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Africa steps forward to combat climate change
Sabah
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August 18, 2025
Climate change poses enormous challenges to the survival of human beings and economic development. The issue has become an important talking point of governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), researchers and academics for about half a...
2025 ACS2: Africa to host global climate action in Addis Ababa
New National Star
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August 13, 2025
BY NGOZI A NWANKWO No fewer than 45 African Heads of State, climate experts, and global stakeholders will converge in Addis Ababa from September 8th to 10th, 2025, for the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2). The summit is a pivotal moment to...
The Oromo Call for Convergence against Abiy and its Bottleneck
Zehabesha
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August 18, 2025
Messay Kebede Through write-ups and interviews, many Ethiopians have reacted to the call for unity against Abiy and his ruling Prosperity Party by a group of Oromo scholars and representatives of political parties. The reactions can be grosso modo...
Ethiopian Opposition Party Calls for Global Action against Egypt’s Obstruction to Equitable Utilization of Nile
Ethiopian News Agency
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Addis Ababa, August 14, 2025 (ENA)—Ethiopia’s opposition party, the National Movement of Amhara (NaMA) has called on the international community to reject Egypt’s obstructionism to equitable utilization of Nile and to uphold Ethiopia's sovereign...
Ethiopian Airlines Books New PR Agency For Singapore And ANZ
PRovoke Media
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August 14, 2025
SINGAPORE — African carrier Ethiopian Airlines has picked Ellerton & Co. as its agency of record for Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand. This partnership marks a new chapter in Ethiopian Airlines’ mission to connect cultures and continents, not...
Ethiopia’s Hollow Peace: Tigray Can’t Afford Submission
Ethiopia Insight
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August 14, 2025
A dangerous slogan is disarming Tigrayans in the face of renewed threats. In the political theatre of post-war Ethiopia, where slogans often replace substance, one particular mantra has gained traction with unnerving speed: “Us for Peace vs You...
Beyond the Words: How Ethiopia’s Human Rights Stakeholders Can Respond to the 2024 U.S. Report
Zehabesha
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August 15, 2025
By: Abyot Alemu In the hushed corridors beyond the State House in Addis Ababa, a teacher’s words echo with urgency: “When the mirror speaks, the choice is not to look away—but to listen.” That mirror is embodied in the U.S. State Department’s 2024...
World Associated Press Ethiopian fossil Lucy leaves for her first exhibition in Europe
Yahoo News
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The human ancestor fossil known as Lucy left Ethiopia for display in a European museum, Ethiopian national media reported Friday, citing Tourism Minister Selamawit Kassa. Lucy’s skeleton, which is 40% complete, left...
Repression and Intercommunal Violence are endangering Stability in One of Ethiopia's Few Peaceful Regional States
IOL
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Ali-Guban Mohamed|Published 19 minutes ago 7min The Somali Regional State of Ethiopia is facing mounting challenges of identity politics, repression, bad governance, and abject poverty. One of few remaining peaceful regional states of Ethiopia...
Ark of the Covenant quest revived as new revelations point to location of biblical 'super weapon'
Daily Mail
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August 15, 2025
The CIA may have used psychic powers to locate the Ark of the Covenant, one of history's most legendary artifacts. This millennia-old biblical chest, described in the Bible as gold-covered and containing the Ten Commandments, vanished centuries...
General Abebaw Tadesse Accused as Abiy Secret Meetings Divide Ethiopia
Zehabesha
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August 15, 2025
Reports that General Abebaw Tadesse faces charges by Abiy’s administration for disclosing confidential information to adversaries, and is barred from classified meetings, worry many Ethiopians. If true, this signals a serious breakdown in trust at...
Lucy, Selam to Promote Ethiopia’s Rich Early History Heritages in Central Europe
Ethiopian News Agency
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Addis Ababa, August 15, 2025 (ENA) -- Tourism Minister Selamit Kassa said that the remains of Lucy (Dinknesh) and Selam will promote Ethiopia’s rich prehistory heritage in a new way during their stay in Central Europe. These exceptionally...
Ethiopian Airlines AfDB Deal Powers $10 Billion Bishoftu Airport
Zehabesha
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August 13, 2025
Project Overview Key Objectives and Vision Key objectives and vision for this project center on transforming Ethiopia into a major aviation hub not just for Africa, but for the world. The ambition is to support Ethiopia’s growing aviation sector,...
Ethiopia’s new mega hub a step closer to reality
Airport World
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August 13, 2025
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is to play a leading role in efforts to find up to $10 billion in funds to finance the construction of a potentially new game changing airport for Ethiopia. Under an agreement signed between AfDB and the...
Aksum and Adulis From One Kingdom to Ethiopia and Eritrea
Zehabesha
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August 15, 2025
Aksum and Adulis were twin pillars of the Aksumite Kingdom, linking highland markets to Red Sea trade between 300 BCE and 1,000 CE. Today, Aksum lies in Ethiopia while Adulis is in Eritrea. What is the connection between Aksum and Adulis? Why are...
At Ethiopia’s Edge, Where Blistered Feet Rest and the Road H...
Modern Ghana
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Dewele, Ethiopia – In the dry borderlands near Dewele in eastern Ethiopia, the air hangs heavy with heat as trucks thunder past, ferrying goods across the eastern corridor. Amidst the dust, tired figures walk slowly beside the road, mostly young...
Ethiopia’s Tigray Must Rebuild Before It Considers Breaking Away
Ethiopia Insight
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August 13, 2025
True sovereignty demands reform, not resentment—and patience, not panic The recent exchange between Abrar Fitwi and Mulugeta Gebregziabher—initiated by Abrar’s piece and followed by Mulugeta’s rebuttal—has resonated with many of us who hold...
Why Ethiopians Remain Silent in the Midst of a Deep Socio-Economic Crisis
Zehabesha
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August 15, 2025
By: Abyot Alemu In Ethiopia today, the markets are loud but the streets are quiet. Prices shout louder than people—bread, rent, fuel, and food costs have all soared beyond the reach of the average household. Civil servants’ salaries vanish within...
Exclusive: Heir to Ethiopian Throne Talks Geopolitics and Judeo-Christian Values With
The American Spectator - Virginia
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In the 4th century A.D., Ethiopia became the world’s second Christian nation, preceded only by Armenia. Though its historicity is questionable, the 14th-century Kebra Nagast tied Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie’s family to the Old Testament’s Queen...
Are Eritrea and Ethiopia already at war?
Pan African Review
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August 14, 2025
The Horn of Africa is once again on the edge, as is often the case whenever tensions between Eritrea and Ethiopia rise. In such a context, it is important to assess how Eritrea’s threat-sensitive posture, Ethiopia’s ambitions for sea access,...