The United States supports Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan’s ongoing negotiations to reach a cooperative, sustainable, and mutually beneficial agreement on filling and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. All Nile Valley countries have a right to economic development and prosperity. The Administration calls on all sides to put forth good faith efforts to reach an […]
Priceless 18th-centuries Ethiopian Crown hidden for twenty one years by one-time Ethiopian refugee who found it in a suitcase is set to be returned from Netherlands to home. The idea to return the ornate gilded copper headgear, featuring images of Christ and the Twelve Apostles, came after refugee-turned-Dutch-citizen Sirak Asfaw contacted Dutch ‘art detective’ Arthur […]
Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed has officially launched the 12km section of the 56km ‘Beautifying Sheger Project’. The first phase of the project launched today will be built by the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) with a grant secured earlier this year from the Chinese Government. Senior government officials, including Minister of Finance, Ahmed Shide, […]
Members of the UN Security Council will visit Ethiopia and South Sudan at the end of October, said Jerry Matjila, permanent representative of South Africa to the UN and president of the council for October. They will be in the Ethiopian capital and home to the headquarters of the African Union (AU) on Oct. 23-24 […]
Briefing journalists, Finance State Minister Eyob Tekalegn said, “We have issued an expression of interest to hire a transaction advisory firm to lead the partial privatization of the telecom.” The request for expressions of interest for a transaction advisor firm for the process of partial privatization of the telecom posted today on the website of […]
Foreign Minister Gedu Andargachew delivered opening remarks at the Energy Action Forum today hosted by Ford Foundation on the sidelines of the ongoing 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly meeting. He noted that the Forum is a priority as it is taking place on the eve of the most high-level gathering of Heads […]
The homegrown economic reform will propel Ethiopia to become the African icon of prosperity by 2030, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said. Opening a forum held to brief international development partners and the diplomatic community on the Homegrown Economic Reform agenda of the country, the premier stated that “the homegrown economic reform agenda is close to […]
The week-long annual meeting of Ambassadors, Heads of Mission and higher officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia concluded today. The meeting was held under the theme of “Institutional Reform for Diplomatic Excellence” from 2-7 September 2019. Foreign Minister Gedu Andargachew noted the previous year had been focused […]
Ethiopia is a priority in USA’s plan to support investment in developing countries, says Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). In a press conference via telephone Acting President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation David Bohigian told the media that USA is ready to support investment in developing nations. Over the last 50 years OPIC […]
ትረስት ፈንዱ በተቋቋመ በአንድ አመት ጊዜ ውስጥ ካሰባሰበዉ ውስጥ ከ 116 ሚሊየን ብር በላይ አንገብጋቢ ማህበራዊ እና ኢኮኖሚያዊ ችግሮችን በዘላቂነት ለሚፈቱ ፕሮጀክቶች ፈሰስ ያደርጋል የኢትዮጵያ ዳያስፖራ ትረስት ፈንድ ‘በቀን አንድ ብር ለወገን ክብር’ በሚል መርህ በ 77 ሀገራት የሚገኙ ከ24,000 በላይ ሀገር ወዳድ የዳያስፖራዉ ማህበረሰብ አባላት ካዋጡት ውስጥ 4,000,000 የአሜሪካ ዶላር (ከ 116,000,000 ብር በላይ) […]