Ethiopia

Israeli international NGOs use disaster response skills to help missile-hit communities in Israel

These humanitarian organizations, having operated primarily in international crisis zones, are now applying their expertise to support communities affected by missile attacks across Israel.

Israeli emergency services work on a balcony after damage to two apartments following the impact of an Iranian projectile on March 15, 2026 in Bnei Brak, Israel.
The Horn of Africa is seen on a map (illustrative)

Middle East’s future may be decided in the Horn of Africa - opinion

Region Reshaping in real time: The Middle East, as seen from space.

Voices from the Arab press: The Middle East in 30 years

Bar Mitzvah boys the day before all the excitement begins.

Iran: You are so not invited to my sons’ bar mitzvah


Ethiopian wolves feed on nectar, may be first large carnivores to act as pollinators

During observations, some wolves visited as many as 30 blooms in a single trip. While most wolves only visited a few flowers, one licked 20 flowers and another licked 30.

 Ethiopian wolf.

JDC is helping women in the developing world thrive

JDC brings its Jewish humanitarian values and expertise to address the challenges of endemic poverty, food insecurity, and lack of healthcare.

 A graduating class of the Ubuntu Beekeeping Initiative in South Africa, one of dozens of programs in the developing world run by JDC that empower and lift up women, their families, and communities.

Jews of Ethiopian descent plan state-of-the-art cultural and heritage center in Be’er Sheva

Jewish National Fund-USA pledges funds to renovate and upgrade “the heart and soul” of Be’er Sheva’s 13,000-strong community, the Shavu Banim Center.

 Ken Segel, Avi Kalamaro, Naftali Aklum, Russell F. Robinson, and members of Israel's Jewish Ethiopian community discuss plans for the future

Fifty years after her discovery, Lucy remains the original Australopithecus celebrity

Her species provided compelling evidence that upright walking evolved before large brains in human evolution.

 Lucy model. Australopithecus afarensis, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.

Egyptian warship delivers more arms to Somalia, officials say

Egypt delivered a second large cache of weapons to Somalia amid shared mistrust of Ethiopia.

 Somalis march against the Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal along KM4 street in Mogadishu, Somalia January 11, 2024.

Fighting discrimination: Criminal records of disorderly conduct to be erased for Ethiopian Israelis

Ethiopians have been experiencing institutional and individual discrimination for years, including from Israel Police, the Palmor committee found.  

Israelis of Ethiopian descent take part in a protest

Chief Rabbi Lau: Ethiopian Christian missionaries infiltrating Israel, end aliyah initiative

It is "time to treat applicants from Ethiopia the same as anyone who applies from anywhere else in the world," said Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel David Lau.

A person holds a crucifix outside a Catholic church in Harare, Zimbabwe March 29, 2024.

'We believe it will happen': Four months since the disappearance of Haymanot Kasau

Kasau , who two months ago turned ten years old, immigrated with her family from Ethiopia to Israel three and a half years ago and lived in the absorption center on Tzahal 9 street in Safed.

 Police and rescue forces seen during a search for 9-year-old Kasau, in the northern Israeli city of Safed, February 27, 2024.

The price of a homeland: ‘Aida’ hits the Silver Screen during wartime

There are Hebrew and English subtitles, the sound quality is better, and the Silver Screen offers a rich visual experience on an unparalleled scale.

 AIDA OKSANA VOLKOVA as Amneris in ‘Aida.’

Groundbreaking study reveals way to resolve Nile water dispute

Groundbreaking energy-trades approach could help resolve conflict among Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan over dwindling Nile.

A general view of The Nile River, houses and agricultural land from the window of an airplane in Luxor, Egypt October 9, 2019