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By: FANA Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde held talks on yesterday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada. Prime Minister Trudeau and President Sahle-Work discussed opportunities to deepen trade and investment linkages, creating jobs and opportunities for people in Canada and Ethiopia. The Prime Minister expressed Canada’s interest...

Horndiplomat-State Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Prof. Afework Kassu attended Tokyo International Conference on Africa Development (TICAD) Ministerial level held on 6 October 2018 in Tokyo with theme “ensure Africa’s Economic Transformation.” In this regards, the State Minister...

By PATRICK LANG'AT and NYAMBEGA GISESA The Kenyan government has submitted the name of Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed to be the next head of the African Union (AU) Commission. Ms Mohamed will face Agapito Mba Mokuy of Equatorial Guinea, Abdoulaye Bathily of Senegal and...

Jeune Afrique Friday April 14, 2017 By FRANCOIS SOUDAN China, the United States, France, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia … A few months before the 40th anniversary of independence, the president returns to the geopolitical stakes of the region, of which his country has become a key player. On...

By Reuters  United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has died, the Ministry of Presidential Affairs said on Friday. He was also ruler of Abu Dhabi emirate. "The Ministry of Presidential Affairs mourns to the UAE people, Arab and Islamic nations and the...

By: Michael Rubin Africa is ground zero for the struggle to consolidate democratic gains. While the continent underwent a democratic revolution in the 1990s and early 2000s, the past decade has been difficult. It is in this context that Somaliland, an autonomous region that...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pledged on Thursday not to let differences over a dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile river ruin relations with Addis Ababa. Ethiopia hopes the hydroelectric Grand Renaissance Dam will make it Africa’s largest power exporter. Egypt says...

Uhuru Kenyatta raises prospect of talks with opponent Raila Odinga, as three people are killed in protests against the rerun election Jason Burke in Nairobi President Uhuru Kenyatta has raised the prospect of negotiations with his opponent as millions of Kenyans voted in a contentious election...

More than 2,000 fighters of the Tigray People’s Democratic Movement (TPDM) has returned to Ethiopia from Eritrea today. Upon arrival at Zalambess, the fighters were welcomed by residents and local officials of the areas. The fighters will join the society after they are given training, it...

24 April 2019, DJIBOUTI (Djibouti): The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) welcomes the recent decision by the Government of Belgium to recognise diplomatic and service passports issued by the Federal Government of Somalia. The following statement was issued today by the IGAD Executive Secretary.  IGAD Executive...