Freweini Mebrahtu, who designed and patented a reusable menstrual pad for girls in her native Ethiopia who do not have access to sanitary pads, has been named the 2019 CNN Hero of the Year. Freweini has dedicated her life to keeping girls in school by designing a reusable menstrual pad and trying to end the […]
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed received at his office today, Dr.Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission and Ms. Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships. President Ursula expressed her joy in making Ethiopia her first destination after assuming her post and affirmed that the cooperation between the Commission and Ethiopia will continue. In […]
Ethiopian Defense Minister Lemma Megersa held talks with Tibor Nagy, Assistant Secretary for U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of African Affairs in Washington yesterday. The two sides discussed the importance of maintaining peace and security in the Horn of Africa. “Ethiopia’s peacekeeping deployments to Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan are vital contributions to the region,” Nagy […]
Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed will receive the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway next week. The Prime Minister won the prize in October for his peacemaking efforts which ended two decades of hostility with Eritrea. PM Dr Abiy will deliver the Nobel lecture at Oslo City Hall on Dec. 10, the day of the […]
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Pete Marocco and the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Minister of Defense Lemma Megerssa co-chaired the 9th annual U.S.-Ethiopia Bilateral Defense Committee in Washington, District of Columbia, Dec. 4. During the visit, the United States and Ethiopia shared views on regional security, peacekeeping, intelligence and military relations, […]
An Ethiopian delegation led by Minister of Defence, Lemma Megerssa, took part at the Ethio-US Bilateral Defense Committee meeting held in Washington DC. Chief of Staff of the National Defense Forces, General Adem Mohammed and other senior military officers, also attended the meeting. The US side was represented by a delegation led by Major General […]
State Minister H.E. Dr. Markos Tekle today (December 02) exchanged views with a UN delegation led by H.E. David Kaye, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression. In the discussion co-organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Federal Attorney General, Dr. Gedion Timotiwos, […]
The Second Annual Conference of ESFP held on Sunday, December 1st, 2019 in Virginia, under the theme “Investment Opportunities in Ethiopia.” H.E Ambassador Fitsum Arega talked about various investment opportunities in Ethiopia and thanked the finance professionals for their volunteerism and helping each other. He also urged and encouraged them to continue promoting and invest […]
Lawrence Freeman In the last decade, Ethiopia, the second most populated nation in Africa with over 100 million people, has become a leader in economic growth. This is the result of the leadership’s commitment to the continuation of the previous government’s developmental state model, which directed public credit to finance vital infrastructure projects. Now, under new […]
The Ethiopian Foreign Minister H.E. Gedu Andargachew today (November, 20) met and held discussions with resident European Union Ambassadors led by H.E. Ambassador Johan Borgsatm. The meeting was held in accordance with Article 8 dialogue of the Cotonou agreement that was signed to regulate cooperation between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific […]