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, […]
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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 […]
The House of Peoples Representatives, in its 13th regular session held today, approved a resolution passed by the Council of Ministers last week to designate Shene and TPLF as terrorist organizations. The House approved the resolution with a majority of vote and one abstention.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E. Demeke Mekonnen met with the President of the Republic of South Africa, H.E Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa and had a very fruitful discussion on both bilateral and regional issues. During the meeting, H.E Demeke Mekonnen informed the President on current issues in Ethiopia. Mr. Demeke updated the […]
The 80th Anniversary of the Patriots Victory Day has been celebrated colorfully around Victory Monument in the capital in the presence of senior government officials and veterans and juniors of the patriots. The victory Day commemorates gallantry of Ethiopian Patriots in the five years struggle against Italian forces the end of the Fascist aggression in the […]
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed congratulated Ethiopians on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of patriots’ victory day which will be celebrated tomorrow. In a statement issued today, the Prime Minister said that the day commemorates the victory of Ethiopian patriots over the fascist Italian forces. “We are learning three things from our patriots while commemorating […]