- IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva visited Addis Ababa on 11 May 2026 and praised Ethiopia's progress under its economic reform programme.- She said …

- Finance Minister Ahmed Shide told Parliament that domestic borrowing reached Birr 232. 4 billion, 111. 7 % of its nine-month target, as foreign …

Ethiopia’s fuel story is becoming less about phased domestic price liberalisation and more about external vulnerability. Recent pump-price adjustments have pushed petrol and diesel …

A credible threat to close the Strait of Hormuz has moved from long-running risk to near-term market shock. Iran publicly declared the strait closed …

When Ethiopia loosened its grip on the foreign-exchange market, policymakers framed the move as a technical correction — a necessary alignment of the birr …

By any recent standard, Ethiopia’s fuel price trajectory has been steep. Since the start of 2023, official pump prices for diesel, gasoline and kerosene …