Ethiopia: Fair and Equitable Water Use On Nile River

The Nile River is one of the world's great rivers almost 6700 kilometers from its farthest sources at the headwaters of the Kagera River in Burundi and Rwanda to its Delta in… Read more »

Ethiopia: Abiy Urges Local Investors to Develop Genale-Dawa Power Project

Inaugurating the delayed Genale Dawa (GD-III) hydroelectric power project on Tuesday Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) made an appeal to local investors to build the next phase of… Read more »

Ethiopia: Is the Involvement of a Third Party Good in GERD Negotiations?

The Nile, as a trans-boundary river, is in the realm of international relations engagement among nation states. The Blue Nile takes its source from Ethiopia; however, it flows… Read more »

Ethiopia: Without a Sea Coast Why Is Ethiopia Trying to Reestablish a Navy?

In April 2018, when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) took control of the leadership of the nation and while addressing the Armed Forces for the first time; it was at that point in… Read more »

Ethiopia: Launching Digital Agro-Climate Advisory Platform in Ethiopia

There was a time when traditional ecological knowledge was enough. When ancestral wisdom guided communities to sense the moods of the rains, the temperaments of the winds, the… Read more »

Ethiopia: Power Shortage Hinders Djibouti Water Supply

A Chinese contractor, CGC Overseas Construction (CGC-OC) Group Ltd, has blamed electric power shortages for impeding the operations of the USD 339 million worth trans-boundary… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Celebrates Migratory Birds' Day Amidst Intensifying Endangerment

Ethiopia celebrates World Migratory Birds Day (WMBD) today, October 12, 2019, in Metehara town, an event happening at a time when migratory birds are being threatened to extinction… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Gets First Wetlands Directory

The Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society (EWNHS) in Collaboration with Wetland International (WI) have launched "A First Directory of Ethiopian Wetlands" at a workshop… Read more »

Ethiopia: Navigating Uncharted Water - the Nile Hype

True to the national narrative on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the Egyptian media has always been instrumental in pushing Egypt's real or assumed concerns over the… Read more »

Ethiopia: Heineken Partners With Wildlife Conservation Authority

Heineken Breweries Share Company and the Ethiopian wildlife Conservation Authority has signed a memorandum of understanding to financially support the Simien mountain National Park… Read more »

Ethiopia: Cement Factories Contemplate Replacing Coal With Biomass

Local cement factories are planning to replace imported coal with locally produced biomass that would enable them to reduce foreign currency and carbon emission. Read more »

Ethiopia: Plastic Pollution - Ethiopia's Reaction

It is not unusual to come across expressions like somebody or something is "plastic" in modern spoken English to connote an attribute which is highly "unoriginal" or "artificial"… Read more »

Ethiopia: It's Cheaper to Talk Than to Cut Emissions

Earlier this month, the UK parliament declared that the planet is facing a "climate emergency," making the United Kingdom the first country to do so after cities like Los Angeles,… Read more »

Ethiopia: Unesco Releases Emergency Assistance Budget for Simien Mountains National Park

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) on Tuesday released initial emergency assistance budget for Simien Mountains National Park. Read more »

Ethiopia: CBE Donates Half-a-Billion Birr for Beautifying Sheger Project

The state-owned giant bank, Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) has reportedly donated half billion birr to the "Beautifying Sheger" project initiated by PM Abiy to develop river… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ministry to Release Report On Midroc's Gold Mine

The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum on Wednesday announced that it will release the inquiry report on the alleged environmental pollution caused by the MIDROC Gold Mine in the Lega… Read more »

Ethiopia: Millions Still Face Drought Hardship

The rains may have eased a severe drought across east Africa this year, but millions still face hardship and it will take herders years to recover from the decimation of their… Read more »