Ethiopia

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...

Yunus Emre Institute taught Turkish language to 4,785 people last year By Tufan Aktas ADDIS ABABA Ethiopian youth are showing great interest in a Turkish studies project launched by the Yunus Emre Institute and there is huge demand for additional courses. Three major learning institutions -- Addis Ababa,...

Horndiplomat-Ethiopian Somali People's Democratic Party elects new regional President in Somali region of Ethiopia.Horndiplomat Reports The executive and council members of ESPDP(Ethiopian Somali People's Democratic Party), as well as leaders of various clans, have unanimously decided to assign Mustafa Muhumed Omer to be the incoming...

Horndiplomat-Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met with  Mr. Wang Yi, State Counselor and Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China on January 3, 2019. Acknowledging the longstanding relationship between the two countries and China’s immense contribution to Ethiopia, Prime Minister Abiy highlighted that in...

By:Hassan Jama, Horndiplomat Contributor Washington, DC – The Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Water Resources of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan and their delegations met with the Secretary of the Treasury and the President of the World Bank, participating as observers, in Washington, D.C. on January...

By: Suleiman Osman, HornDiplomat correspondent in Addis Addis Ababa – Two grant agreements amounting to €20 million were signed today July 16, 2020 between the Federal republic of Ethiopia and the French Republic to finance “the National Palace Renovation Program” and “Agriculture Micro, Small and...

WASHINGTON—Ahead of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) sent a letter to Zuckerberg opposing Facebook’s role in the violence around the world, most recently in Ethiopia. The letter also raises serious concerns related to the online...

Africa has been having a crisis when it comes to disposal of its wastes. In urban areas, the situation has become unbearable to many residents. There are heaps of urban wastes seen in major cities. This is due to the high population that is...

Horndiplomat-According to Xinhua Net, East Africa's two long-time rivals, Ethiopia and Eritrea, are mulling steps to strengthen cultural and people-to-people links between the two countries. A cultural symposium held on Friday here brought together 500 participants drawn from both countries, including senior government officials from...

By Nizar Man A rebel group in Ethiopia said it will demand a referendum on self-determination for the country’s troubled, gas-rich Somali region during landmark peace talks with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government. The plan by the Ogaden National Liberation Front, which has staged a low-level insurgency...