Kenya, Ethiopia and Sudan Turn to Crowdfunding to Finance Lapsset

East African

Kenya and its landlocked neighbours, Ethiopia and South Sudan, will use crowdfunding to raise the billions of shillings required to build infrastructure linking their economies. Read more »

Minister of Defense Affirms Importance of Security Cooperation With Ethiopia

SNA

The Minister of Defense, Lt.Gen. Jamal Omar, has asserted on the eternal Sudanese-Ethiopian relations, stressing the importance of the mutual cooperation to benefit from the… Read more »

Teff - the Fight Against Biopiracy

Deutsche Welle

A controversial patent on Ethiopia's national cereal teff is about to be terminated -- thanks, in part, to the initiative of a German lawyer. But the problem of biopiracy is far… Read more »

2022 World Cup - Warriors Drawn Against Bafana, Ghana and Ethiopia

New Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's bid to qualify for their maiden FIFA World Cup will face a serious test after the Warriors were handed a tough draw for the 2022 World Cup group phase qualifiers,… Read more »

Somalia-Ethiopia War Forced Kenya and Iran to Sever Ties [opinion]

Nation

In early 1978, Kenyan-Iranian relations came under great strain over the Ogaden war between Ethiopia and Somalia. Read more »

New Swarms of Locusts Threaten Crops, Food Security

VOA

A new round of locust swarms has hit Ethiopia and is again threatening crops and food security, say agricultural officials. Read more »

Dam It! Ethiopia's Game-Changing Project - and Its Regional Problem [analysis]

Daily Maverick

For all of the promising talk about African continental integration and co-operation and the benefits of a nascent African Continental Free Trade Area, walking it is apparently a… Read more »

Abiy and Ramaphosa Re-Set Relations [analysis]

ISS

Apart from the obvious benefits Ethiopian President Abiy Ahmed Ali's reforms have brought to his own country and the region, they have also created the opportunity to revive rather… Read more »

A New Nature-Based Food and Land Use Economy [opinion]

WRI

“All my kids can go to school now, whereas before I might only have been able to send one” reports Balaynesh Kasa, a farmer in Debre Yakob Watershed, close to Bahir Dar… Read more »

Kipchoge - Bring on Bekele, Sport is About Challenges

Nation

Losing just doesn't seem to exist in Eliud Kipchoge's vocabulary. Having achieved almost everything in athletics, the 35-year-old world marathon record holder is looking for fresh… Read more »

Despite Trump's Urging, Egypt, Ethiopia Still Deadlocked on Nile Dam

VOA

The latest talks hosted by the U.S. Treasury produced some progress but failed to achieve a comprehensive agreement on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance… Read more »

Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan Make Slow Progress in Nile Dam Row

Deutsche Welle

The three countries have agreed the filling of the Nile dam should start in the wet season and proceed in stages. But they have delayed making a final agreement until later in… Read more »

Kipchoge, Bekele Renew Rivalry in London

Capital FM

The gladiatorial match-up the whole world has been waiting for - Eliud Kipchoge versus Kenenisa Bekele - is on and will take place on 26 April at the 2020 Virgin Money London… Read more »

Former Spy Chief Apologises

Dalsan Radio

Former intelligence chief, Abdullahi Sanbalolshe, has said he is apologetic for his role in the rendition of ONLF official Abdikarim Muse aka Qalbi Dhaqah to Ethiopia in 2017, Read more »

Awaking to New Excise Tax, Brewers Hold Back Investment

Addis Fortune

Ahead of the legislation of the new excise tax bill, international breweries and soft drink bottlers have started withdrawing from expansion projects. Read more »