Ethiopia

New Ethiopian dams reignite Nile dispute as Egypt, Ethiopia vie for regional influence - analysis

New Ethiopian hydropower plans are drawing Somalia, Somaliland, Eritrea and Gulf states deeper into the regional balance.

A general view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Guba, Ethiopia, on February 20, 2022.
REUVEN WABASHAT, Israel’s chief rabbi of the Ethiopian community, is seen in Jerusalem in 2018.

Could an Ethiopian Israeli become prime minister, president, or chief rabbi? - opinion

Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos.

Ethiopia, US reinforce commitment to partner on cross-sectional issues - opinion

The Israel at Heart current cohort with RUNI VP Jonathan Davis and Philanthropist Joey Low.

Twenty years on, Israel at Heart celebrates the Ethiopian families who made the journey twice


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

Tsion Café: Ethiopian Israeli kosher vegan food in Harlem, New York - review

This restaurant one of a kind in the New York and perhaps North American kosher scene.

 Tsion Café owner Eejhy Barhany displays traditional Ethiopian sauce she makes and sells in the eatery.

Residents say Ethiopian soldiers kill more than 50 civilians in Amhara town

The Amhara conflict broke out less than a year after the government reached a peace deal in November 2022 to end a two-year civil war in the neighboring Tigray region that killed tens of thousands.

 Members of the Ethiopian National Defense Force are seen during a pro-government rally to denounce what the organisers say is the TPLF and the Western countries' interference in internal affairs of the country, at Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 7, 2021.

Israel airlifted him from Ethiopia. Now he's a hi-tech entrepreneur

Solomon Geveye immigrated to Israel and became a successful hi-tech entrepreneur. Now he's trying to help other Ethiopian-Israelis break into hi-tech.

 Solomon Geveye

Israeli-Ethiopian musician spreads some light at the Hullegeb Festival

The festival, established by Confederation House and its long-serving CEO and artistic director Effie Benaya, showcases the best the Ethiopian community has to offer.

 AVI WASA will introduce the Confederation House audience to some nuggets from ‘The Great Ethiopian Songbook.’

What were the Nazis' colonial plans for Africa? - study

The new research suggests that World War II started 4 years before 1939, with Italy's takeover of Abyssinia.

A Nazi eagle statue at the Lofoten War Memorial Museum in Norway.

'Straddling Black and White': Rare English book about Ethiopian aliyah - review

In Straddling Black and White, Columbus, Ohio-born Kim Salzman traces an Ethiopian Jewish family’s complex relationship with the Land of Israel.

 NEW OLIM rescued from Ethiopia step out of an IAF Hercules at a base in Israel, during Operation Solomon, May 1991.

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.