Effect: Israeli firms are guaranteed profits; African governments and citizens bear all repayment risk. Why it matters: Aid ...

The journey to Ageyo – not the namesake cafe, but a village in south-western Ethiopia – was made by Seyoum’s father several ...

The previous meeting between Aleksandr Lukashenko and Abiy Ahmed Ali took place in Kazan as it hosted the 2024 BRICS Summit. During their conversation, the president told the prime minister that ...

Ethiopia inaugurated on Tuesday the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), despite strong objections from Egypt and Sudan, who warned that Ethiopia’s unilateral actions pose “a ...

El-Sisi’s remarks came during a joint press conference in Cairo with Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who is on an official visit to Egypt. In the press conference following the signing ceremonies, ...

Daikin Industries Ltd., the world’s largest air-conditioning manufacturer, is sharpening its focus on Africa with a new ...

What are the simmering tensions around the official launch of the dam? The dispute over the allocation and use of the Nile waters has been going on for many years. This has been exacerbated by climate ...

Newly discovered fossils in Ethiopia show that Homo coexisted with Australopithecus 2.6 million years ago, rewriting the timeline of human evolution. Far from a straight line, early human history was ...

Ethiopia inaugurated the continent's largest hydroelectric project on Tuesday (September 9, 2025) in what Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed called a "great achievement for all black people", but it drew a ...

Ethiopia has officially inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile, a project expected to generate over 5,000 megawatts of electricity, doubling the country's output and ...

Overcoming 14 years of political strife, concerted diplomatic pressure and a conflict-battered economy, Ethiopia has inaugurated Africa's largest dam as it phases out non-electric cars. Tuesday marked ...

Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed at the official inauguration ceremony of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Guba, on 9 September 2025. © Luis Tato ...