Abiy Ahmed Ali

World leaders congratulate PM Modi on becoming India's longest-serving elected PM.

President Trump is renewing US mediation efforts between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Nile River dam dispute, positioning America firmly with Cairo while risking further escalation through coercion against Addis Ababa's sovereignty concerns.

Ethiopia's $12.5 billion Bishoftu International Airport, developed by Ethiopian Airlines and launching by 2030, aims to eliminate costly intra-African flight connections through Europe and the Middle East, positioning itself as Africa's largest aviation infrastructure project handling 60 million annual passengers initially.

Ethiopia's completion of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in 2024, producing 5,150 megawatts of hydroelectric capacity, escalated longstanding tensions with Egypt over Nile water control, raising concerns about future water governance in the increasingly water-stressed basin.