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US Embassy In Addis Ababa Organizes Workshop On Child Rights, Counter-Terrorism (April 23, 2021)

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The Embassy of the U.S. in Addis Ababa held a tailored capacity building workshop for 17 high-level practitioners-prosecutors, public defenders, judges, corrections officials and others to ensure justice for children in a counter-terrorism context. The participants said they found the training comprehensive and made substantial progress in putting together recommendations to enhance current practices in […]

UN Security Council Reaffirms Strong Commitment To Sovereignty, Territorial Integrity And Unity Of Ethiopia (April 23, 2021)

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United Nations Security Council President Dinh Quy Dang issued a press statement concerning Ethiopia. The statement says that the members of the Security Council acknowledged the efforts by the Government of Ethiopia to provide humanitarian assistance and to provide increased humanitarian access. According to the statement, the members of the Security Council recognized, nevertheless, that […]

Premier Reiterates Commitment To Holding Free, Fair Democratic Election (April 22, 2021)

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Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has expressed government’s commitment to holding a free, fair, democratic and peaceful election. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed convened Regional Presidents and National Election Board leadership this morning to follow up on the direction provided in the meeting of last week. Following NEBE’s report that many polling stations were still pending, regions […]

Ethiopian Official, US Ambassador Discuss Economic Cooperation (April 22, 2021)

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Ahmed Shide, Ethiopia’s Minister of Finance today received in his office the US Ambassador to Ethiopia, Geeta Pasi where they discussed the economic cooperation between Ethiopia and the United States. The discussion focused on the multifaceted economic cooperation between the two countries, which has been very important in supporting economic growth in Ethiopia. This is, […]

Two Bottom Outlets of GERD Discharge Water Equal To Annual Flow of Abay Per Year: Minister (April 21, 2021)

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Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy, Dr. Seleshi Bekele said that both the recently completed bottom outlets of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have gone operational with total capacity of discharging 1,860 cubic meters per second. In an exclusive interview with EBC, the Minister said the process of the dam is now in state […]

US Pledges Continued Support, Cooperation with Ethiopia (April 21, 2021)

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Minister of Peace, Muferihat Kamil, has met and discussed on current affairs with US Ambassador to Ethiopia, Geeta Pasi. Minister Muferihat briefed the ambassador on steps being undertaken to address the humanitarian situation in the northern part of the country following the law enforcement process. The Minister thanked the people and government of the United […]

Ethiopian Orthodox Churches In America, Canada Team Up To Augment Humanitarian Support (April 21, 2021)

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State Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tsion Teklu met with a delegation comprising representatives of Ethiopian Orthodox Churches in US Canada. The state minister conferred with the delegation which was led by Archbishop Abune Tewoflos, head of North California, Nevada and Arizona diocese members of the holly synod on disbursing collected funds to affected […]

The Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, weekly press briefing (April 21, 2021)

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The spokesperson of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, H.E. Ambassador Dina Mufti, gave the Ministry’s biweekly press briefing today (21 April 2021) to the media. In his presentation, the Ambassador focused on political diplomacy, the GERD negotiation, Ethiopia-Sudan border issue and citizen-centered diplomatic activities. I. Political Diplomacy H.E. Mr.Demeke Mekonnen, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister […]

Deputy PM Demeke Holds Talks With EU Commissioner For Crisis Management (April 20, 2021)

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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen has held talks with European Union (EU) Commissioner for Crisis Management Amabassador Janez Lenarčič on various issues. The two sides have had discussions over the commendable efforts that the government has been undertaking so far and ways to mitigate observed challenges in delivering humanitarian support to affected […]