Ethiopia

By: Horndiplomat, Xinhuanet Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed shared with Chinese President Xi Jinping the commitment of Ethiopia to deepening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with China, which is enabling critical moves like restructuring the debt of the Addis Ababa - Djibouti railway. The railway project is an early harvest of the...

Following a meeting with State Grid Corporation of China, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed oversaw the signing of a USD 1.8 billion investment agreement which covers provision of energy transmission and distribution lines. This project will supply power for up to 16 industrial parks; the...

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: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,...

By:Fana Addis Ababa, April 22, 2019  –Ethiopia and Korea Eximbank have signed two concessional loan agreements amounting to 264 million US dollars. The first loan amounting to170 million US dollars will be used for the southern extension of the national electricity grid power transmission project. The second...

Horndiplomat-Ethiopia and the State of Qatar have agreed to further strengthen cooperation on labor and social affairs. This has been underlined during a meeting between Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of Ethiopia, Dr. Ergoge Tesfaye and Mr. Yousef bin Mohammed Al Othman Fakhroo, Minister...

By Birhanu Fikade Saturday April 20, 2019 The United Arab Emirate (UAE) based multinational port and terminal operator, DP World, said that it has been closely following the privatization moves the Government of Ethiopia is considering; and currently, the state-owned operator is finalizing a feasibility studies...

The Ethiopian House of People’s Representatives (HPR) has approved the appoint of the following three ministers: 1.Former Amhara regional State president Gedu Andargachew- appoints Minister of Foreign Affairs 2. Former Oromia Regional State president Lemma Megersa – Minister of Defense 3. Engineer Aish Mohammed- Minister of Urban...

BY: addisstandard The federal Attorney General Berhanu Tsegaye told local media today that the police have detained 59 individuals suspected of embezzling millions from three public institutions. He also said individuals suspected of plotting terror attacks were detained in the last two weeks. According to Berhanu, as...

Following his recent efforts to achieve normalisation with Eritrea, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed embarked on a shuttle diplomacy mission across the Horn of Africa. Since the signing of the landmark June 2018 peace agreement between the two long-warring nations, Abiy held several bilateral and tripartite...