Rorshok Ethiopia Update

Gambella region unrest, parties protesting the election schedule, the Economist on Ethiopia’s new airport plan, Ruto in Addis, a billion dollar health care deal with the US and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected] Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. “Ethiopia wants to build Africa’s biggest airport” by The Economist: Ethiopia wants to build Africa’s biggest airport (the Economist website, official, paywall) Ethiopia wants to build Africa’s biggest airport (full article) Check out our new t-shirts: https://rorshok.store/ We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66 Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

Indian PM’s visit, the Development Bank’s new leadership, single-use plastic bags ban, digital fraud, a plan to boost national university entrance exam scores, and much more Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected] Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. “From 3 percent to 7 A.M. - Addis Ababa Experiments Three Layer School Day to Fix Troubled Exam Scores” by Mahlet Mehdi: https://thereportermagazines.com/4307/ Check out our new t-shirts: https://rorshok.store/ We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66 Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

A photo essay on the Amhara region, PM Narendra Modi to visit Ethiopia, shootings in Gambella, the US congress member’s resolution to sanction Ethiopian government officials, more loans and grants for Ethiopia, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected] Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. “Inside Ethiopia’s Fano insurgency” - a photo essay by Robin Tutenges: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/dec/01/inside-ethiopia-fano-insurgency-photo-essay Check out our new t-shirts: https://rorshok.store/ We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66 Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

The National Dialogue Commission on a time crunch, PM Abiy and Secretary Macro Rubio’s phone call, the Ministry of Transport’s plan to phase out vehicles with high emissions, bodycams for tax officers, the Federal High Court’s verdict on Jon Daniel’s case, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected] Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. Check out our new t-shirts: https://rorshok.store/ Set up your personal collection: https://rorshok.store/personal-collections We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66 Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

A Marburg virus update, the Singapore PM’s visit, PM Abiy in South Africa for the G20, new charges against a former state minister, virtual gambling concerns, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected] Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. Check out our new t-shirts: https://rorshok.store/ Set up your personal collection: https://rorshok.store/personal-collections We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66 Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

The Economist’s take on tensions in northern Ethiopia, a forum on lead poisoning, a potential teacher shortage, a new school dress code, the Malaysian PM visit, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected] Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. Check out our new t-shirts: https://rorshok.store/ Set up your personal collection: https://rorshok.store/personal-collections We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66 Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

Ethiopia to host COP32, a new payment method for data miners, a worker in Hawassa, Safaricom optimistic with first quarter performance, uncollateralized loans for government workers, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected] Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. Check out our new t-shirts: https://rorshok.store/ Set up your personal collection: https://rorshok.store/personal-collections We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66 Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate Oops! It looks like we made a mistake. In 0:34, the reader should have said, "signers." Sorry for the inconvenience!

An arms trafficking operation intercepted, Ethiopia’s ranking in the Rule of Law Index, the Ethiopia-EU Investment Forum, the Federal Police’s new sub-unit, expired chemicals in school labs, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected] Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66 Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

Allegations of forced membership against the ruling party, over 900 serious cyber-attack attempts, a deal with a British company to produce biofuel, Nib Bank to proceed with lawsuit against former board members, suspended reporters, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected] Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. Rorshok Updates: https://rorshok.com/updates/ We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66 Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

Ethiopia-Russia nuclear energy cooperation progress, fatal railway accident in eastern Ethiopia, punishment for foreigners overstaying their visas, the Ethiopian Insurance Corporation reforms, anti-junk food bill proposals, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected] Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. Learn more about last Saturday's event: https://rorshok.com/tracks/rorshokito/ We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66 Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

A poverty rate increase, new license plates, a deal for glass-producing machinery, calls to exempt prescription glasses from taxes, the latest on Sinotruck import restrictions, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected] Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66 Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

Eritrea-TPLF collusion allegations, new regions’ complaints on budget allocations, PM Abiy in Nairobi for the COMESA summit, President Taye in Brussels for an EU forum, rabies in the Amhara region, the education ministry’s remedial program, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected] Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66 Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate Oops! It looks like we made a mistake. In 2:18, the reader should have said, "convened." Sorry for the inconvenience!

An Ethiopia-Russia nuclear power deal, trading under the AfCFTA, a cholera outbreak in Tigray, Oromia regional courts back from recess, Wegagen Capital’s report, Ethio Telecom’s warning to customers, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected] Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66 Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

The new National Bank Governor, a defense cooperation agreement with Kenya, Ethiopia close to last in the WIPO innovation index, plans to overhaul postal service rules, World Athletics Championships results and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected] Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66 Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

Ethiopia-Arab League plans, a letter of concern about human rights violations, another Kenyan bank’s bid to join the Ethiopian market, the national university entrance exam results… and tuition fee increases? Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected] Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. Rorshok’s Updates: https://rorshok.com/updates/ We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66 Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

Journalists detained, the domestic debt tally, Ethiopia’s sovereign wealth fund annual report, Safaricom’s expansion, an IOM report, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected] Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. Download .mp3 files: www.rorshok.com/ethiopia We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66 Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’s to open soon, PM Abiy-IAEA boss phone call, a UN water accessibility report review, Bajaj ban in Tigray’s Mekelle, World Cup qualifiers against Egypt and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected] Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66 Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

Budget reserve to cover a wage increase, Ethiopia-Pakistan air forces cooperation, regional airports for international flights, arrested journalists released, a 2.5 billion USD fertilizer plant deal, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected] Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. Listen to the Georgia Ramble episode here: https://rorshok-georgia-update.captivate.fm/episode/georgia-mindia-arabuli-and-georgian-slang-more-25th-aug-2025/ We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66 Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

The detainees’ participation in a national dialogue, the government’s solar ambitions, the CBE logo debacle, hotel revenues’ in Addis at risk, and back to school in Amhara? Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected] Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66 Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

A request for a deadline extension to remove mines, the National Dialogue Commission’s trips abroad, the sovereign wealth fund’s first-ever foreign investment, a new directive regulating honorary degrees, eight companies looking to get into investment banking, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected] Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66 Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

Ethiopian Airlines’ spare-part issues, a Walia Ibex population decline, non-contagious diseases at an all-time high, heavy rains and floods, the Tigray interim administration’s refusal to pay wage backlog, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected] Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. Rorshok’s Updates: https://rorshok.com/updates/ We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66 Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

Ethiopia-Belarus relations, the Human Rights Watch plea, the Tigray Supreme Court’s ruling to get teachers paid, the deposit insurance fund investment in treasury bills, the Ministry of Transport’s new mandates for importers, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected] Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. To download an MP3 file: www.rorshok.com/ethiopia We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66 Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

The National Election Board’s general election preparations, the PM Abiy-Tigray representatives discussion, the Millennium Hall rebuild, Ethio Telecom’s annual review, the Alelign Azene murder case, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected] Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66 Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

Dangote’s new cement plant, a controversial tax bill passed, Commercial Bank profits more than 200 million USD, four million planned passport issuances, UNICEF’s study, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected] Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66 Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate

clause withdrawal, lawmakers’ salaries, replanting trees, tariff negotiations with the US, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at [email protected] Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66 Wanna avoid ads and help us financially? Follow the link: https://bit.ly/rorshok-donate