Ethiopia

Egypt, Uganda agree to expand Nile water cooperation

El-Sisi said Egypt faces severe water scarcity, with annual per capita water availability falling below 500 cubic meters.

A view of the river Nile in Giza, Egypt April 18, 2025; illustrative.
Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki and Ethiopia's Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed at inauguration ceremony of reopening Eritrean embassy in Addis Ababa, 2018

The Red Sea, Assab, and the possibility of a reimagined Horn of Africa - opinion

Departure Hall at Khartoum International Airport, in Khartoum, Sudan, February 1, 2026.

Sudan blames UAE, Ethiopia for drone attack in capital's airport

Furnace of the type to be installed in the Pere la Chaise crematorium, Paris, 1888.

Evidence of what may be world’s oldest cremation found in Ethiopia, new study reveals


One country in the world is still living in 2016. Found out which

Ethiopia's calendar takes you back to 2016, offering a glimpse into a different era.


Addis Ababa's warming may trigger year-round malaria, study warns

According to the report, the city’s extreme daily maximum temperature would increase by about 1.7° Celsius by 2060.

 A labourer walks in a sorted piles of recyclable plastic bottles in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia June 2, 2022

Israel must stop its racism and save Ethiopian Jews - opinion

The last Jewish community, which was first exiled 2,000 years ago, is refused aliyah. And who is the refuser? The State of Israel!

 THE WRITER poses with Jews awaiting aliyah, at a yeshiva set up in Gondar.

Ethiopia says it will investigate alleged migrant killings with Saudi Arabia

In a 73-page report released on Monday, Human Rights Watch accused Saudi guards posted along the Yemen border of "widespread and systematic" attacks on migrants.

 Ethiopian refugees gathered

Saudi border guards killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants, HRW says

"Trying to stop migration using the barrel of a gun is intolerable," UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told a briefing in New York, adding that the report raised "very serious allegations."

 Mustafa Sofian, 22, an Ethiopian migrant who said he lost his left leg after the Saudi border guards fired at him, is helped up a hill by his father Sofian Mohamed, 48, after being repatriated by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Harar, Ethiopia, August 20, 2023.

Majority of recent Ethiopian immigrants to Israel are Christians

The reason for this substantial amount of immigrants identifying as Christians is that their aliyah is considered a humanitarian act, of reuniting family members.

 Most of the Ethiopian olim aren't considered entitled for aliyah according to Israel's Right of Return law, but offered citizenship as first degree relatives of Israeli citizens. Many of them will begin a process of conversion to Judaism after arriving in Israel.

80% of Israel's Ethiopian, Indian immigrants opt for religious education - report

"Religious state education in Israel serves as an ideal environment for immigrants from Ethiopia and India," said MK Moshe Solomon, who added that these schools need more resources.

A school classroom is seen empty in Jerusalem's Beit Hakerem.

Suspected air strike kills 26 in Ethiopia's Amhara region

A mystery weapon fell from the sky in Amhara, its effects were devastating

 A burned tank stands near the town of Adwa, Tigray region, Ethiopia, March 18, 2021

Israel rescues more than 200 citizens, aliyah candidates from Ethiopia

The operation comes as violent clashes arose between the Ethiopian Army and the FANO militia in the Amhara province, trapping some 150 Israelis.

 People from the Jewish Agency together with volunteers from the TEN project moments before taking off.

11,000 trapped Jewish descendants in Ethiopia await rescue

The Foreign Ministry is working to help the Israelis and people eligible for aliyah currently trapped in Ethiopia's Gondar region.

 Photo of the Gondar Jewish community a few weeks ago.