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 […]
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has congratulated Ismail Omar Guelleh on his re-election as President of Djibouti. President Ismael Omar Guelleh has been re-elected for a fifth term after winning more than 98% of the vote in Friday’s elections. Results show his rival, businessman Zakaria Farah, took less than 5,000 votes.
The Minister of Water, Irrigation, and Energy of Ethiopia, H.E. Dr. Eng. Seleshi Bekele formally invited the Republic of Sudan and the Arab Republic of Egypt to nominate dam operators to exchange data before the second filling of the GERD commences in the upcoming rainy seasons in Ethiopia. In the letters addressed to Minister of […]
The Consulate General Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in Los Angeles in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and other stakeholders hosted a virtual Trade and Tourism Promotion Forum on Thursday (April 8) to strengthen tourism and business ties between Ethiopia and the United States of America. […]
Demeke Mekonnen, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Ethiopia held talks today with Pekka Haavisto, Special Envoy of the European Union and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland. Discussing the current situation in Tigray, the special envoy appreciated the recently announced agreement between the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission and the UN to jointly Investigate alleged […]
For the latest updates from the Horn of Africa checkout MFA weekly online magazine A Week in the Horn April 9, 2021. Get the major news stories in the week about Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Djibouti, South Sudan, Sudan, Somalia & AU: News in Brief GERD Negotiations and Ungrateful Downstream Countries On the Trilateral Negotiations […]
H.E. Demeke Mekonnen, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Ethiopia received at his office the newly elected Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr. Monique Nsanzabaganwa. At the onset, the Deputy Prime Minister congratulated her on the new assignment and affirmed Ethiopia’s commitment to support her in every way possible. Speaking about the […]