Ethiopia

Horndiplomat-The Ethiopian Foreign Minister Dr Workneh Gebeyehu received a US trade delegation led by Gilbert B. Kaplan, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce, at his office earlier this morning (June 25). Reiterating the fact that, Ethiopia and the US have enjoyed...

Horndiplomat.The Ethiopian government has to mediate between the United Arab Emirates and Somalia, with diplomatic disputes. The Relations between the UAE and Somalia have been steadily declining since the latter’s decision not to cut ties with Qatar, preferring to take a neutral position in the dispute between...

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...

By ELIAS MESERET ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A deadly explosion struck a huge rally for Ethiopia’s reformist new prime minister on Saturday shortly after he spoke and was waving to the crowd that had turned out in numbers unseen in recent years in the...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia says it has unblocked 246 websites and TV channels in the latest reform under its new prime minster, whose chief of staff says "freedom of expression is a foundational right." Chief of staff Fitsum Arega announced the news on...

Addis Ababa, June 21, 2018 -Leaders of IGAD memeber states are arriving in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to take part at the 32nd Extra-Ordinary Summit of IGAD scheduled to take place today. Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and President of Djibouti, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, have arrived...

The Government of Ethiopia in its efforts to resolve the border problem with Eritrea in a peaceful manner has previously announced its keenness to implement the Algiers Agreement and the decisions of the Ethio-Eritrea Border Commission unconditionally. Following this call, the Eritrean Leader President Isaias...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Eritrea's president announced Wednesday he is sending a rare delegation to neighbouring Ethiopia for peace talks, days after Ethiopia's new prime minister took a major step toward calming deadly tensions with its decades-long rival. This is the first such delegation since 1998...

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...

Dr. Abiy addresses parliament on current developments in the Country ******************* Horndiplomat-The Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed presented a holistic report on the second half of this year’s state of affairs in the country. In his report, Premier Abiy touched upon a range of issues...