Africa Ethiopia The United Nations Population Fund has stated that Ethiopia continues to face enormous humanitarian challenges attributed to natural and man-made crises: conflict and displacement, and prolonged drought, floods and epidemics
Africa Ethiopia Locust swarms are threatening the livelihoods of Tigrayan farmers who have yet to recover from the impact of the war, according to a report by the Tigray Agriculture Bureau
Africa Ethiopia Tension is rising between Ethiopia and Egypt over the Great Millennium Dam, a mega dam that Addis Ababa is building on the Blue Nile, with Addis Ababa's Ministry of Foreign Affairs responding harshly to Egyptian threats of use of force
Africa Ethiopia Three- and four-wheel rickshaws, commonly known as bajaj, have been banned by Addis Ababa Municipality's Transport Bureau has banned in an attempt to supervise and regulate transport services
Africa Ethiopia Drought in the Borana area of the Oromia region has forced more than 7.800 students to drop out of school; 174.000 students enrolled in 490 schools in the area are suffering from the drought with a significant drop in their results
Africa Ethiopia Ethiopian Hailemaryam Kiros overcame Ugandan Victor Kiplangat in the last 200 metres to win the Osaka Marathon
Africa Ethiopia Only 3% of high school graduates in Ethiopia have obtained sufficient marks to go to university, according to Education Minister Berhanu Nega, who recently called the latest exam results "shocking"
Africa Ethiopia According to data compiled by Quartz, the country lost $145,8 million due to government-imposed internet blackouts in 2022 that directly harmed over one million people
Africa Ethiopia Lionel Messi, Argentina's recent World Cup-winning football star, announced on social media that he will collaborate with the company OrCam to donate visual aids to visually impaired Ethiopians
Africa Ethiopia Ethio Telecom has restored telephone services in 27 towns and cities in Tigray that had been interrupted due to the civil war; the actions have been made possible by the peace agreement signed in November
Africa Ethiopia The maternal and infant mortality rate in Ethiopia has decreased over the last 30 years, revealed the Ethiopian public health institute, and in particular it has decreased in the period 2000-2019
Africa Ethiopia The oldest Bible in the world can be found in Ethiopia: made of parchment and with well-preserved illustrations, it was found a year ago in an ancient Orthodox monastery in the highlands of Tigray and has now been dated to between 330 and 650 AD
Africa Ethiopia Twelve Ethiopian Jews received certification as ritual slaughterers last week, becoming the only officially recognised kosher 'shochtim' in Ethiopia, after a months-long training programme