Ethiopia

Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde met Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau in Vancouver, Canada, in which, the two sides have agreed to further strengthen bilateral ties between Ethiopia and Canada. According to Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs President Sahle-Work said Canada has been a true friend...

By: Anadolu Agency Ethiopia's prime minister will pay an official visit to Turkey on Wednesday, according to an official statement. Abiy Ahmed is scheduled to arrive in the country upon the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's Communications Directorate announced on Tuesday. The visit is of...

By: REUTERS The International Monetary Fund said on Friday it had reached a staff-level agreement with Sudan on completion of the second and final review under its staff-monitored programme, in a step towards debt relief. A strong performance under the year-long IMF economic reform programme is...

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This additional assistance brings EU humanitarian aid to the Horn of Africa region (including Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Djibouti) to nearly €260m since the beginning of the year. “The situation in Horn of Africa has drastically deteriorated in 2017 and it keeps getting worse. Millions...

  Britain, the European Union and the World Bank have announced a plan to create 100,000 jobs in Ethiopia to help tackle the migrant crisis. Two industrial parks will be built in the country at a cost of $500m (£385m). Ethiopia, which proposed the plan, will be...

By Zelalem Girma HornDiplomat-The two nations discussed ten themes to expand the bilateral cooperation in diverse frontiers. Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn was on an official visit to Mozambique to discuss with Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi on deepening bilateral relations between the two nations. The two nations discussed...

By:James Jeffrey Freelance journalist based in Addis Ababa and regular contributor to IRIN Ethiopia has never been an easy place to operate. But a six-month state of emergency, combined with internet and travel restrictions imposed in response to a wave of anti-government protests, means it just got...

Businesses in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa have refused to open as part of a tax-hike protest that has hit small business operators. The “resistance” which started sometime last week in the wider Oromia region is said to have reached the capital with Addis Standard (AS)...

The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority has today announced the reinstatement of the airspace in Tigray region starting from 2:00 PM on December 14, 2020. According to Ethiopian State-Run Radio Fana, All the airports in airspace of the northern region of the country have also been...