More health professionals detained, PM Abiy’s Parliament session, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam inauguration in September, food aid at Djibouti port going bad, a football controversy, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. Rorshok Ocean Update Job Description: https://rorshok.com/updates/ocean/writer/ We want to get to know you! Please fill in thi...
Jul 04, 2025•10 min•Ep. 187
The National Bank’s audit report, no more gas price increases, Abrehot Library’s temporary closure, a fertilizer production plant, the manufacturing of single-use plastic bags outlawed, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. Rorshok Ocean Update Job Description: https://rorshok.com/updates/ocean/writer/ We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mi...
Jun 27, 2025•9 min•Ep. 186
The former Hawassa mayor’s acquittal, an arbitration panel for real estate disputes, Gondar University’s autonomy plans, Ethiopia-Morocco military cooperation, mpox cases, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. Rorshok Ocean Update Job Description: https://rorshok.com/updates/ocean/writer/ We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h t...
Jun 20, 2025•10 min•Ep. 185
Treasury bond sales, next year’s budget, a Kenyan bank in talks to operate in Ethiopia, an Armenian delegation in the country, the income tax, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. Rorshok Ocean Update Job Description: https://rorshok.com/updates/ocean/writer/ We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp...
Jun 13, 2025•10 min•Ep. 184
Several private colleges closing, the African climate summit’s cost, more electric power sales to Kenya, the IMF’s new loan approval, news on Taye Dendea’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 info@rorshok.com Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. Rorshok Ethiopia Update: www.rorshok.com/ethiopia We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/NV3h5jN13cRDp2r66 Wanna ...
Jun 06, 2025•10 min•Ep. 183
Tigray judges to get back to work, clean water accessibility issues, the OLA’s civilian attack, a Calcium carbonate manufacturing facility in Afar, a bill affecting coffee exporters, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com 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 financi...
May 30, 2025•10 min•Ep. 182
New forex regulations from the National Bank, digitally mapping and registering polling stations for next year’s election, the new ticket app from Ethio Telecom, a draft bill allowing foreigners to purchase land, China-Ethiopia military-medical cooperation, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. Full list of updates: https://rorshok.com/updates/ We want...
May 23, 2025•10 min•Ep. 181
The TPLF no longer a legal party, Ethio Telecom’s new ecommerce miniapp, election concerns, the Panasonic and Ethiopian Airlines’ deal, BGI Ethiopia’s new CEO, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com 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: ...
May 16, 2025•10 min•Ep. 180
Israel’s foreign minister in Ethiopia, Chat contraband hurting export revenues, Ermias Amelga’s investment firm under investigation, transport updates, water bills going up, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com 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? Fol...
May 09, 2025•10 min•Ep. 179
A wage increase pending, Angola President's message to PM Abiy, Ethio Telecom share sale below target, Embraer and Ethiopian Airlines to work together, Amnesty’s CDP project, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. Download an episode as an .mp3 file: https://rorshok.com/updates/ethiopia/ We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttp...
May 02, 2025•12 min•Ep. 178
10 million hungry people, the Zhejiang Geely-Kerchanshe deal, a journalist arrested, Boeing’s Africa office in Addis, the Walia Ibex, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com 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-don...
Apr 25, 2025•10 min•Ep. 177
New appointments, Abiy in Vietnam, Amnesty International urging the CDP suspension, amendments to proclamations, teachers struggling, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com 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 financiall...
Apr 18, 2025•10 min•Ep. 176
The new president of the Tigray region’s interim administration, calls for nominees for members of the Election Board, the government owing the CBE billions of dollars, the EU’s 200 million dollar support, transporting fuel by train, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com 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/NV...
Apr 11, 2025•10 min•Ep. 175
School disruption in Amhara, more National Bank forex auctions, VAT to be added on digital products, the TV channel Ethiopian Broadcasting Service controversy, mandatory service for uni students, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com 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 he...
Apr 04, 2025•10 min•Ep. 174
Getachew Reda no longer the president of Tigray, fighting in Amhara, Eritrea and Egypt discussing Ethiopia’s Red Sea ambitions, a new bench for gender-based violence crimes, gas price increases, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com 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 hel...
Mar 28, 2025•10 min•Ep. 173
Abiy denying Eritrea invasion rumors , the Public Health Institute coping after USAID funding cut, defense cooperation deals with Rwanda and Russia, the Disaster Risk Management Commission, Ethiopian Airlines’ new acquisition, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. To download mp3 files: https://rorshok.com/ethiopia/ We want to get to know you! Please f...
Mar 21, 2025•10 min•Ep. 172
A rehab program to continue, hotel revenues suffering after US foreign aid cuts, more refugees in Benishangul, the EU reviewing visa restrictions, discord on Ethiopia’s exact population, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com 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 fin...
Mar 14, 2025•11 min•Ep. 171
A ban against CSOs lifted, PM Abiy’s visit to factories, no gas price increases this month, CBE interest rates rising, EIH’s plan to eliminate power disruptions, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com 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...
Mar 07, 2025•10 min•Ep. 170
A BRICS+ sherpas summit, PM Abiy in Somalia, mass layoffs at Kessem Sugar Factory, the total deposits at Commercial Bank of Ethiopia exceeding 1.5 trillion birr, Germany’s aid, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. See the full list of updates: https://rorshok.com/updates/ We want to get to know you! Please fill in this mini-survey: h ttps://forms.gle/...
Feb 28, 2025•10 min•Ep. 169
The UK Deputy PM in Ethiopia, the Russian media outlet Sputnik in Africa, the National Dialogue Commission term extension, the new judges' immunity bill in the Amhara region, the purchase of transformers, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com 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 a...
Feb 21, 2025•10 min•Ep. 168
The Investment Commission probe, corridor development grievances, the African Union Summit, Japan aid, third telecom operator on the cards, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. Rorshok Ethiopia Update: https://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 hel...
Feb 14, 2025•10 min•Ep. 167
Calls for peace in Tigray, a drone attack, a US foreign aid stop-work order, Ethiopia’s sovereign wealth fund’s goals, the IMF’s report on the country’s economy, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com 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...
Feb 07, 2025•10 min•Ep. 166
The opposition on the electoral amendment, bike share plans for Addis, a new human rights commissioner, a World Bank loan, the Prosperity Party’s second general assembly, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com 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...
Jan 31, 2025•11 min•Ep. 165
The IMF not satisfied with government subsidies, an economic downturn following reform, a hijab ban in schools in Tigray, the Chamber of Commerce’s controversial election, drug trafficking in Bole airport, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com 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 ...
Jan 24, 2025•11 min•Ep. 164
The Somali President in Ethiopia, the property tax bill approved, the ESX inauguration, the Ethio Telecom sales sharing postponement, payments in gas stations, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com 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: ...
Jan 17, 2025•10 min•Ep. 163
Attacks on judges in the Amhara region, Ethiopia’s WTO bid, the Melody of Myriads, a new Haile Resort in Jimma, Mahmoud’s final bow, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com Melody of Myriads: https://www.youtube.com/live/t2M4jDPcH6E?si=QPfJvRcp_KPzcDG_&t=2900 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/NV3h5jN13cRD...
Jan 10, 2025•10 min•Ep. 162
Christmas in Ethiopia, the Foreign Minister in Djibouti, an alleged shakedown in Harar, BYD officially in Ethiopia’s market, the National Palace’s renovation, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com 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: h...
Jan 01, 2025•9 min•Ep. 161
Somalia agreement progress, no 2025 AGOA for Ethiopia, a human rights report, a call for a strike, the athletics federation elections, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com 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-do...
Dec 25, 2024•10 min•Ep. 160
Finance companies reporting profits, Ethiopian Airlines to pay a fine, Ethiopians in Myanmar, the US Ambassador for global criminal justice in Addis, property tax exemptions, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com 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? Fo...
Dec 20, 2024•10 min•Ep. 159
Former State Minister free, alleged forced conscriptions in Oromia, the OLA-government peace deal, Amhara Bank’s profits, an increase in universities’ meal budget, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com 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 li...
Dec 13, 2024•10 min•Ep. 158