Residents of Hargeisa, Somaliland, celebrating after the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with Ethiopia in January 2024 (Photo: Social Media) Addis Abeba – The Horn of Africa presents a striking paradox for scholars and policymakers: it is simultaneously one of the world’s most fragile regions and one of its most strategically indispensable. Politically, the region …

(Photo: GREAT AFRICA/Facebook) Mekelle – The Global Society of Tigray Scholars and Professionals (GSTS) has issued a strong appeal to the United Nations, African Union, diplomatic missions, and international human rights organizations, warning of what it described as “grave and escalating human rights violations” in Tigray. In a statement issued on 13 September 2025, GSTS …

(Photo: GREAT AFRICA/Facebook) Mekelle – The Global Society of Tigray Scholars and Professionals (GSTS) has issued a strong appeal to the United Nations, African Union, diplomatic missions, and international human rights organizations, warning of what it described as “grave and escalating human rights violations” in Tigray. In a statement issued on 13 September 2025, GSTS …

Leyla-Traoré. Photo EIB Addis Ababa – The European Investment Bank’s development arm, EIB Global, has signed technical assistance agreements with Zemen Bank, Dashen Bank and Hibret Bank to strengthen their capacity in managing climate risks and expanding green lending in Ethiopia. The deal, announced on the sidelines of the Africa Climate Summit in Addis Ababa, …

Leyla-Traoré. Photo EIB Addis Ababa – The European Investment Bank’s development arm, EIB Global, has signed technical assistance agreements with Zemen Bank, Dashen Bank and Hibret Bank to strengthen their capacity in managing climate risks and expanding green lending in Ethiopia. The deal, announced on the sidelines of the Africa Climate Summit in Addis Ababa, …

Ethiopian migrants disembark from a boat onto the shores of Ras al-Ara, Lahj, Yemen, determined to reach oil-rich Saudi Arabia in 2019. Nariman El-Mofty / AP Addis Abeba – Despite a rise in deaths and disappearances along the perilous Eastern Route linking the Horn of Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, migrant movements surged sharply in …

Staffs from the Misale Returnees and Potential Migrants Art Organization are conducting an awareness-raising training session in the Kirkos District of Addis Abeba, focusing on the dangers of illegal migration and human trafficking (Photo: Misale Returnees and Potential Migrants Art Organization) Addis Abeba – In early August 2025, a boat carrying African migrants to Yemen capsized …

Photo: AUSSOM Addis Abeba – A 16-member Egyptian Armed Forces delegation arrived in Mogadishu on Monday for a reconnaissance mission ahead of Cairo’s planned deployment under the African Union Support Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM). The delegation, led by Major General Islam Radwan, was received by officers from AUSSOM and the Somali National Armed Forces (SNAF). …

Ethiopian migrants disembark from a boat onto the shores of Ras al-Ara, Lahj, Yemen, determined to reach oil-rich Saudi Arabia in 2019. Nariman El-Mofty / AP Addis Abeba – Despite a rise in deaths and disappearances along the perilous Eastern Route linking the Horn of Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, migrant movements surged sharply in …

Staffs from the Misale Returnees and Potential Migrants Art Organization are conducting an awareness-raising training session in the Kirkos District of Addis Abeba, focusing on the dangers of illegal migration and human trafficking (Photo: Misale Returnees and Potential Migrants Art Organization) Addis Abeba – In early August 2025, a boat carrying African migrants to Yemen capsized …