Addis Ababa faces growing climate change risks like heat, drought and floods, study warns

Increase in the city’s population will be absorbed by informal settlements, the prime destination for most migrants

Addis Ababa’s street hustlers helped build the city – now they’re being pushed out

Both the intellectualism of the elites and the street smarts of hustlers and sex workers transformed the neighbourhood of Arada into a social and …

Kampala, Kigali and Addis Ababa are changing fast: New book follows their distinct paths

Book explains why attempting to supplant models from urban development elsewhere, including “best practices”, will not work

Africa’s energy poverty: Millions in rural areas are not part of Ethiopia’s energy transition drive

Nearly 86% of Ethiopia’s energy demand is met through biomass; most people here live in energy poverty

Africa needs climate action, says Guterres at Addis Ababa AU summit

UN Secretary-General calls on developed countries to provide a ‘tidal wave of support’ to Africa for helping a just energy …

Over 50 African countries agree to work on minimising impact of mineral mining

Addis Ababa declaration signed by 54 nations; acknowledge green challenges of land degradation, desertification and drought

African leaders discuss improving food security of the continent

Green revolution forum will focus, among other things, on increasing food productivity as climate change presents more challenges

African countries need to clean up their act on industrial pollution

Enforcement of water and environmental laws must be in place to protect the environment

Africa meet to focus on innovation and knowledge sharing

Speakers at the upcoming African Economic Conference will explore how Africa can achieve inclusive growth

What is leading to Africa’s baby boom

The continent will witness arrival of 2 billion babies between 2015 and 2050

Investments from India to lead growth in East African market

Over the last decade, Africa-India trade has followed the upward trend in South-South trade and investments

Megaprojects in Addis Ababa raise questions about spatial justice

A unique characteristic of Addis Ababa’s urban development is that successive Ethiopian regimes have used new urban projects as …