Ethiopia: AI and Climate - Tackling Challenges and Embracing Change With a People-Centered Approach

In May 2023, a World Bank team visited Secunda, a South African town defined by Sasol's unique commercial coal-to-liquids facility, to participate in a workshop on just green… Read more »

Ethiopia: Purpose Black Snaps Back in BGI-Ethiopia Property Deal Saga

Purpose Black blames BGI Ethiopia for a property transaction gone awry, alleging it paid the brewer over one billion birr for its plot in Addis Ababa before the deal was scrapped… Read more »

Ethiopia: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Its Discontents

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile River in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia has created tensions between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan, which are… Read more »

Eritrea: Eritrea Admits Military Presence in Badme and Disputed Territories, Denies Occupation

Asmara says territories belong to Eritrea under 2000 Algiers Agreement Read more »

Africa: Impact of Red Sea Crisis On Africa - Red Flag or Red Herring?

Still reeling from the effects of COVID-19 and the Ukraine war, African countries face yet another geopolitical hurdle with the Red Sea crisis and its potentially significant… Read more »

East Africa: Leaving No One Behind - Reaching Every Child in Humanitarian Settings in the Horn of Africa

Even during difficult circumstances, we all want the best for our children no matter what age they are and what situation they are in. As a parent, the first thing I wish for my… Read more »

Africa: Africa Will Face $3.3 Trillion Finance Deficit in Next Decade - AU Development Arm

Africa must step up its resource mobilization efforts if the continent is to bridge a USD 3.3 trillion financing deficit over the coming decade, warns the African Union Development… Read more »

Africa: Stepping Up the Commitment to the AU

As the two-day 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) kicks of today in Addis Ababa, the Summit provides an opportunity… Read more »

Ethiopia: Pretoria Deal, Referendum Proposals Spark Tensions

The terms of the Pretoria Agreement, particularly those outlining disputed territories, are the subject of renewed tensions between the federal government and the Tigray Interim… Read more »

Ethiopia: Parliament Approves New Deputy PM, Ministers

MPs have approved Taye Atske Selassie, Ethiopia's former permanent representative to the UN, as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, while Temesgen Tiruneh succeeds Demeke Mekonnen… Read more »

Ethiopia: Parliament Expected to Approve Deputy PM Nomination, Executive Reshuffle Tomorrow

MPs are expected to approve an executive reshuffle tomorrow that will see the appointment of a successor to Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen. Read more »

Ethiopia: Underfunded Aid Agencies Cry for Help As Humanitarian Needs Spiral

Ombudsman reports 351 hunger-related deaths in Tigray, confirms deaths in Amhara Read more »

Ethiopia: From Desolation to Revival

How clean water ignites a renaissance in rural Ethiopia. Read more »

Africa: UN Security Council Redirects Somaliland Dispute to IGAD, AU

Ethiopia places request for IGAD session Read more »

Ethiopia: Ministry Under Fire - Where Is the Peace?

Benishangul-Gumuz "shut in" on three sides by violent conflict, insecurity. Read more »

Ethiopia: GMO Potato Researchers Left Twiddling Thumbs Amid USAID Fund Cutoff

Researchers are left in limbo as they await funding for a genetically modified potato project that lost its financing as part of the US government's suspension of non-humanitarian… Read more »

Ethiopia: Parliament, Industry Ministry Call for End On Afar Mining Monopoly On Salt

Tanneries among worst affected, contraband salt caravans increasingly common Read more »

East Africa: Ethiopia's Red Sea Gambit Raises Tensions in Horn of Africa

Ethiopia, a landlocked country of over 120 million people, is facing increased geopolitical tensions due to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's recent "Red Sea Gambit". Abiy's strategic… Read more »

Ethiopia: On the Edge - the Ethiopia-Somaliland MOU

On 1 January 2024, Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali and Somaliland president Muse Bihi Abdi signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which has generated significant… Read more »

Africa: Ethiopia's Industrial Parks Leave Workers to the Fate of Global Shocks

As a symbol of economic globalization, Industrial Parks occupy a central place in debates on the foreign direct investment in the South from the so-called Global North. A central… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Eroding Political Transition - Can Multiple Interlocking Crises Be Overcome?

Ethiopia's over five years under Premier Abiy Ahmed's leadership have witnessed a volatile transition, menaced by immense and interlocking challenges, including the large-scale war… Read more »

Ethiopia: Demonstrating the Courage to Find Durable Political Solution

The extension by a further four months of the six-month State of Emergency declared in the Amhara region in early August 2023 to "further solidify the existing peace in the region"… Read more »

Ethiopia: Moth Infestations Threaten Flower Exporters' Largest Market

EU set to tighten inspections for False Codling Moth for all shipments from Ethiopia, Kenya Read more »

Ethiopia: Coffee Regulator Readies to Execute EU's New Deforestation-Free Rules

Half-year coffee export revenues at USD 571mln Read more »

Ethiopia: Enhancing the Potential, Marketing of Soybean Through Tempeh Training

Ethiopia holds significant potential in the soybean industry, with a large number of soybean plants cultivated in the country. However, challenges such as the lack of technology… Read more »