Africa Ethiopia Over 7 billion saplings are ready to be planted in the coming rainy season, as part of the Green Legacy Programme that has resulted in the planting of 25 billion saplings over the past four years
Africa Ethiopia A proclamation permitting euthanasia has now been defined with a draft outlining guidelines for the withdrawal of life support, or passive euthanasia; it defines euthanasia as “the deliberate intervention" to end a life "to relieve intractable suffering"
Africa Ethiopia Banks unable to raise 5bln (€30,5 million) before June 2026 will be forced to merge, regulators from the National Bank of Ethiopia decided; the executives of private commercial banks are pushing back against the forced consolidation
Africa Ethiopia Massive Grand Renaissance Dam, or GERD, on the Blue Nile has been completed; downstream countries Egypt and Sudan have been invited to an inauguration ceremony in a bid to ease long-running tensions over the project
Africa Ethiopia Startup Proclamation was unanimously approved by Council of Ministers: it is a long-due policy to address chronic barriers faced by entrepreneurs and support Ethiopia's for early‑stage, technology‑driven companies with a dedicated framework