Ethiopia

Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen met with the President of the Republic of the Sudan, Omar al-Bashir in Khartoum, on Wednesday (December 19). The high-level Ethiopian delegation also includes State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Hirut Zemene.

Addis Ababa (AFP) - Jawar Mohammed was once so hated by the Ethiopian state that the media activist was accused of coup plotting while viewers of his anti-government broadcasts were hunted down. Yet today he hosts politicians and diplomats in his hotel room in the...

By Mohamud Bulhan in Godoria & Natasha Booty in London, BBC News At least 33 Ethiopian migrants - including an eight-year-old boy - have died after their boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti, officials have told...

By:Fana Ethiopia Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed arrived in China today to attend the second Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) forum which will be held on April 25-27 in Beijing. Launched close to six years ago, BRI is an ambitious effort aimed at strengthening infrastructure, trade,...

What is the government in Ethiopia doing to ensure it's boom in investment and building trickles down to protestors who say there is not enough inclusivity in the country? The Oromos and the Amharis say they are marginalized and have little or no share...

By:fanabc Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed along with high ranking government officials has today launched a 300 Km road Project in Somali Region. Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen, President of Somali Region, Mustafa Oumer, President of Oromia Regional State Shimelis  Abdisa and other dignitaries have attended...

 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...

Over 110 Somali prisonsers freed by neighbouring Ethiopia based on a diplomatic arrangement arrived in Mogadishu on Saturday. Somali Prime Minister, Hassan Ali Khaire, announced earlier this month that Ethiopia had accepted to hand over some 120 Somalis held in its detention facilities. He tweeted the...

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,...

An Eritrean Public Diplomacy delegation drawn from all walks of life is due to visit Ethiopia on February 14, 2019. The visit aims to strengthen the historical relations and people-to-people ties between Ethiopia and Eritrea. During their stay in Ethiopia the Public Diplomacy delegation will attend several events including...