Ethiopia

 BY:Fana The 2019 World Press Freedom Day Global Conference will take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 2-3 May. Jointly organized by UNESCO, the Government of Ethiopia, and the African Union Commission (AUC), the international conference will be held at the Headquarters of the African Union. The...

On Saturday, 09 June 2018, at an inaugural ceremony held in the premises of the Main Department for Immigration and Nationality Affairs, the recently launched E-Visa services for tourists and business travelers to and from Ethiopia has been officially put into effect. The E-Visa...

By: AFP The Ethiopian Red Cross said Wednesday that 80 percent of the country's conflict-hit Tigray region was cut off from humanitarian assistance and warned tens of thousands could starve to death. The grim assessment underscores fears of a humanitarian catastrophe three months after Prime Minister...

Global warming is affecting the lives of an estimated 15 million Ethiopian farmers, who heavily rely on the coffee industry for their livelihood. Ethiopia is Africa's largest coffee producer and ranks fifth globally, but dry spells are having a direct effect on production. "The amount of...

By Birhanu Fikade Following his official visit to the Sudan this week, Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn has inked an agreement that would enable Ethiopia to develop a port facility at the Port Sudan through which the government contemplates to handle half its foreign trade volume. Asked...

The Prime Minister briefed the Chairperson on the situation in Ethiopia and the measures taken by the Government to ensure the maintenance of law and order ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 22, 2018/ -- The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, was received...

Ethiopian authorities have failed to hold accountable a paramilitary force that killed at least 21 villagers in the Somali region of Ethiopia in June 2016. The government should promptly grant access to independent international monitors to investigate these killings and other reported abuses by this...

Hundreds of people who are allegedly responsible for the death and displacement of people in the conflict between Oromia and Somali regional states have been apprehended, Government Communication Affairs Office (GCAO) said. Minister of GCAO, Dr. Negeri Lencho told the media today that the suspects...

State Minister Hirut Zemene met Djiboutian Ambassador to Ethiopia, Ambassador Mohamed Idriss Farah today (January 17, 2017) wherein the two sides have reaffirmed to expedite the already strong relations. The discussions focused on further strengthening the exemplary and multi-range of bilateral ties and solidifying the...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed visited the Integrated Agro Industrial Park and the Rural Transformation Center which are being developed in Oromia regional state. The Integrated Agro Industrial Park (IAIP) in Central Eastern Oromia, Bulbula area, is one of the four pilot projects commissioned...