Ethiopia

Today marks another major milestone in the Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector in Ethiopia with the inauguration of a model water supply, sanitation and waste management system in Welenchiti Town, Oromia Region. Part of the ONEWASH Plus programme, the system integrates innovative...

Horndiplomat-RwandAir, the national carrier has announced that it will commence direct flights to Addis Ababa, in April next year. (December 27). The airline’s decision to operate flights between Kigali and Addis Ababa comes following already operational flights by Ethiopian Airlines, which...

By: Nairobi News Dahabshiil Group is calling on the business community in the Horn of Africa region and the international community to come together and help small businesspeople who lost their properties in the fire at Jigjiga New...

The United Nations (UN), the European Union, the African Union (AU), and the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have congratulated Sahlework Zewde on her election as the new President of Ethiopia. Ambassador Sahlework was elected as President of Ethiopia yesterday, replacing Mulatu Teshome, who resigned...

Somalia is preparing a large-scale offensive against al-Shabaab. In recent weeks the militants have carried out some of the most deadliest attacks in the history of their insurgency in Somalia. CGTN's Abdulaziz Billow reports from Mogadishu where one thousand Ethiopian troops have entered the...

By:Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban   Somalia’s parliament, the House of the People, says the government’s formal handover of a Somali national to neighbouring Ethiopia was illegal. The parliamentary body set up to probe the circumstances surrounding the transfer of Mr. Abdikarin Sheikh Muse of the Ogaden National...

 President Sahlework Zewde has called on women to fulfill their responsibilities and play the leading role for the success of the ongoing nationwide reform. The President made the remark here today at the official launch of countrywide Ethiopian Women’s Peace Conference and ‘Jegnit’ (heroine) Social...

 The Second Turkey-Africa Economic and Business Forum kicked off in Istanbul, under the motto” Building a Sustainable Future together through Investments and Joint Ventures”. In his remark at the Forum, President Mulatu Teshome cited the long-standing and historical relations of Africa and Turkey, with a...

As per the agreements reached on 08 July 2018 between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and President Isaias Afewerki Ethiopia and Eritrea signed MoUs, among others, on the commencement of flights that have been defunct twelve years ago, the utilization of sea port and the...

Ethiopia and the World Bank signed Financing Agreements amounting to 350 million USD at a ceremony held today (June 3) at the Ministry of Finance (MoF) in Addis Ababa. The bank approved 280 Million USD in the form of concessional credit and 70 million USD...