Ethiopia set to be named host of 2027 UN climate talks

Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, is expected to be officially announced on Nov. 18 as the host city of the 2027 U.N. climate conference, or COP32. Backed by the African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change, the expected decision would mark the international climate summit’s return to the African continent after COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, […]

Mongabay Environmental News
Les Actions de l'Idiot de la Maison Blanche ont des conséquences. Au #Tigray où un coup d'état vient de se produire la fin de l' #USAID et la désertion US accélèrent sans doute la reprise de la guerre avec l' Ethiopie tandis qu'entre ce pays et l' Erythrée demeure la question conflituelle du port d'Assab.
Les 600 000 morts du précédent conflit et 1 million de déplacés ne semblent pas calmer les passions belliqueuses.
#Eritrea #Ethiopa #Ethiopa
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/mar/21/tigray-mekelle-coup-war-ethiopia-eritrea-assab-port-abiy-ahmed
Power struggle leads to coup in Tigray as war looms between Ethiopia and Eritrea

Tigray’s interim leader flees as rival faction seizes control, while Ethiopian tanks and troops move to border of Eritrea

The Guardian

"There has to be a mutually beneficial way of doing things from now on. Western scientists can’t continue this ‘helicoptering in and out’ approach to fossil discovery. A lot of African countries have realised this and, unless we act fast, they’re probably going to tighten up who should be allowed to do research in their countries."

Maybe they should.

‘Deep inside, something told me I had found the earliest human ancestor; I went numb’ – Yohannes Haile-Selassie on his lifetime quest to discover ancient humanity

#fossils #Ethiopa #paleontology #ancienthumans #Africa

https://theconversation.com/deep-inside-something-told-me-i-had-found-the-earliest-human-ancestor-i-went-numb-yohannes-haile-selassie-on-his-lifetime-quest-to-discover-ancient-humanity-243654

‘Deep inside, something told me I had found the earliest human ancestor; I went numb’ – Yohannes Haile-Selassie on his lifetime quest to discover ancient humanity

On the 50th anniversary of the discovery of ancient hominin Lucy, a leading Ethiopian scientist on why we need to ‘decolonise’ paleo research – and what it’s like to find the oldest human ancestor.

The Conversation

Today's morning brew is a light roast from SkyTop Coffee Roasters. An Ethiopian, Duromina - Agaro Gera. Brewed it with a new red V60.

#coffee #MorningBrew #LightRoast #Ethiopa #V60 #SkyTopCoffee

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's Ethiopia visit was a celebration of impunity. Blinken repeated Ethiopia's talking points, failed to engage Tigrayans, avoided answering serious questions, and gave credence to discredited bodies like the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (the regime's extended arm).

#Tigray #TigrayGenocide #USA #Eritrea #Ethiopa
https://www.tghat.com/2023/03/16/secretary-blinkens-ethiopia-visit-celebration-of-impunity/?amp=1

Secretary Blinken’s Ethiopia visit: Celebration of impunity?  

The United State’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken was on a state visit to Ethiopia this week in what Molly Phee, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, described as an attempt to “refashion” the US’s engagement with Ethiopia towards a partnership “that’s commensurate with their [Ethiopia’s] size and influence and with our interests and […]

With EU humanitarian funding, our partners, like @people_in_need, carry out projects to ensure that thousands of people in Ethiopia’s rural areas have access to clean water.
RT @MatEick: Water is Life: In #Ethiopa, EU humanitarian funding @EU_ECHO is supporting partner such as @people_in_need carry out water projects which now provide clean drinking water to thousands in rural areas: Hope for a better Life #TeamEurope @EUinEthiopia htt…

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EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid 🇪🇺 (@eu_echo)

With EU humanitarian funding, our partners, like @people_in_need, carry out projects to ensure that thousands of people in Ethiopia’s rural areas have access to clean water.

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