![Kenyans get tree-planting holiday to plant 100 million seedlings](/i/c/d779a618-af7a-f684-d99a-5bb4c1697708.webp)
Kenyans get tree-planting holiday to plant 100 million seedlings
The holiday has been set aside to allow all Kenyans to participate, the environment minister says.
2023-11-13 15:53
![Lalibela fighting: Amhara Fano militia and Ethiopian army clash in historic town](/i/c/6b95bf34-542c-e9c5-be50-65845d694d6d.webp)
Lalibela fighting: Amhara Fano militia and Ethiopian army clash in historic town
Lalibela is home to famous 13th Century churches that are registered as Unesco world heritage sites.
2023-11-09 02:21
![Ethiopia plans vote to solve Tigray-Amhara territory dispute](/i/c/5cc9949d-556a-3bd9-56f8-881e115acb25.webp)
Ethiopia plans vote to solve Tigray-Amhara territory dispute
The row threatens to disrupt the fragile peace following the end of the civil war a year ago.
2023-11-07 19:22
![Facebook's algorithms 'supercharged' hate speech in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict](/i/c/978da3bb-12ae-3183-053d-907269e4c777.webp)
Facebook's algorithms 'supercharged' hate speech in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict
Rights group Amnesty International makes damning allegations against the social media giant.
2023-10-31 22:58
![Festival will celebrate Ethiopian emperor's time in Bath](/i/c/39cf9c70-3808-d424-9b3b-b4b719864f8d.webp)
Festival will celebrate Ethiopian emperor's time in Bath
Former emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie's connection with Bath is being celebrated in a festival.
2023-10-28 20:17
![Ethiopian scientist Gebisa Ejeta receives National Medal of Science from US](/i/c/c23cf8ea-4821-6420-3bc6-e93d40efc103.webp)
Ethiopian scientist Gebisa Ejeta receives National Medal of Science from US
Gebisa Ejeta, 73, receives the National Medal of Science for developing an improved sorghum hybrid.
2023-10-25 21:50
![UN-mandated investigation into atrocities in Ethiopia to end](/i/c/13fdacfe-6559-b87d-1727-b80bb240e00f.webp)
UN-mandated investigation into atrocities in Ethiopia to end
A UN-mandated investigation into human rights abuses in Ethiopia will come to an end next week despite ongoing atrocities in the region.
2023-10-05 23:23
![UN-mandated investigation into Ethiopia atrocities lapses](/i/c/cf11ef5d-0b1f-1eba-05b2-caa6554f14b1.webp)
UN-mandated investigation into Ethiopia atrocities lapses
GENEVA A U.N.-mandated investigation into continuing atrocities in Ethiopia faces closure after a U.N. website on Wednesday showed
2023-10-04 20:52
![Why is Egypt worried about Ethiopia's dam on the Nile?](/i/c/5b6f76a1-4f72-f5f4-8656-ec55acffc7d8.webp)
Why is Egypt worried about Ethiopia's dam on the Nile?
Egypt is concerned that Ethiopia is using water from the Nile to fill its giant Renaissance dam.
2023-09-12 20:17
![Ethiopia says it has filled the reservoir on its highly controversial Blue Nile megadam project](/i/c/1ea6a011-8f52-06d6-1b0a-498419a18da0.webp)
Ethiopia says it has filled the reservoir on its highly controversial Blue Nile megadam project
Ethiopia announced on Sunday it had completed the fourth and final phase of filling a reservoir for its huge and controversial hydroelectric power plant on the Blue Nile, a project that Egypt and Sudan have long opposed.
2023-09-11 19:28
![Egypt angry as Ethiopia fills Nile dam reservoir amid water row](/i/c/d438035d-4127-3165-78bb-d361e765209f.webp)
Egypt angry as Ethiopia fills Nile dam reservoir amid water row
Ethiopia's giant hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile stokes Egyptian fears of dire water shortages.
2023-09-11 08:48
![Hundreds of migrants killed by Saudi border guards - report](/i/c/7a9186df-c43d-d404-4ce5-5a298559fd85.webp)
Hundreds of migrants killed by Saudi border guards - report
Migrants tell the BBC they were shot on the Saudi border as a new report alleges "mass killings".
2023-08-21 12:25