Ethiopia Completes Grand Nile Dam, Ongoing Tensions with Egypt
Ethiopia has announced on July 3, the completion of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a $4 billion hydropower project on the Blue Nile that […]
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Egypt Rejects Ethiopia’s Completion of GERD as Breach of International Law
On Thursday, July 3, 2025, Egypt’s Minister of Water Resources, Hani Sewilam, has firmly rejected Ethiopia’s unilateral completion of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), […]
Faulty lifelines: study reveals one in six cancer drugs in Africa is defective
A groundbreaking study has revealed that nearly one in six cancer medications available in four sub-Saharan African nations — Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, and Cameroon — […]
DRC Launches Second Phase of Mass Polio Vaccination Campaign Amid Ongoing Virus Transmission
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has embarked on the second phase of a mass polio vaccination drive, aiming to immunise over 10 million children […]
China shifts EV strategy to Africa amid Western tariffs
Facing rising tariffs in the United States and European Union, China is accelerating its pivot to Africa as the next frontier for electric vehicle (EV) […]
Ethiopia Confirms First Mpox Cases Amid Fears of Cross-Border Transmission
Ethiopia has reported its first confirmed cases of mpox, involving a 21-day-old infant and the child’s mother in the southern town of Moyale, near the […]
Ethiopia expects $1.7 bln in mostly Chinese investments
The Ethiopian finance ministry said that deals worth $1.7 billion by mostly Chinese firms operating in energy and minerals have been signed. The deals include […]
Conflict Fuels Worsening Hunger Crisis Across East and Central Africa
Food insecurity in East and Central Africa has reached alarming new heights, with more than 73 million people now facing severe hunger, according to a […]
UN Warns Ethiopia on Brink of Humanitarian Crisis as Aid Cuts Loom
A severe warning has been issued by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), stating that millions of Ethiopians are now “one shock away from […]
Israel’s Ambassador Expelled from African Union Conference Amid Tensions Over Gaza Conflict
Israel’s Ambassador to Ethiopia, Avraham Neguise, was expelled on Monday April 7 from a conference on the Rwandan genocide, organized by the African Union in […]