Hutan witnessed arrival of 6,000 international tourists since September

India Blooms News Service Thimpu: As many as 6,000 international tourists paying the new Sustainable Development Fee (SDF) have arrived in Bhutan since the border reopened six months ago. Another 7000 tourists... Read more »

African Open Skies creates much more opportunities and economies of scale  Adefunke Adeyemi

BY GIRMACHEW GASHAW Today’s guest of The Ethiopia Herald, Adefunke Adeyemi, is a Secretary General of the African Civil Aviation Commission. A lawyer and aviation expert, she has just been appointed as... Read more »

New insights towards harnessing untapped tourism potentials

 BY TEWODROS KASSA According to the United Nations World Tourism Organizations (UNWTO), natural tourist attractions play a significant role in attracting numerous tourists to the destination. Tourism is also one of the... Read more »

 Climate change: Can we really take CO2 back out the air?

BY JOCELYN TIMPERLEY Tackling climate change could require sucking carbon back out of the atmosphere, according to the IPCC. Jocelyn Timperley looks at how these ‘negative emissions’ might work. Humanity is on... Read more »

Somalia to hold elections by universal suffrage, president says

Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said the country will organize the next national elections by universal suffrage, a departure from an indirect voting system that has often triggered crises. The fragile Horn... Read more »

Nigeria launches counter-terrorism centre to tackle insecurity

Having lost more than 65,000 people to insurgency and terrorism in 14 years, Nigeria has launched a national counter-terrorism centre to optimize efforts in addressing security challenges. Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated... Read more »

Interwoven global crises can best be solved together

 When global crises are interlinked, they overlap and compound each other. In such cases, the most effective solutions are those that work at the nexus of all these challenges. In September, almost... Read more »

Climate emergencies cause forced migration in Horn of Africa, says UN agency

BY STAFF REPORTER The International Organization for Migration (IOM), a UN agency, said on Wednesday that climate emergencies such as droughts, floods, and wildfires were causing the forced migration of civilians in... Read more »

Africa must lead the charge on tackling poverty

BY STAFF REPORTER ADDIS ABABA – Africa must lead the charge in mobilizing domestic resources to recover from multiple economic and social crises which have deepened poverty and widened inequality on the... Read more »

WHO in Ethiopia steps up health response to Somali refugees

BY STAFF REPORTER ADDIS ABABA — Since the beginning of February 2023, approximately 100,000 refugees, mostly women, children, unaccompanied minors, and people who are wounded or sick have reportedly arrived in Ethiopia... Read more »