Ethiopia

The project will invest a total of $500,000 dollars (about 13.7 million Birr) with an additional $119,500 dollars in matching funds from the World Monuments Fund   ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 5, 2018/ -- U.S. Ambassador Michael Raynor and Minister for Culture and Tourism, Dr. Hirut Woldemariam,...

ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopian and China on Monday announced their commitment to strengthen partnership in areas of strategic interest. The two countries affirmed this during a meeting of the Ethiopian Foreign Affairs Minister, Workneh Gebeyehu, and China's Assistant Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong,...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The leaders of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan will meet on Monday in a bid to break a deadlock in negotiations over a hydroelectric dam Addis Ababa is building along its share of the Nile river, two official sources said on...

27 January 2018 – Strong cooperation with the African Union (AU) is essential for the United Nations to be able to fulfill its mandate, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Saturday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where the two organizations signed a new agreement to bolster their collaboration...

The government of Ethiopia has announced the release of 2,345 prisoners, who were sent to jail following the 2015 and 2016 protests in the country's Oromia region. Addisu Arega Kitessa, a government spokesman on Oromia affairs, said prisoners have been pardoned and would be released within "a...

Mogadishu (HOL) - Somalia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, Ahmed Isse Awad on Thursday met with his Ethiopian counterpart, Workneh Gebeyehu in the Ethiopian capital. The official discussed the bilateral relations between the two countries and how to promote them. Last year, Ethiopia released...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has rejected a call by Egypt for World Bank arbitration in a dispute over a hydroelectric dam Addis Ababa is building along its share of the Nile. The two countries are at odds over the construction...

By Samuel Getachew The newly-elected president of Somaliland led a high-level delegation to Addis Ababa for two days on Tuesday looking to expand the bilateral relationship between Ethiopia and Somaliland. President Musa Bihi Abdi held an audience with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn and a slew of...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pledged on Thursday not to let differences over a dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile river ruin relations with Addis Ababa. Ethiopia hopes the hydroelectric Grand Renaissance Dam will make it Africa’s largest power exporter. Egypt says...

The newly elected Somaliland President Musa Bihi Abdi says maintaining peace and stability in the region is one of his priorities. During a state visit to Ethiopia, he said Somaliland's agreement to host a U-A-E military base will not affect security in any neighbouring...