Africa

Ethiopia and Armenia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish political consultation on Wednesday (April 4). The MoU was signed by State Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Dr. Markos Tekle and the visiting Armenian Foreign Minister, H.E. Zohrab Mnatsakanyan. Dr. Markos noted the historical...

BY:TIMESOFISRAEL Almost unnoticed, Arab League state made history in Geneva 10 days ago by choosing not to vote against Israel at major global forum. No explanation was given; now heads are rolling On March 22, Somalia abstained on a UN Human Rights Council vote condemning Israel. Though...

By: MohamadDuale Horndiplomat- A large delegation of ambassadors from European union led by the Danish Ambassador Mette Knudsen arrives in Somaliland on Tuesday. The president of Somaliland Muse Bihi Abdi received in his office a high-level delegation of international partners led by Denmark Ambassador to Somalia...

BY:REUTERS Ethiopia will release a preliminary report on Monday into the cause of an Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157, a foreign ministry spokesman said. The report will be released by the Ministry of Transport, Nebiyat Getachew told Reuters, although a time had not yet been...

By:Wisconsin Public Radio Residents call candidacy a major step for Somali refugees who began moving to city 20 years ago Voters in the small, northern Wisconsin city of Barron will take part in a historic election on Tuesday. That’s because for the first time since Somali...

By:The Ethiopian Herald ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia and Somalia signed cross border memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance animal disease control and livestock trade last Thursday. Ministry of Agriculture Public Relation Expert, Bahiru Setegn said, during bilateral signing ceremony, Oumer Hussien, minister of Agriculture Ethiopia, remarks...

Hordiplomat-Somaliland President Musa Bihi Abdi has sacked three cabinet ministers this morning, Ministers of information, Mr. Abdirahman Abdilahi Farah, the defense minister, Isse Ahmed Yusuf, and the deputy information minister, Mohamed Muse Abees were dismissed in a presidential decree issued from the presidency. The president...

BY:FANA Ethiopia and Russia plan to sign a number of cooperation agreements on trade, tourism and nuclear cooperation at an intergovernmental commission meeting in Addis Ababa in April. Mehreteab Mulugeta, the director general for European affairs at the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry, held talks with Andrei Kemarsky,...

 BY:Fana The 2019 World Press Freedom Day Global Conference will take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 2-3 May. Jointly organized by UNESCO, the Government of Ethiopia, and the African Union Commission (AUC), the international conference will be held at the Headquarters of the African Union. The...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland delegation led by liban Yusuf Osman, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation who is on an official visit in Egypt met his counterpart in Cairo as he pushes for stronger diplomatic ties between the two countries. On March 25, The Egyptian Deputy...