On 9 September, Ethiopia officially inaugurated its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), now Africa’s largest hydroelectric project. Located on the Blue Nile near the Sudanese border, the US$5 billion dam stands 170 meters tall and stretches nearly 2 kilometers across the river. With a capacity to generate 5,150 megawatts of electricity, GERD is poised to significantly enhance Ethiopia’s energy infrastructure …

The German-African Initiative for Development and Integration (GAIDI gUG) has launched a free legal clinic for refugees and migrants in Berlin under its You Are Not Alone in Berlin (YANA Berlin) project, thanks to a grant provided by CMS Stiftung in August. This new service marks a significant expansion of YANA Berlin’s support for African newcomers navigating the complex legal …

60 young Africans across the Globe arrived in Beijing, China to attend the 9th edition of the annual ‘China Africa Youth Festival. The China-Africa Youth Festival is launched to implement important consensuses reached between Chinese Presidents Xi Jinping and leaders of African countries at the 2015 Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), the aim is to promote …