Ethiopia

Horndiplomat-The Ogaden Liberation Front (ONLF) has today disarmed 1,740 of its armed members. As per an agreement ONLF and Somali regional state signed late this afternoon, the disarmed members will be reintegrated into the regional state either as security forces or as civil servants.  In addition...

A new railway line connecting Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa to the port city of Djibouti is set to be officially inaugurated next month. A government-organized media tour Saturday touted the flagship project, mostly funded by China, and set to officially open in October. The railway line,...

By: Horndiplomat & FanaBc The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has released the preliminary results of the referendum held for the statehood of Sidama zone. The residents opted for the formation of the new regional state in the referendum conducted on 20 November 2019 across...

A Chinese delegation from Luzhou city, Sichuan Province expressed interest to invest in Ethiopia in areas of industrial parks development.Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Dewano Kedir received Chinese Standing Committee of Luzhou Municipal People’s Congress, Deputy Director, Mr....

By. Mohamed Duale Editor-in-Chief HornDiplomat  Tweets @MohamadDuale   Horndiplomat-Ethiopian Foreign Minister  Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu and Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh Mohammed Arrive in Mogadishu.Horndiplomat Reports Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia,  Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu and the Foreign Affairs Minister of Eritrea,  Osman Saleh Mohammed where warmly received...

By: VOA Officials from Ethiopia’s federal government and the Tigray region are meeting in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, to discuss the next steps for a peace deal to end two years of war.Senior Ethiopian government officials and Tigray...

By: World Health Organization The second synchronized Horn of Africa cross-border polio coordination and micro-planning meeting which was organized for district-level health officials of Ethiopia and Somaliland and Puntland held from 16-18, July 2019 in Jigjiga city of Somali region in Ethiopia. The first synchronized...

Horndiplomat-Today, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development’s (IGAD’s) Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP) in collaboration with Sahan Foundation has officially launched the study report conducted on “Al-Shabaab as a Transnational Security Threat”. Al Shabaab has aspired to become a truly regional organization, with the membership and...

Horndiplomat-(Addis Ababa ) The Ethiopian news agency ENA reports the Ethiopia will contribute its due share in resolving the dispute among Gulf countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced. As Ethiopia believes in the importance of peaceful resolution of disputes, it will contribute its share...

By: AFP Nearly 130,000 people in the Greater Horn of Africa are “staring death in the eyes” from catastrophic hunger, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Friday. Some 48 million people in the...