Ethiopia and the World Bank Group have signed a total of $907 million financing agreement aimed at availing financing to SMEs, mitigating expansion of COVID-19, and increasing access to reliable electricity. During the signing ceremony, Finance Minister Ahmed Shide said the World Bank Group remains a reliable partner of Ethiopia for several decades. “Access to […]
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H.E. Demeke Mekonnen, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Ethiopia had a discussion on Thursday (April 22) with H.E. Mr. Oleg Ozerov, Ambassador-at-Large, and Head of the Secretariat of Russia-Africa Partnership Forum held on 22 April 2021. The two sides discussed preparations for the Second Russia-Africa Summit which will be held in 2022 in […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ethiopia says the way forward on the GERD negotiations is to request the Chairperson of the African Union, H.E President Felix Tshisekedi to call the meeting of the Bureau of the Assembly of the AU in a letter addressed to the Prime Minister of the Sudan H.E Mr. Abdalla Hamdok. H.E Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, […]