With the cost of living showing no improvement, the inflation rate or Consumer Price Index of Ethiopia has marginally increased from 15.4 percent to 15.5 percent as of July, 2019.

Armed men have attacked and killed seven people, injuring three civilians in West Harerge Zone of Oromia regional state, The Reporter has learnt.

The Somali Regional State has downplayed the US government’s travel advisory which notified its citizens not to travel to the Eastern tip of Ethiopia-Somali Region, The Reporter has learnt.

The local police in Southern Regional State have confirmed that at least 53 people have died and 54 more were injured during the recent violence in Sidama Zone.

After deadly clashes were reported between security forces and the youth mainly in the Sidama Zone of the Southern Regional State, following what appears to be a targeted attack on different ethnic groups residing in the area and huge destruction to property, the regional ruling party— Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement (SEPDM)—has suspended a number of officials from both the party and their current positions, The Reporter has learnt.

Temesgen Tiruneh, ex-security advisor to the Prime Minister, has been named the head of the Amhara Regional State, which has recently undergone a security crisis due to an attempted coup d’état against the regional administration resulting in the assassination of the regional head and two more cabinet members together with the head of the national army and another retired general.

In a bid to improve the current national identification system, France has pledged to provide EUR 40 million to Ethiopia to finance the pending national digital ID project, The Reporter has learnt.

Following a similar visit by President Emmanuel Macron, Bruno Le Maire, Minister of Finance and Economy of France is set to visit Ethiopia next Monday, The Reporter has learnt. His visit is said to cement and follow-up on President Macron’s visit.