Ethiopia

Horndiplomat-Earlier today (7 August 2018), an Ethiopian High-level Delegation composed of Oromia Region President Lemma Megersa and Foreign Minister Dr Workneh Gebeyehu have signed a reconciliation agreement in the city of Asmara with the leaders of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) Dawud Ibsa (Chairman),...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is proposing that Kenya and Somalia deal with their sea boundary dispute as an independent issue, in order not to stall other projects affecting the three countries, including a security transition programme in Mogadishu. On Wednesday, the Ethiopian PM mediated...

Addis Ababa, September 1, 2018  –Ethiopia and Somalia formed, for the first time, a Joint Committee in cooperation to establish a long-term cooperative relationship based on mutual respect and good-neighbourliness, as well as the preservation and respect of the sovereignty and unity of both...

Horndiplomat-The IGAD Council of Ministers held its 65th Extra-ordinary session at the UNECA today, Wednesday, September 12, in Addis Ababa. The Foreign Ministers of IGAD member countries, Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Uganda, as well as representatives of the AU Commission, the...

All 157 people on board Boeing 737 killed in plane crash en route to Nairobi, Ethiopian Airlines says None of the 157 people on board an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on Sunday morning en route to Nairobi from Addis Ababa has survived, the airline said. The aircraft,...

Horndiplomat-Ethiopia's Prime Minister, Dr. Abiy Ahmed, arrived in Asmara in mid-morning hours today for a two-day working visit. President Isaias Afwerki accorded warm welcome to the Prime Minister and his delegation on their arrival at Asmara's International Airport. According to Eritrean Information Minister Yemane G. Meskel,...

By Reuters ADDIS ABABA - Prominent activist Jawar Mohammed does not rule out challenging his erstwhile ally, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, in next year's election, he told Reuters on Friday, after days of demonstrations by his supporters resulted in dozens of deaths. Jawar's ability to organize...

In the Hollywood blockbuster Black Panther, a fictional African nation known as Wakanda commands the heights of technological advancement while still retaining an ancient and rich culture. This revolutionary depiction of a culturally powerful and scientifically advanced African kingdom resonates throughout the popular imagination, which...

The global giant in port operations takes a 30-year lease on Port of Berbera DP World’s landmark deal with authorities in Somaliland to jointly develop the Port of Berbera is a welcome development for Ethiopia, according to a senior Ethiopian government official. The Dubai-based company has...

 Ethiopia has earned 38 million U.S. dollars in export revenues from its flagship Chinese-built Hawassa industrial park in the last two years, an Ethiopian official said on Wednesday. Built by China Civil Engineering Corporation (CCECC), the Hawassa industrial park...