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Global Climate Risk Index Ranks 188 Countries by Vulnerability and Access to Finance
State of the Planet
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June 25, 2025
The Climate Finance Vulnerability Index ranks 188 countries according to both their vulnerability to hazards and their financial resilience. Researchers at the Columbia Climate School, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, have unveiled a...
How Every Team Can Win the 2025 Tour de France—Our Expert Dives Into the Details
Bicycling
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July 4, 2025
One of the things we love about the Tour de France–and Tour de France Femmes p/b Zwift–is that each race offers something for everyone. There are several “races within the races” that different teams might target depending on their budgets,...
Ethiopia–Eritrea Border Reopens After Five Years
Africa.com
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June 24, 2025
Joy and tears flowed at Ethiopia’s Zalambessa border town as Eritreans and Ethiopians reunited for the first time in five years. Families, separated by war and political tensions, reconciled in an emotional ceremony organized by local leaders,...
Beyond Mengistu and Meles: Abiy Ahmed Ethiopia’s Most Ruthless Leader
Zehabesha
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July 4, 2025
July 3, 2025 The habesha abiy ahmed Ethiopia has never encountered a leader as destructive as Abiy Ahmed, surpassing even the notorious regimes of Mengistu and Meles. This statement encapsulates profound anger and a strong moral condemnation. To...
Business News | Solidus Techno Power Strengthens Long-Term O&M Capabilities Through Strategic Partnership with Sol-Bright
Latestly
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June 20, 2025
NewsVoir Patiala (Punjab) [India], June 20: Solidus Techno Power Pvt. Ltd., one of India's fastest-growing solar EPC companies, has signed a strategic long-term partnership with global O&M technology leader Sol-Bright New Energy Technology Co.,...
Eritrea: Programs In Connection With Martyrs' Day
MENAFN
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June 20, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo Various programs in connection with Martyrs' Day, 20 June, have been conducted in Asmara from 16 to 18 June. The National Confederation of Eritrean Workers conducted a popular campaign at Asmara...
US-Africa summit calls for commercial diplomacy - and respect
African Business
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June 24, 2025
The United States of America’s commercial strategy in Africa is evolving in line with the needs of its business community, according to Troy Fitrell, a senior bureau official at the Bureau of African Affairs in the US Department of State. Fitrell,...
Eritrea: Monetary Support To Families Of Martyrs
MENAFN
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June 20, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo The Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare reported that the Government of Eritrea has disbursed about six billion Nakfa in support of the families of martyrs. Mr. Zeray Tekleab, Director of...
KITFO TV Is Building a Streaming Home for Ethiopian and Eritrean Stories
OkayAfrica
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June 24, 2025
It started with a bold declaration at a panel discussion. While preparing to moderate a conversation in 2023 about Ethiopian and Eritrean representation in film and television, Denkinesh Argaw came to a clear conclusion. Two challenges stood out...
Top 10 African countries with the strongest currencies in June 2025
Business Insider Africa
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June 24, 2025
After years of turmoil typified by inflation, high debt burdens, and currency devaluation, a minor increase in exchange rates might provide these countries with a rare economic respite. While not all African currencies are strengthening, those...
Afrofest opens today and continues through the weekend at Woodbine Park
Beach Metro Community News
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July 4, 2025
Afrofest 2025 takes place at Woodbine Park from Friday, July 4, through to Sunday, July 6. Celebrating 37 years of championing African music in the city, not-for-profit community-based organization Music Africa brings Afrofest back to Woodbine...
Joyful Ethiopians and Eritreans embrace at rare border reopening
BBC
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June 23, 2025
Girmay GebruBBC Tigrinya, Zalambessa ShareSave Relatives and friends came together for the first time in five years There have been celebrations at the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea as communities from the frontier villages came together for...
Flutterwave boosts Cameroon’s businesses with 34th country licence
Technext
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June 23, 2025
Flutterwave has officially launched its digital payment services in Cameroon after securing a Payment Service Provider licence from the Central Bank of Central African States (BEAC). This milestone, achieved through a technical partnership with...
Somalia Embassy celebrates 65th Independence Anniversary
The Peninsula
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July 4, 2025
Ambassador of Somalia to Qatar H E Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Sheikh Ali speaking at the event. DOHA: The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Somalia in Qatar recently celebrated the 65th anniversary of Somalia’s independence with a special ceremony held at...
Who is Yonas Kibreab, 14-year-old Filipino-Eritrean star of Pixar's Elio?
The National News
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In Elio, a boy is transported to a utopia in the middle of the galaxy. It’s called the Communiverse, a place where aliens from across the stars joyously share the secrets of the universe. For young Elio, it’s a dream come true. Yonas Ascuncion...
Analyzing Military Interventions and Insecurity in Amhara National Regional State of Ethiopia: Insights from Custodian Theory
Small Wars Journal
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July 4, 2025
Abstract This piece employs custodian theory to analyze why Ethiopia’s military intervention in the Amhara region has failed to restore peace. It argues that the 1995 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia’s (FDRE) constitution, rooted in ethnic...
Between Liberalization and Geopolitics: Ethiopia’s Quest for Economic Stability, Sea Access
The Reporter Ethiopia
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June 21, 2025
Tsegaye Degineh (PhD) is a prominent economist, management expert, and public diplomacy researcher whose life journey has spanned continents and careers. Born in Addis Ababa, he left Ethiopia for East Germany in 1988 at the age of 20, driven by a...
The Horn of Africa States (“HAS”) A Blue Economy Framework
Zehabesha
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By Dr. Suleiman Walhad September 18th, 2023 The Horn of Africa States (“HAS”) is generally marked by conflicts, tribal/clan competition for power, and shallow nationalism, and seemingly hollow conditioned aid. Some of the states have collapsed...
Three decades, one leader - how Eritreans had their hopes dashed
BBC
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June 19, 2025
Teklemariam BekitEditor, BBC Tigrinya ShareSave For many Eritreans, the hopes of the early days of the presidency of Isaias (left in 1994) have been dashed 30 years later Once hailed as part of a new generation of reformist African leaders,...
A Voice Between the Banks: A Letter from Sumaya
Awate
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June 20, 2025
Narrator of I & Eye: The Mirror, Exile & the Nile Editor’s Note: The following letter comes from Sumaya, the narrator of Beyan Negash’s forthcoming novel I & Eye: The Mirror, Exile & the Nile. As “The River Remembers” continues its literary...