Abiy’s Long Speech and Ethiopia’s Short Memory

Just think: when, in 1991, Al Gore invented the world wide web (hush), ushering in the Information Age, the promises, explicit and implicit, were many. How we got from there, to where we are now, where we have wars without correspondents,...

Ethiopians Deserve Good Government, Competent and Inclusive Leadership | Dr. Aklog Birara

Part I of V The perennial questions I mull over in my mind are futuristic: a) Would Ethiopia enjoy peace and stability anytime soon? b) Would there be a day when an Ethiopian child would grow up without fear for his or her future regardless of...

Heavily Combat Tested Russian Su-35 Fighters See New Batch Delivered as Production Surge Continues

The Russian Aerospace Forces have received a new batch of Su-35 fighter aircraft, following a production surge intended to accelerate the expansion of the fleet. The latest delivery represents the sixth to have been reported this year, with prior...

Addis Ababa to host first African media awards

The first African media awards is set to take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 5 December to honour journalists and storytellers from across the continent. Organised by a consortium of prominent pan-African institutions, the awards aim to...

Investment Holdings Oversees Leadership Overhaul at Ethiopian Construction Works Corp

Corporation set to pay dividends for the first time The Ethiopian Construction Works Corporation (ECWC), one of the state-owned enterprises under Ethiopian Investment Holdings (EIH), has overhauled its leadership and board structure, with the...

The Ethiopian-Israeli restaurants that surprised us

A decade ago, when model and aspiring lawyer Fanta Prada opened the Ethiopian restaurant Balinjera in Tel Aviv’s Yemenite Quarter (4 Malan Street), eyebrows were raised. “For years I was focused on personal success,” Fanta says. “Then I felt the...

The Brewing Egypt-Ethiopia Nile River Conflict is Ripe for “Solving”

Published on October 31, 2025 Listen to Article Ending the dispute between Ethiopia and Egypt over water-sharing rights to the Nile and the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is the greatest deal President Donald Trump almost...

ECOWAS Reaffirms Support For Ethiopia’s Peace And Development Efforts

Abuja, Nigeria – 30 October 2025– The President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, has pledged continued support to the Government of Ethiopia in its pursuit of peace, stability, and development across the Horn of Africa. He...

The UAE in Africa: Power, Profit, and Peril — Understanding the Growing Concerns over Emirati Involvement in Ethiopia and Sudan

By The Habesha Editorial Analysis In a world where wealth and technology have reached unprecedented heights, human dignity remains expendable. Nowhere is this contradiction more visible than in Africa — a continent whose conflicts are increasingly...

Ethiopia hosts China-Africa agro sci-tech innovation alliance assembly

Source:CCTV.com 29-10-25 05:53 Updated BJT Chinese and African experts gathered on Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital, for the 2025 General Assembly of the China-Africa Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Alliance (CAASTIA),...

Giants and Lilliputians Part 3: Power, Image, and Machiavellian Survival

Emperor Haile Selassie and President Isaias Afwerki The Formation of Isaias Afwerki’s Political Character Isaias Afwerki’s rule embodies an ancient warning: the freed slave who, once unshackled, becomes a harsher master than the one who bound him....

Ethiopia’s Red Sea Dreams Stir Fears of New Conflict in the Horn of Africa

Ethiopia’s Red Sea Dreams Stir Fears of New Conflict in the Horn of Africa ADDIS ABABA - The Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) chief Field Marshal Birhanu Jula has hinted at the possible grabbing of the Red Sea from the neighbouring...

Ethiopian Airlines emerges as Nigeria’s largest international carrier, adds more routes

Ethiopian Airlines has emerged as the largest international airline by passenger traffic and flight frequency in Nigeria The airline operates multiple daily flights with 34 weekly flights, which is the highest in the Nigerian aviation industry...

Manufacturing Registering Year-on-Year Growth, Says Industry Minister Melaku Alebel

Addis Ababa, October 30, 2025 (ENA) – The contribution of manufacturing has been showing year-on-year growth, Industry Minister Melaku Alebel said. According to him, Ethiopia's manufacturing sector is improving every year and helping the economy....

Africa Sourcing and Fashion Week opens in Ethiopia

ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- The 11th edition of Africa Sourcing and Fashion Week (ASFW), a renowned annual garment, apparel and textile fashion show, kicked off on Thursday in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. Running from Thursday to...

Ethiopia Counters Egypt’s Claims on Dam Impacting Nile Flooding

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has transformed from a symbol of African self-determination into a flashpoint for regional conflict, exposing how climate change and development ambitions are creating new forms of geopolitical tension. A Decade...

Egypt rejects Ethiopian involvement in Red Sea governance

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Aaty affirms that Red Sea governance is the exclusive right of coastal states, rejecting any role for Ethiopia or landlocked countries. Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Aaty asserted on Friday that the...

Why nuclear power is central to the global energy mix

As the world faces growing energy demand and the urgent need to decarbonise, nuclear power is re-emerging as a critical pillar of the global energy mix. ESI Africa spoke to Sengiphile Simelane, Group Executive: Power and Energy at the South...

Bleeding Sudan: How Gold, Guns, and Gulf Interests Fuel Africa’s Forgotten War

Caleb Ta. (Dr.) Independent Researcher in African Political Affairs; Human Rights Advocate Date: November 02, 2025 Introduction: A Forgotten War at the Heart of Africa While the world’s cameras remain fixed on Gaza and Ukraine, another war burns...

U.S.-Turkey Counterterrorism Strategy: Opportunities in Africa’s Energy and Security

As Turkey expands its footprint across Africa with mixed results, the United States faces an uncomfortable reality: its increasingly unreliable partner may be too strategically positioned to ignore. The Ankara-Washington Tightrope Turkey’s African...