Ethiopia

Ethiopia Inaugurates Grand Renaissance Dam Amid Regional Water Concerns ——————————- Ethiopia is set to inaugurate the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile, promising to double the country’s electricity output by producing over 5,000 megawatts, Arab News reported.…

Tigray Supreme Court Upholds Muslim Students’ Right to Wear Hijab in Axum Schools ……………… The Supreme Court in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has ruled in favor of allowing Muslim schoolgirls in the city of Axum to wear the hijab, marking a…

Ethiopia Urges Citizens to Avoid Irregular Routes After Deadly Shipwreck Off Yemen ———————– Ethiopia’s government has called on its citizens to “avoid irregular routes” for migration, following a shipwreck off the coast of Yemen that left at least 76 people…

Ethiopians Plant 700 Million Tree Seedlings in Single Day for Reforestation ——————————– Ethiopia has achieved a remarkable feat in its national reforestation efforts, with citizens planting 700 million tree seedlings in a single day as part of the ambitious Green…

Ethiopian health officials announced the country’s first confirmed mpox infections on Sunday, diagnosing a 21-day-old baby and the child’s mother in Moyale, a strategic border town near Kenya and Somalia, Anadolu Agency reported. Authorities linked the cases to cross-border exposure,…

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has commended Ethiopia for making “strong progress” in its economic reform efforts, Xinhua news agency reported. During her two-day visit to Addis Ababa, Georgieva met with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and other…

Ethiopia has welcomed over 100 competitors from 60 countries for the International Quran and Azan Competition, which kicked off on Wednesday, ENA reported. This prestigious five-day event marks the second round of the Ethiopian International Quran and Azan Competition Award,…

Thousands of Muslims gathered in Mekelle, Ethiopia, on Tuesday to protest the refusal of schools in Axum to allow hijab-wearing students to attend classes, ABNA reported yesterday. The rally, organized by the Tigray Islamic Affairs Supreme Council under the slogan…

According to a recent UNICEF report, over nine million children in Ethiopia are out of school due to conflict, violence, and natural disasters, with more than 6,000 schools shut down. The highest numbers of out-of-school children are in the Amhara…

In response to a series of earthquakes, the Ethiopian government is evacuating approximately 80,000 residents from the Afar, Oromia, and Amhara regions, VOA reported yesterday. Since Friday, at least 10 earthquakes have been recorded, the strongest measuring 5.8 magnitude, affecting…