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 »

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 »

Ethiopia: Countdown to Abbay Dam - Ethiopia Pushes for Equitable Nile Use

- As Ethiopia prepares to inaugurate the Abbay Dam, the country has reiterated its position that the Nile River is a shared natural resource that must be governed under a… Read more »

Ethiopia: Premier, Italian Counterpart Visit Dev't Projects in Jimma

- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, visited key development projects in the southwestern city of Jimma on Monday, underscoring the growing ties… Read more »

East Africa: Ethiopia Remains Committed to Green Resilient Economy

Ethiopia hosted the 2nd United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS+4) from July 27 to 29, 2025, in partnership with Italy. Read more »

Ethiopia: Addis Ababa - Diplomatic Heart, Ethiopia's Tourism Gem

Imagine arriving in a city nestled high in the Ethiopian highlands, where the cool, clean air greets you and the landscape unfolds into in a stunning mix of mountains, valleys, and… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Integrated Agro-Industrial Parks Development in Ending Hunger, Malnutrition

In Ethiopia, UNIDO is supporting the development of four Integrated Agro- Industrial Parks (IAIPs). An agro-industrial park is an agribusiness development corridor integrating… Read more »

East Africa: Ethiopian Writers of Short Stories the Boom and the Bust

Ye Gulelew Sekaram in Amharic or 'The Drunkard of Gulelle' is officially recognized as the first modern short story in Amharic literature which was written and published around… Read more »

Ethiopia: IGAD Ministers Unite to Tackle Food Security Challenges

-Sign MoU to build sustainable food systems Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Deepens Agri, Trade Ties With Italy , UAE

ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Italy aimed at enhancing agricultural productivity particularly in coffee value chains through technology… Read more »

Ethiopia: UNFSS+4 Takeaways - Ethiopia Urges Investment to Transform Food Systems

ADDIS ABABA - President Taye Atske Selassie called for increased global investment and coordinated action to transform food systems and end hunger, during his closing remarks at… Read more »