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Thursday's operation was a cash management buyback capped at $12.5 billion in short-dated notes, against the $2–4 billion liquidity-support operations that filled the rest of the quarter's schedule.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 4, 2026
000Ethio Telecom presented year two of its Next Horizon strategy: 4 trillion birr in telebirr transactions behind it, 21 trillion birr the year-three target, and a handset target that needs twice the current distribution pace.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 4, 2026
100A child taken from Bole Bulbula was recovered after a week. The suspect had worked in the family's home for three months, left, and came back two months later.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 4, 2026
100Three men, including the party's lawyer, have been in custody 31 days. Police asked for another 14 days to finish an investigation the court gave them a final week to complete. A ruling on that request and on bail is due today.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 4, 2026
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The day in world news: the death of a defining figure of American feminism, killings during a settler attack in the West Bank, and Australia counting the cost of a data-centre boom.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 3, 2026
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Football's two most powerful bodies traded public accusations, 23 wickets fell in a single day at the Oval, and England took the series against Ireland.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 3, 2026
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The day in global technology: a controversial new OpenAI model, a business built on stripping AI safety constraints, Meta paying users for usage data, and $70 million into smart rings.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 3, 2026
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From the national broadcaster on 3 September: a record Arsenal player sale, a new civil and family registration system in Amhara, Wolaita's Gifata festival tourism figures, and the Koisha dam.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 3, 2026
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Premier Switch takes a PoS and gateway licence, an early-warning system predicted a drought the financing did not fund in time, and EdTech regulation becomes a live question.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 3, 2026
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The day's Ethiopian markets news: a 36.7% revenue target at Ethio Telecom, a 15 billion birr smartphone financing deal, a 100 billion birr mortgage refinancer, $4.55 billion in agricultural exports, and a central bank stepping back from liquidity absorption.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 3, 2026
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says Anthropic is back on the right side after months of clashes that saw the Pentagon label it a supply chain risk — the first American company to receive that designation.
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The 2026 President Trump $1 coin goes on sale and enters circulation, making him the first sitting US president to appear on a circulating coin.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 3, 2026
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Jensen Huang said being left behind is the single worst outcome, arguing that fear of AI is slowing adoption in some countries while others keep building.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 3, 2026
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A degree in any field, zero years of experience, and seven working days to apply — the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has opened one of the largest single diplomatic intakes advertised in recent years.
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An investigation into car trading centres and the vehicle brokerage sector found widespread under-declaration of income and VAT, the city Revenue Office said.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 3, 2026
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The National Bank of Ethiopia and the IFC signed a cooperation framework for the country's first dedicated mortgage refinance company — a wholesale lender that lends to the banks, not to homebuyers.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 3, 2026
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One region's formal gold deliveries have gone up roughly thirty-fold. That number is less a story about mining than about who miners now choose to sell to — and the central bank is about to change the incentive that caused it.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 2, 2026
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Five commodity vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, against a recent average of fourteen. That shipping count, not the headline oil price, is the number that reaches an Ethiopian fuel pump.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 2, 2026
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The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia completed an Asset Quality Review in June 2026. The findings are unpublished, the action plan is due in December — and by March, 20 of the country's 28 banks had already blown through their credit-growth caps.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 2, 2026
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Of 166 new projects approved across Ethiopia's industrial parks in 2025/26, foreign direct investment accounted for just 10%. The parks were designed as a magnet for foreign capital — the capital showing up is increasingly local.
Fact.et Staff · Aug 26, 2026
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A study from the Ethiopian Artificial Intelligence Institute maps flood risk across Addis Ababa block by block. The city's built-up area has grown 259% since 1984 — and the drainage never caught up.
Fact.et Staff · Aug 20, 2026
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Federal prosecutors say five Amhara Bank executives waved through loans to a single company with no credit analysis, no collateral, and no committee sign-off — while that company owed banks across the country over 2 billion birr combined.
Fact.et Staff · Aug 20, 2026
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The National Bank of Ethiopia quadrupled the size of its foreign-exchange auction and still fell short of demand — but the gap between what banks want and what they get just closed dramatically.
Fact.et Staff · Aug 20, 2026
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A year of exchange-rate data shows the US dollar isn't even close to the currency the Birr has weakened against the most — and the real story is what's happening to the Chinese yuan.
Fact.et Staff · Aug 20, 2026
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