Ethiopia

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopian officials on Saturday said a multi-billion dollar railroad project linking the nation to the port of Djibouti has been completed. The project manager, Mokenen Getachew said the 656km Addis Ababa–Djibouti electric railway trans-boundary project will be inaugurated next month. The...

Ethiopia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland today signed two grant agreements amounting £176 million. Admasu Nebebe, Ethiopia’s State Minister of Finance and Economic Cooperation and Mrs. Harriet Baldwin, Minister of State for Africa signed the agreement here in Addis Ababa. As...

Accusations come as Ethiopia continues to be under a state of emergency since its former prime minister resigned. Ethiopia has accused neighbouring Eritrea of attempting to destabilise its security by supporting "destructive" groups while the country continues to be under a state of emergency. According to Ethiopian state television,...

By: ENA The fight against terrorism is one of the common objectives of Ethiopia and Somalia, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Somalia, Abshir Omar said. Somalia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs...

Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met with the leadership of the China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) in Beijing on the margins of the Belt and Road Forum CRCC’s current largest engagement includes connecting Ethiopia and Djibouti through the railway project. CRCC have expressed interest in investing in agro-industry parks...

By: VOA Ethiopians living in Somalia have become the subject of physical violence, verbal threats and intimidation since Somaliland consented to give Ethiopia access to its coastline at the beginning of this year, members of the Ethiopian...

Horndiplomat-commissioner of Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC), Dr. Belachew Mekuria has resigned. Dr Belachew told Addis Standard Says his leaving for a family reason.  "I am leaving the Commission for a family reason who I wasn’t able to be with due to my work and who do require...

Abiy Ahmed said security institutions tortured citizens in order for government to remain in power. Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said his country's security institutions tortured and committed "terrorist acts" against its own citizens in the past, in a rare and candid admission. Ahmed, who was...

Ethiopia and Italy have signed a €30 million loan agreement aimed at supporting the implementation of Inclusive and Sustainable Development of Agricultural Value Chain project in Oromia and Southern Nation, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR). The agreement is part of the 2017-2019 Ethio-Italy Framework signed...

An Ethiopian maid who was forcibly thrown from the seventh floor of a building in Kuwait has returned to the country four months after the incident that sparked outrage in the Gulf country and abroad. The Addis Standard news portal shared photos of Adesech Sadik...