East Africa: Ethiopia's Unmatched Green Commitment Shines

On July 31, 2025, Ethiopia reaffirmed its status as a global environmental leader with a truly extraordinary accomplishment--planting 714.7 million seedlings in a single day. This… Read more »

Ethiopia: Woman Applies Food Processing Technology to Add Value, Maximize Profit

Felicia Gbuka, a Nigerian entrepreneur runs a business of processing rice and cassava in to ready to eat snacks and other ingredients. She processes the foodstuffs with additional… Read more »

Ethiopia: Exemplary Stride for Continental, Global Ecological Safety

'Not only is planting tree seedlings a means for proper nurturing of nature via making barren lands green and producing hypnotic panoramas, but it is also a glorified path to buy… Read more »

Ethiopia: Due Attention to Environmental Defense!

It is crystal clear that the multifarious activities of human beings on the environment have tended to degrade and make the surrounding untidy and unfit for social habitation… Read more »

Ethiopia: WFP Urges Urgent Global Action to End Hunger Amid Soaring Food Insecurity

ADDIS ABABA -- The World Food Programme (WFP) has called for urgent and collective global action to end hunger, as acute food insecurity continues to rise sharply in… Read more »

Ethiopia: ACS2 Leads Bold Climate Action With Homegrown Innovations, Technologies

Climate change presents major challenges to Africa, impacting its ecosystems, economies, and communities. The continent is experiencing rising temperatures, which can lead to heat… Read more »

Africa: Africa Advances Next Phase of Key Climate Program Ahead of COP30

ADDIS ABABA - Africa is moving forward with finalizing the second phase of the Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) Program business plan, aiming for completion… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Streamlining Coffee Production, Market Destination

Ethiopia is the origin of Coffee Arabica and the largest producer of coffee in Africa and the fifth largest coffee Producer in the world. Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopian Airlines Renews Call for Open Skies

Ethiopian Airlines Group reiterated its strong support for the African Union's Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), a key initiative under Agenda 2063, emphasizing the… Read more »

Ethiopia: Green Legacy Initiative Paying Back Economically

Ethiopia's annual greening campaign, the (GLI) has succeeded in the transplantation of over 714.7 million seedlings as planned. The cumulative effect of the massive greening… Read more »

Africa: Africa Eyes Tangible Climate Solutions At 2nd Africa Climate Summit - AUC

ADDIS ABABA - Africa aims to use the 2nd Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) to transform visionary climate commitments into tangible, scalable solutions for a resilient and sustainable… Read more »

Somalia: Somaliland Declares Drought, Seeks Aid

As worsening drought conditions continue to endanger lives and livelihoods, the government of Somaliland has officially declared a state of humanitarian emergency across four… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Green Legacy Deserves International Reward

Climate change has been a critical global agenda that can be achieved through planting and growing trees. And the United Nations has been calling on people everywhere to work… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Expediting Gold Mining to Fast Track Dev't

Ethiopia's gold deposits are clustered in a Proterozoic basement, which covers about 18% of the country. A considerable part of this area has already been surveyed by aerial… Read more »

Ethiopia: UN Food System Summit - Leaders Call for Urgent Action to End Hunger Globally

Eliminating hunger is a novel human cause: President Taye Read more »

Ethiopia: Law Abiding Citizen - When Justice Feels Far Away - a Story for All of Us

You've heard the phrase, "It's not what you know, it's what you can prove in court." This adage reverberates through countless films, yet in the 2009 movie Law Abiding Citizen,… Read more »

East Africa: Telebirr's Initiative Could Boost Intra-Regional Trade in Horn of Africa

To enhance trade, financial inclusion, and economic cooperation, some countries in the Horn of Africa, including Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, and Djibouti, need to set up… Read more »

Ethiopia: Seven - Year On - Ethiopia's Green Legacy Drives Regional Reforestation Momentum

Ethiopia's Green Legacy Initiative, launched in 2019, and has significantly increased the country's forest coverage from 17.2% in 2019 to 23.6% in 2023. This ambitious national… Read more »

Ethiopia: HOE Embraces Ethiopia's Green Legacy Initiative

Ethiopia's Green Legacy Initiative (GLI) is gaining significant traction across the Horn of Africa (HoA), with regional and international partners actively joining the country's… Read more »

Ethiopia: GLI Impacts Go Beyond Greening

Ethiopia has once again launched its ambitious one-day tree planting challenge, aiming to plant 700 million seedlings within 12 hours the highest single-day target since the… Read more »

Ethiopia: Seven Years of Renewal Through Planting

Today, people across Ethiopia are gathering at plantation sites to mark the seventh year of renewing humanity's bond with nature by planting trees. The plan is to transplant about… Read more »

Mauritania: Empowering Women - and Youth-Led SMEs in Mauritania

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a pivotal role in Mauritania, representing nearly 80% of the country's economic fabric, contributing approximately 30% of the GDP,… Read more »

Ethiopia: Commission Plants 5,000 Indigenous Trees to Boost Ecotourism

- The Oromia Tourism Commission has planted 5,000 indigenous trees in Kelole Kebele of Bishoftu town as part of Ethiopia's Green Legacy Initiative (GLI), aiming to promote… Read more »

Ethiopia: Renewal Through Planting - Inspiring People to Combat Climate Change

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched the Ethiopian Green Legacy Initiative, a major environmental campaign, in 2019. Its principal purpose is to reduce deforestation,… Read more »

East Africa: Ethiopia's Unweaving Commitment Towards Inclusive Food Systems

Transforming global food systems to achieve food sovereignty necessitates addressing the fundamental question of control. A global shift toward food sovereignty requires the active… Read more »