Ethiopia Archives - Horn Diplomat
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Home News Ethiopia

Ethiopia

World Bank Approves $1.2 Bln In Grant, Credit To Ethiopia

World Bank Approves $1.2 Bln In Grant, Credit To Ethiopia
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved $1.2 billion ($600 million grant and $600 million credit) from IDA in support of the Government of Ethiopia’s policies designed to accelerate economic growth and achieve its vision of becoming a lower-middle-income country. The Government of...

Preparations Finalized For 11th Extraordinary Session Of AU: MFA

Preparations Finalized For 11th Extraordinary Session Of AU: MFA
Preparations have been finalized to successfully host the 11th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) scheduled to take place in Addis Ababa 17th-18th November 2018. Meles Alem, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told local...

Italy PM announces major gas plan on Ethiopia trip

Getty ImagesCopyright: Getty Images It's not the first time the two nations' PMs have met - here they are back in FebruaryImage
By: BBC Italy's far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has begun a two-day visit to Ethiopia, where she has announced plans for an African energy cooperation deal starting in October. She says the "Mattei...

Djibouti Reduces Port Tariff by over 82% For Ethiopia’s Exports

Djibouti has announced 82.5% reductions in port tariffs for Ethiopia’s exports due to coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Port Djibouti currently accounts for more than 95% of Ethiopia’s imports and exports. Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed appreciated the decision and extended gratitude to the President. “Profound gratitude to President...

Ethiopia PM Abiy Meets President of the World Economic Forum

Ethiopia PM Abiy Meets President of the World Economic Forum
Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met with President of the World Economic Forum, Børge Brende, in a follow up discussion to their meeting in Davos, Switzerland. In January 2019, it was announced that Ethiopia would host the 2020 World Economic Forum on Africa. Today, Prime...

Over Six Thousand of Ethiopians returning from Djibouti weeks after the unrest in Diredawa

Horndiplomat-According to the reporter Ethiopia over  6,400 of Ethiopians returning from Djibouti weeks after the unrest in Diredawa city. They were transported using a train to Dire Dawa. From the total number of people who fled from Djibouti, the majority were sent to their hometowns. According to...

Ethiopia reacts to US  statement on GERD talks

By:Jama Farah ,Horndiplomat Contributor  Ethiopia government noted with disappointment the Statement issued by the United States Department of Treasury on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) released on 28 February 2020. The following statement was issued today by the Ethiopia Foreign Affairs Ministry. The Ministry of Foreign...

Op-Ed: Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict takes a huge rung into the deep Oceans

By: Abdiaziz Ali Hussein Somali saying goes: ‘’Dagaal Wiil baa Ku Dhinta ee Wiil kuma Dhasho’’ ‘’War Doesn't Give you a Child but only Takes One Away’’. Ethiopia's Tigray Conflict has never taken a huge step into the deep oceans like today as former key...

Breaking :Ethiopia’s new prime minister Abiy Ahmed names new cabinet

Horndiplomat-Ethiopia’s new prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali names a cabinet on Thursday that includes the former mining minister as defense minister and retains the finance and foreign ministers from his predecessor’s cabinet. List of Newly Appointed Cabinets Announced by Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed 1️ Ambassador...

U.S. and IOM Deliver Emergency Shelter for Ethiopians Displaced by Tigray Conflict

A truck loaded with heavy-duty plastic sheeting is prepared to make the trip to Tigray, Ethiopia, where an estimated 1 million people are displaced by conflict. Photo: OIM 2021
Addis Ababa – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) today received over 1,500 rolls of heavy-duty plastic sheeting from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) that will be used to provide temporary shelter relief to more than 80,000 people displaced by conflict in the...