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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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Sisi convened the leaders of Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia at New Alamein. Days later Somalia's president said Ethiopia may reach the sea through Somali territory, and Addis issued a statement on the Nile and the Red Sea.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 6, 2026
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The minister who ran Ethiopia's finances through the currency float was elected Speaker of the House of People's Representatives on Monday, unopposed. No successor at Finance has been named.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 6, 2026
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Temesgen Tiruneh put Abiy Ahmed's name forward for a five-year term as the 7th House of People's Representatives opened on Monday. The federal government was formally constituted the same day.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 6, 2026
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People in Koshale kebele, Gamo zone, told Tikvah Ethiopia that 21 people were killed in a conflict that followed a land expansion granted to an investor. The account is residents' and has not been confirmed by officials.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 2, 2026
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The city council has amended the decree setting out what its executive bodies may do, and the Traffic Management Authority is one of the casualties. A senior official says the implementation instructions have not reached him yet.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 2, 2026
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South Ethiopia, South West Ethiopia, Harari, Benishangul-Gumuz and Dire Dawa all held constituent sittings on Friday. Two regions changed leader, two kept theirs, and Dire Dawa swapped its mayor for his own deputy.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 2, 2026
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The Foreign Ministry has closed Ethiopia's embassy in Asmara, declared ten Eritrean diplomats persona non grata and ordered an Egyptian diplomat out, all within 48 hours. Fana says the decision was not sudden.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 2, 2026
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The bail application by EPRP members held on terrorism suspicion went another session without a decision. The court adjourned after federal police asked that the criminal investigation file be produced.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 1, 2026
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A newly established committee has identified more than 22 development projects it says were disrupted by Egyptian objection, the Water and Energy Minister told Fana. No claim figure and no forum have been named.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 1, 2026
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Three regional councils sat on the same morning and named their executives. Sidama changed hands, Amhara and Somali did not, and the federal formation timetable has four days left to run.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 1, 2026
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The National Intelligence and Security Service says it will issue no permission to fly any drone over Addis Ababa and its surroundings, for an indefinite period, starting immediately. No end date and no exemption route were given.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 1, 2026
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The Gambella Regional Council named Alemitu Umod regional president again at its first session of the seventh term on 30 September, and elected Isaac Abraham as speaker. Regional governments across the country are being formed this week after the general election.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 1, 2026
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A fire that began around 7pm on 29 September destroyed property in the Tasa Tera textile and clothing warehouses in Merkato. Traders were still pulling stock out of the buildings hours later, and no cause has been given.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 1, 2026
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The Addis Ababa City Council reappointed Adanech Abebe mayor on 30 September and approved a new cabinet, including four appointments at deputy-mayor rank. The bureau chiefs named are the officials who sign off on land, permits and industrial licensing in the capital.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 1, 2026
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Jamalu Jenber (PhD) has been appointed head of the ruling party's Addis Ababa branch office, carrying the rank of deputy mayor. He has served in the city administration since 2016 on the Ethiopian calendar, most recently as deputy mayor for public service and human resources.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 30, 2026
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Tokyo has said it condemns what it describes as military action taken by the TPLF and expressed deep concern at the deteriorating security situation in northern Ethiopia. It is the second foreign government statement on the fighting to reach Ethiopian feeds in two days.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 30, 2026
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The city's Food and Drug Authority says 42 complaints of medical error have been filed and the number is rising. Asked whether any involved deaths or permanent injury, its legal director said yes to both.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 30, 2026
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The Oromia Regional Council has unanimously approved a proclamation restructuring the region's 21 zones into six directional ones. Officials say it is the first time zones have been given a legal framework and decision-making authority of their own.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 30, 2026
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A new regulation raises the fees for assessments and tests across the board. The exit exam nearly triples, the postgraduate entrance test is set at 3,500 birr, and foreign candidates now pay in dollars.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 28, 2026
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