni coast and captured Perim Island in the Bab el-Mandeb strait this month have vowed to target vessels linked to Saudi Arabia because ...
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GEREZAT at Fendika: Tewoldebrehan Kidane’s free Addis solo show runs through October 19

GEREZAT arrives in Meskerem, the Ethiopian season many people treat as a time of renewal after the rains ease and the city feels open again. Tewnet described the listing as fine art exploring cultural ...
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Internet cuts hit northern Ethiopia as North Wollo fighting pulls Fano deeper into Abiy Ahmed’s war

Heavy clashes were reported in North Wollo Zone on Thursday, including around Lalibela, the UNESCO World Heritage district that holds Ethiopia’s rock-hewn churches. AFP said the army now claims it has ...
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Ethiopian film Mehal Sefari takes two Final Cut honors at Venice

Abraham Gezahagne’s Ethiopian film Mehal Sefari left Venice with more than a festival postcard. At the 14th Final Cut in Venice programme, held September 6 to 8 during the Venice Production Bridge at ...