Ethiopia Invests Big in Restoring Degraded Land  – World Resources Institute 18:12 

Ethiopia Invests Big in Restoring Degraded Land May 29, 2025  By Tsion Issayas and Yigremachew Seyoum Lemma  Cover Image by: Mike Goldwater / Alamy Stock Photo Commentary Topic  Forest and Landscape Restoration  Region Africa Amid global climate-action promises, many countries have pledged to restore degraded land and expand tree cover. Ethiopia has taken that commitment one step further. […]

Ethiopian Federal Police Commissioner Claims National Security Has Improved, Despite Ongoing Unrest in Amhara, Tigray  – Borkena 20:30 

May 29, 2025 By: Getahun TsegayeStaff Reporter  ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA— General Demelash Gebremichael, Commissioner of the Ethiopian Federal Police, declared in a press briefing today that the country’s overall security situation has “significantly improved.” According to the Commissioner, “from Addis Ababa to all four corners of the nation, peace and security have strengthened to a […]

The horn of Africa states: The global Gateway and the region – Oped Eurasia Review 

Horn of Africa. Credit: VOA  May 29, 2025   By Dr. Suleiman Walhad President Xi Jinping of China launched the Belt and Road Initiative in Kazakhstan in 2013. Since then, it has expanded into various land and maritime routes, indeed, many belts and many roads. This development has been closely observed by other regions, including the United […]

Commercial Bank of Ethiopia rubbishes reports on cheating of $56 mln  – APAnews 11:28 

AFFAIRES | AFFAIRES  APA -Addis Ababa(Ethiopia) 29 May 2025 | 15:24 The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) has rubbished reports that over 7 billion birr ($56million) has been looted and transferred to the accounts of businesses and individuals. In a brief statement released on Wednesday night, CBE admitted that there were suspicious activities to illegally […]

What a massacre reveals about Abiy Ahmed’s Ethiopia  – The Economist 08:58 

Middle East & Africa | Murder in Birakat The killing of civilians is part of a disturbing pattern May 29th 2025|NairobiShare Two months ago, in the early afternoon of March 31st, gunfire erupted in Birakat, a town in the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia (see map). Panicked residents ran for cover as the Ethiopian army battled […]