Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy, Dr Seleshi Bekele today held held bilateral discussion with US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman and his delegation. The discussion focused on the construction progresses and AU-led trilateral negotiation process on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Dr Seleshi briefed the Special Envoy on what utilizing Abbay means […]
The government of Ethiopia signed a grant financing agreement with the African Development Bank to support its efforts to end the stunting and malnourishment of children in Ethiopia. Yasmin Wohabrebbi, State Minister of Ministry of Finance, and Dr. Abdu B. Kamara, Deputy Director-General, East Africa Regional Development, and Business Delivery Office, African Development Bank Group […]
A criminal investigation has been underway for the last two months by a team of investigators and prosecutors from Federal Attorney General and Federal Police for alleged crimes committed in different localities of Tigray Region in relation with the Law Enforcement Mission. During the investigation, until May 3, 2021 testimonies of 95 witnesses and documentary […]
In the last three years, there have been violent attacks perpetrated against civilians in various parts of the country. Those who have orchestrated these attacks were motivated by the desire to reverse the reform measures that have been implemented in these three years. These attacks were intended to endanger the very existence of the state […]
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, H.E. Ambassador Dina Mufti gave a briefing today (May 08) to international media outlets stationed in Addis Ababa about the status of the GERD negotiations, the Ethiopia-Sudan border issue, and the upcoming general elections. Speaking about the GERD, he said the construction and filling of the […]
Significant strides have been made in preceding weeks as follows: In the second round of humanitarian assistance, food and non-food items have been delivered for 2.7 million beneficiaries. Emergency shelters and NFI kits estimated at more than 437.86mil birr supplied for an estimated 245, 586 IDPs. With partners covering roughly 33% of the total requirement, […]
Ethiopia and the World Bank have signed a financing agreement to support the Government’s Digitalization Program. The Bank, through the agreement, committed a concessional loan of $ 200 million, according to the Ministry of Finance. The agreement was signed by Ahmed Shide, Minister of Finance and Ousmane Dione, Country Director for Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, […]
For the latest updates from the Horn of Africa checkout MFA weekly online magazine A Week in the Horn May 7, 2021. Get the major news stories in the week about Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Djibouti, South Sudan, Sudan, Somalia and AU. https://bit.ly/33shqwc
The United Nations has released 65 million US Dollars for the humanitarian response in Ethiopia. UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock said: We need to scale up the humanitarian response in Ethiopia in support of the growing need in Tigray and other places” Access to all those in need in Tigray remains a challenge, but aid […]
The Ministry of Peace jointly with the National Disater Risk management Commission (NDRMC) has issued a statement on latest developments in Tigray Region. The Ministry of Peace stated that it has begun working with NDRMC on the humanitarian issues since the completion of the law enforcement operation. According to the statement, over the last few […]
