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Seven flights brought back 1,561 Ethiopians described as being in difficult circumstances in Saudi Arabia. Fana's breakdown of the group does not fully reconcile.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 26, 2026
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Church leadership in Shirka woreda, Arsi Zone, says it warned for days that an armed force was moving in before six parishioners were killed. The account is the clergy's own, and no authority has responded to it.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 26, 2026
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The region's Trustee Administration has halted land transfers and the issuing of investment licences for an indefinite period while it investigates practices in management, land and mining. No end date has been given.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 26, 2026
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Speaking at a forum convened by the Ethiopian Defence College, Getachew Reda said Egypt offered wartime financial support to the TPLF but delivered a fraction of what the paperwork promised.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 23, 2026
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Residents of Moyale told Tikvah Ethiopia that gunfire began on Wednesday evening and that they have been unable to leave their homes. A local official describes a flag planted inside a disputed boundary area.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 23, 2026
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The Megech Irrigation Dam near Gondar was commissioned after close to twenty years of delays and contractor changes. It is set to irrigate more than 17,000 hectares and supply drinking water to Gondar.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 23, 2026
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The Addis Ababa Revenue Bureau has issued a desk-audit instrument requiring individual taxpayers to produce hard evidence when they explain unexplained bank balances as equb savings. Digital content creators face a 15 percent levy on gross income.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 23, 2026
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Residents of Adigrat elected Negash Tewolde as mayor on Wednesday, along with a deputy mayor, a municipality head and a finance head, for an administration that runs six months — the same clock as the federal caretaker arrangement.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 21, 2026
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After visiting the Ethiopian Nuclear Energy Commission, the Prime Minister said the institution has great strategic importance for the country's long-term development, and framed nuclear technology as a way to meet rising demand and strengthen energy security.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 21, 2026
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Four militiamen and a civilian were killed in an attack on the Finchaa sugar factory in western Oromia, and two factory workers were taken. Residents say a Commercial Bank of Ethiopia branch was broken into and around 40 motorcycles burnt.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 21, 2026
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Midrock Investment Group has rejected media reports that Carrefour will start trading in Ethiopia within a fortnight, and says claims that Queens supermarkets have already converted to the brand are misleading.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 20, 2026
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The Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council has set this year's total Hajj payment at 827,000 Birr. Registration opens Thursday at coordination stations around the country.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 20, 2026
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Ethio Telecom told Tikvah Ethiopia that reports naming Takele Uma as its chief executive are false. Tariku Demissie, the company's former chief technology officer, is running it in an acting capacity.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 20, 2026
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The House of Federation's interim administration for Tigray has been constituted and has begun public meetings in Mekelle. In a Tigrinya-language address, Abiy Ahmed called on Tigrayans to elect their own leaders and on fighters to join reconstruction.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 20, 2026
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Residents told Tikvah Ethiopia that Gambella town saw no shooting and is calmer than in recent days, but that daily life has not resumed and displacement continues. A revenge conflict in a gold mining area of Abobo district is pushing more people out.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 16, 2026
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Postpaid residential customers can now submit their own monthly meter readings through an upgraded Telegram chatbot, Fana Television reported. It is aimed at customers whose meters are not read during the normal reading window.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 16, 2026
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The Ethiopian Red Cross Society says an ambulance on a routine humanitarian run was attacked in Dangur district, Benishangul-Gumuz, killing the driver and destroying the vehicle. It is the second reported attack on the Metekel corridor in three weeks.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 16, 2026
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The federal government has placed Tigray under a caretaker administration for six months, appointing five officials to run security, public services and reconstruction. The body is charged with creating the conditions for a regional election.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 16, 2026
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The Addis Ababa Farmers and Urban Agriculture Development Commission says it has drafted a legal framework carrying fines and imprisonment for raw-milk safety breaches, after research found health hazards in milk moved in jerrycans that cannot be properly washed.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 14, 2026
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A fire at Wolaita Sodo University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital damaged its surgery, internal medicine and outpatient departments before residents brought it under control. The cause is under investigation.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 6, 2026
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Sidama Region named Dr Mesai Hailu its president on Tuesday, replacing Desta Ledamo. The appointee comes from the region's health administration and from Hawassa University, not from the party's usual political bench.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 6, 2026
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Telephone and internet service has been restored in Mekelle after an outage, residents told Tikvah Ethiopia. Neither the cause nor the length of the cut has been officially explained.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 6, 2026
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Opening the new parliament, President Taye Atske Selassie set a 10.1 percent growth target and promised to push inflation into single digits. He also reported record exports of 11.2 billion dollars and FDI of 4.5 billion.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 6, 2026
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Fana reported that 1,701 Ethiopians in difficult circumstances in Saudi Arabia returned home, received at the airport and at detention centres. No figure was given for how many remain.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 6, 2026
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