Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said that the second round filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will not have any impact on Egypt. Sameh Shoukry told Egyptian MPs that: “We imagine that the GERD will not cause damage to Egypt.” “I say this from a purely technical point of view,” he stressed. The […]
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has commended the progress of the Federal Housing Corporation’s efforts in addressing urban housing shortages. In six months, 500 houses have been built in 16 blocks on 3 hectares of land at a cost of birr 3 billion, said the Prime Minister in a twitter post. The government will continue developing […]
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Ethiopia’s 6th National Elections are scheduled to take place in the month of June 2021— a mere few weeks away. The highly anticipated elections will arguably be the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia’s first free and fair elections. Since 2018, the current administration has embarked on a path of democratization with a commitment to widening […]
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said ensuring a democratic 6th national election is a responsibility for all. The Prime Minister made the remark during a virtual meeting he had with regional presidents and head of the National Elections Board of Ethiopia (NEBE). During the meeting, they reviewed progress and challenges, according to a tweet by the […]
The spokesperson of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, H.E. Ambassador Dina Mufti, gave the Ministry’s biweekly press briefing today (15 April 2021) to the media. In his presentation, the Ambassador focused on political diplomacy (with a focus on situations regarding humanitarian support and alleged atrocities on rights violations in Tigray and the GERD negotiations), the Ethiopia-Sudan […]
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Demeke Mekonnen has received Dr Matshidiso Moeti WHO Regional Director for Africa. They discussed on-going United Nations and WHO collaboration to promote the health agenda in Ethiopia. Moreover, they exchanged views on Ethiopia’s response to current surge in COVID19 cases and concerns over equitable access to COVID-19 […]
Ambassador Abdulaziz Mohammed, Ethiopia’s consul general in Minnesota, held a meeting with Minnesota House of Representative Patricia Mueller and Austin City Councilman Oballa Oballa. Among the issues raised during the discussion include the origin and current status of law enforcement in the northern part of the country, the ways to ensure active participation of the […]
Ethiopia has urged the international community to put pressure on Sudan to evacuate its troops from Ethiopian territories. In a statement yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Sudan has forcefully occupied Ethiopian territories since 6 November 2020 while the Ethiopian army was preoccupied with the law and order operation in Tigray. Although Sudan is […]
H.E. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Demeke Mekonnen and H.E. Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy, Dr. Seleshi Bekele briefed African Ambassadors in Addis Ababa today (April 13) regarding the AU-led trilateral Ministerial meeting between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance (GERD) held in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic […]