The Red Sea has long been one of the world’s most consequential waterways—a narrow, warm corridor linking the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean and ...

Amid concerns that the two neighbors could return to open conflict, Ethiopia has called for international mediation.

The recent visit to Ethiopia of General Dagvin R. M. Anderson, Commander of the U.S. Africa Command, and the phone call Prime ...

A recent volcanic eruption of the Hayli Hubbi Volcano in Ethiopia, which was dormant for over 12000 years, occurred. The huge ...

The struggle over sea access in East Africa is usually presented as a quarrel over tariffs, port fees and corridors. In fact, ...

Some Egyptian politicians are “playing a losing game” over the Abbay (Nile) and Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD), ...

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Resolving Ethiopia’s long-standing demand for access to sea is indispensable for strengthening regional cooperation and ...

Volcanoes are active globally, offering exciting hiking opportunities. Travellers can safely climb Mount Etna in Italy, ...

Nader Noureldeen recalls the many instances in which Ethiopia has failed to stick to its agreements with Egypt and Sudan on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam ...

In Unbroken Chains: a 5000 year history of African enslavement (Hurst, 2025) former BBC Africa Editor, Martin Plaut, provides a much-needed survey of slavery in Africa. He reveals to the general ...

Economic inequality between Jewish Israelis and Palestinians is the result of long-term policies shaping land, capital, mobility, and opportunity. These structures create vastly unequal conditions ...