Ethiopia undertook a major national reforestation programme this year, with the ambitious target of planting four billion trees in just three months. The highlight was a single day in July ...

Throughout its history, Ethiopia has experienced famine — according to one historian, at least one every decade on average between the 15th and 19th centuries. The Great Ethiopian Famine alone ...

Claim: Ethiopia says it planted more than 350 million trees in just one day which, if verified, would be a world record. Verdict: If it's true what the government says that 23 million people took ...

Addis Ababa, May 14/2024 (ENA) Ethiopia's Green Legacy Initiative, a national reforestation program, is preparing to plant more than 6.5 billion tree seedlings this upcoming planting season ...

Every September 11—as the rains retreat and the earth drinks its final drops—the golden petals of the Meskel flower are blooming across Ethiopia. They blanket the highlands in yellow ...

Fifty years ago the Marxist-Leninist military junta known as the Derg took control of Ethiopia, toppling Emperor Haile Selassie and ending a monarchy that had governed the country for 700 years.

Addis Ababa February 20 /2024 (ENA) Ethiopia is a good example in Africa where big push forward has been seen on tree planting, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director Inger Andersen said.

Mahlet Solomon, a teacher in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, is one of the active participants in the tree-planting initiative over the years. Solomon said she successfully planted 10 saplings ...

He has spearheaded vast and rapid reforestation campaigns and committed to planting 5 billion trees by 2024. In 2022, he inaugurated Africa's largest hydroelectric dam, the Grand Ethiopian ...

Last week, the Ethiopian government finally released seven long-detained senior members of the Oromo Liberation Front, an opposition political party. Abdi Regassa, Dawit Abdeta, Lammi Begna ...

Ethiopia's Prime Minister has warned that anyone planning on invading his country should "think 10 times" before doing so because, he said, any attack would be repelled. Abiy Ahmed did not direct ...

At least nine people were killed and more than 30 others were injured in fresh fighting that erupted in Debark and Dabat towns of the North Gondar zone in Ethiopia's Amhara region between ...