Ethiopia

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved $1.2 billion ($600 million grant and $600 million credit) from IDA in support of the Government of Ethiopia’s policies designed to accelerate economic growth and achieve its vision of becoming a lower-middle-income country. The Government of...

By: BBC AFRICA US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to allow targeted sanctions to be imposed against individuals and groups perpetrating violence and impeding humanitarian aid in Ethiopia. No individuals or entities were named. But it is the strongest warning yet from the US...

  Social media users in Ethiopia have been able to use social networking sites Facebook and Twitter from Friday night without proxy sites after the social media platforms were unblocked by Ethiopian authorities. For the last nine months, Ethiopia's two most popular social networking sites had...

At least 200 million women alive today in 30 countries have been subjected to the painful procedure known as female genital mutilation, a practice the U.N. says is deeply rooted in tradition in some cultures. About half of those women come from Egypt, Somalia...

Horndiplomat-Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed and six other Ethiopians, including Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Tewolde GebreMariam and CEO of Ethio Telecom, Frehiwot Tamiru have made it to New African magazine’s list of “100 Most Influential Africans." According to New African magazine, the annual...

Horndiplomat-On Nov 19, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched the La Gare integrated community development project. Eagle Hills, an Abu Dhabi-based private real estate development company, has announced its foray into the Ethiopian market with the launch of its 360,000-sq-m project La Gare. Located in the capital of...

Ethiopia’s Chief of Staff of the National Defense Force General Adem Mohammed met with Lt. General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi, Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces. During the meeting, the two sides reviewed prospects for advancing military cooperation between the two countries,...

By: Nizar Manek Ethiopian Airlines Enterprise is emerging as the flag bearer of plans by Africa’s fastest-growing economy to open up to foreign investors after decades as a closed shop. While new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s ruling Politburo has said a minority stake in the continent’s largest carrier...

 Ethiopian Prime  Minister Abiy Ahmed received at his office this morning former President of Liberia Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, former President of Mozambique Joaquim Chissano, and former President of South Africa Kgalema Motlanthe – the designated Special Envoys of Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa and...

BY: BLOOMBERG Ethiopia’s government said talks to resolve an impasse over a hydropower dam it’s building on the Nile River reached a “major common understanding” and further negotiations are planned. A meeting convened by the African Union on Tuesday paved the way for a “breakthrough agreement”...