Ethiopia

Addis Ababa February 25/2017 Ethiopia provided relief support for people affected by drought in Somaliland, the autonomous region of Somalia. Mitiku Kassa, Commissioner for Disaster Risk Management told ENA that the support for drought affected people in Somaliland included biscuits, milk and grains. Some 8,000 quintal...

The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) is finishing up a restoration project on the tomb of King Najashi, the former leader of modern day Ethiopia's Kingdom of Aksum. TIKA coordinator in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, Fazıl Akın Erdoğan, told reporters that the restoration project...

Addis Ababa Feburary 10/2017 Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said that his government will work with the Somaliland administration, an autonomous region of Somalia, on infrastructure development for mutual benefit. The Prime Minister made the remark during a discussion here with a delegation from Somaliland led...

By Alem Fisshatzion, It was with dismay that we read today alarming reports that warn of catastrophic food insufficiency in Ethiopia. The grim picture shows that Ethiopia will need an extra $230 million from donors to secure aid for 4.5 million people this year alone....

By M.A. Egge Ethiopian Premier Haile Mariam Desalegn has reiterated that his country’s strong bilateral relations with Somaliland was quite essential and here to stay because of the mutual bilateral interests entailed and cherished between the two countries which is based on neighbourliness . The premier...

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...

By Vasudevan Sridharan The $4.2bn railroad links Djibouti in the Horn of Africa and the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. The 752km-long Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway connecting the Ethiopian capital and the port city of Djibouti was inaugurated on Tuesday, 10 January, at Nagad railway station in Djibouti...

By:Kalkidan Yibeltal An analysis on what the rising ethnic nationalism among the historically powerful Amhara means for the country's future. Amba Giorgis, Ethiopia - Etenesh* sits alone on a worn cow skin in her mud-walled home in Amba Giorgis, a small Ethiopian market town in the...

HAMBURG (Reuters) - The Ethiopian government has issued an international tender to purchase 70,000 tonnes of milling wheat, European traders said on Monday. The tender deadline was January 5, they said. Finance for the purchase has been provided by the World Bank, traders said. Ethiopia has issued...

By LARISA BROWN and JASON GROVES FOR THE DAILY MAIL Pop group Yegna received £4m as part of project to empower women in Ethiopia Despite warnings of public money being wasted a further £5.2m was promised  However ministers pulled the plug on the band...