End of Colonial Roots

By Awad Abdusebur When you think of the Blue Nile, which is also known as the Abbay River, picture it as the lifeblood of Ethiopia's highlands. This mighty waterway is one of the most important rivers in all of Africa. The Nile itself, which the...

New Year, Same Wishes

As is custom, the start of a new year in Ethiopia is accompanied by wishes for peace, happiness, and prosperity from friends, relatives, neighbors, and even strangers. And while these wishes may help get the new year off to an upbeat and...

2017EC: A Year of Seismic Shifts, Rising Tensions

The just ended Ethiopian Year 2017 could well be looked back on as a crucial period for the country characterized by seismic shifts in policy, rising public pressure and internal tensions, and volatile international currents. The events of the...

Growing teff on the Prairies

Teff could be an option as both a cereal and a high protein forage crop. Teff, a cereal grain originating from northeast Africa, has many desirable qualities: high protein content, great carbon fixing in soil, the ability to withstand dryer...

Why Africa’s biggest dam is ruffling feathers along Nile River

On Tuesday, Ethiopia officially inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Africa’s largest hydroelectric project, marking the end of a 14-year construction journey and the beginning of a new chapter in Nile Basin geopolitics. The...

Voices: ‘A bully’s tool’: Readers slam new home secretary’s ‘desperate’ immigration rhetoric

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Draft communique 2nd Africa-CARICOM summit in Ethiopia

The Heads of State and Government of Member States of the African Union (AU) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) convened for the historic Second Africa-CARICOM Summit on 7 September 2025, hosted by the Government of the Federal Democratic...

Current U.S. Travel Rules and Restrictions for September 2025

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Welcoming September, the details on current U.S. travel restrictions are necessary to keep many international travelers on loop. While some of these advisories don’t require trip cancellation, it’s also important to understand...

A Shepherd, A Tiger Cub, and A Village

A shepherd boy, bored while tending his goats on the edge of a village, cried, “HELP! A tiger is attacking me!” The villagers rushed, swords in hand, to save him—only to be mocked when he admitted it was a joke. Angrily, they returned home. He...

Where The World's Ocean Plastic Waste Comes From

In the past decade, plastic pollution has become one of the most visible environmental issues worldwide. Every year, millions of tonnes of plastic enter the ocean, affecting marine life, coastal communities, and ecosystems. This visualization, via...

Jeddah Treaty: How Ignoring One Article Undermined All Others

In the Summer of 2018, Eritrea and Ethiopia entered into two peace agreements. One was just the two parties, meeting in Asmara, Eritrea to sign their Joint Declaration of Peace and Friendship on July 9, 2018. The other was the Agreement on Peace,...

The most common nationalities of migrants arriving in the UK illegally

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10 of the best cafes to drink coffee in Seattle

If there's one thing people know about Seattle, it’s that the city has long been a coffee lover's paradise. But the coffee scene doesn't stop at Seattle’s Best Coffee, a brand founded in Puget Sound circa 1969, or Starbucks, the brand that turned...

Ireland has one of the highest and most valuable minimum wages in the world, study finds

It found that the €13.50-an-hour basic legal pay rate ranks as the sixth most valuable globally. The study by payroll and HR software company Moorepay said the minimum wage rate equates to €28,080 a year. A spokesperson said the value of the...

Apocalyptic prediction for Scotland over toxicity towards immigrants and refugees

That doesn’t work against Phipps. She’s brought 11 people seeking asylum into her home. She even fostered a refugee – Rima, an unaccompanied minor from Eritrea. Today, Rima has children of her own. They call Phipps “abay”, Eritrean for grandma....

Ethiopia faces staggering $253...

As Ethiopia hosts its second African Climate Summit and the United Nations Climate Week in 2025, a new report has delivered a stark warning: the country faces a formidable climate finance gap of $252.8 billion needed by 2030 to meet its ambitious...

The passivity or complicity of BRICS+ with imperialist wars

Has Egypt, a member of BRICS+, increased its trade with Israel despite the genocide? Egypt, a member of BRICS BRICS The term BRICS (an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) was first used in 2001 by Jim O’Neill, then an...

Ethiopia Debuts New Mega-Dam

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: Ethiopia opens a controversial dam on the Nile River, South Sudan’s military seizes key towns amid conflict with a rival group, and Kenya’s president hires a U.S. lobbying firm to...

Job opportunity: Investment Analyst wanted in Egypt

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is seeking an Investment Analyst to join the team in Cairo, Egypt. Closing date: 16 September 2025 The IFC’s Transaction Advisory Services Department (CTA) is housed in the IFC Cross-Cutting Solutions...

What Do Companies Need in a Future-Ready ERP?

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