Ethiopia’s Hydropower Success Exemplifies “Convergent Governance”

Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed delivers his remarks during the official inauguration ceremony of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Guba, on September 9, 2025. (Photo by LUIS TATO/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images The...

Abiy Ahmed: A National Disgrace and an International Embarrassment

The Habehabesha Perspective in Full Support of Haile Tessema’s Analysis By The Habesha Editorial Desk (with reference to Haile Tessema’s three-part series published July 3–8, 2023, on Zehabesha.com) Introduction: From Reformist Promise to National...

Powerful photographs and untold stories at the World Press Photo Expo

The main floor of the market consists of overpriced souvenir shops and a few artisanal stores, visited mostly by tourists. It feels disconnected, fake. However, on the ground floor, facing de la Commune street, you will likely experience something...

Can Donald Trump’s Gaza plan win him the Nobel Peace Prize?

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize announcement is scheduled for Friday, and much of the attention this year revolves around one name: Donald J Trump. The US President, who has long expressed his desire to win the world’s most coveted peace award, has...

Deep-seated tensions, glaring contradictions laid bare at UNGA80

Eighty years ago, the United Nations was formed in the aftermath of the Second World War, with the aim of not only deterring a third war, but also making earth an equitable, peaceful, suitable, place for living and to develop for all. Last month,...

What the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize reveals about our vision of peace

Every October, the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize draws worldwide attention, not only because it honours individuals or organisations committed to peace, but also because it reveals how the international community interprets peace itself....

Russia-Africa: Current Challenges

The face of Africa and its global perception are changing dramatically. Until recently, thanks to the efforts of the West and its proxies, the continent was portrayed as an object, not a subject, of international politics, in need of external...

Here are the countries where it's hardest to access the Bible: list

A man reading the Bible. | Getty ImagesNearly three-dozen countries have either "extreme" or "severe" restrictions on accessing the Bible, preventing millions of believers from reading God's Word, according to a new report from a Christian...

Children Lead the Push for Free Education Through a New Treaty

As the mother of a 4-year-old, I am amazed at how quickly young children learn and grow. My son, now in his second year of preschool in France, runs out of school each afternoon eager to show me the letters he has learned, point out new friends,...

Houthi attacks and Red Sea shipping crisis

The Red Sea is a 1200-mile narrow strip of water located between northeastern Africa and the Arabian Sea which separates the coast of Suez-Egypt, Sudan and Eritrea from Saudi Arabia and Yemen, connecting the Gulf of Aden with the Arabian Sea...

Nigerian passport and monetization of citizenship

By Agbeze Kalu Onuma I have always believed that a passport is more than a booklet of paper; it is a key, a symbol, a bridge between where we are and where we dream to be. It is a tangible manifestation of the social contract between the...

Can Trump win the Nobel Peace Prize?

Analysts speaking to ABC News explained that the Norwegian committee that selects the laureate typically focuses on “durable peace, the promotion of international fraternity and the quiet work of institutions that support those aims.” They noted...

Mega-dinghy migrant boats carrying record numbers across English Channel

The number of migrants crammed on to boats making the dangerous English Channel crossing has risen to record levels, with an average of 80 per vessel on some days, analysis by The National can reveal. The highest number to cross in a single boat...

Guinea’s 67th Independence Day celebrated in Doha

The embassy of the Republic of Guinea in Qatar, together with the Guinean community, celebrated the nation’s 67th Independence Day with a reception at the Sheraton Hotel. The ceremony was attended by HE Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki...

Guinean Ambassador highlights strengtheningties with Qatar at Independence Day reception

Ashraf Siddiqui Doha His Excellency Thierno Abdoulaye Sow, Ambassador of the Republic of Guinea to Qatar, has affirmed that bilateral relations with Qatar—established in 2019 and strengthened by the visit of the Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al...

Lots of Arts and Culture Events to Chew Over This Weekend

"Boca Chica" Wild and Scenic Film Festival Thursday 25, AFS Cinema The Austin Film Society teams up with Environment Texas Research & Policy Center to shine a light on environmental challenges facing Texas. Six shorts will be screened including...

Italy’s colonial amnesia

Ninety years ago, on 3 October 1935, Italian troops invaded Ethiopia, opening one of the darkest chapters in modern history. Ethiopia, uniquely independent when the Berlin Conference of 1884–85 started the European ‘Scramble for Africa’, suddenly...

LONG READ: The GEMIs, the Global Emerging Markets' interlocking institutions

The international order is breaking up as the Global Emerging Markets (GEMs) build a raft of new non-Western interlocking international institutions to run their vision of a new multipolar world order. At the same time the incumbent...

Court blocks government’s challenge to deportation ruling

The home secretary suffered a humiliating defeat as she was refused permission to appeal against the blocking of an Eritrean migrant’s deportation to France under the one in, one out scheme. Shabana Mahmood claimed that halting the first...

Gear for Good: 20 Eco-Friendly Items That Score a Win for the Planet—and for You

When you buy something new—a new piece of apparel, some home decor, a set of speakers for your desk—you're making several decisions at once about what your needs are and how the purchase is going to meet them. One thing that you're hopefully...