Gedu Andargachew, Minister of Foreign Affairs has received monetary and in-kind donations from different organizations to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Accordingly, the Minister received a $100,000 donation from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) staff members and $1m from Ethiopian Diaspora Trust Fund (EDTF). Similarly HOPE Enterprises donated 4.5m birr in-kind, Organization for Rehabilitation and […]
Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed has held phone talks with David Malpass, President of the World Banks Group. The talks focused on debt suspension to counter the macroeconomic shock of the COVID19 crisis and additional financial support for response efforts. The Prime Minister said he was pleased with the positive feedback from the President.
Ethiopia and UK have signed a £24 million grant agreement today. The agreement was signed by Admasu Nebebe, State Minister of Finance and Dr. Christian Rogg, Head of UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) Ethiopia. The grant will be used for a project strengthening the economies of host and refugee populations in Ethiopia’s Somali and […]
Jack Ma, China’s richest man, is sending the second donation to 54 countries in Africa to help them fight spread of coronavirus. Through the “PM Abiy-Jack Ma (Alibaba) initiative” Ma previously donated a total of 1.1 million coronavirus test kits, 6 million masks and 60,000 medical protective suits and face shields to the African nations. […]
Convened by President Cyril Ramaphosa, leaders of Ethiopia, Rwanda, Senegal, Egypt, Zimbabwe, DRC and Kenya held teleconference yesterday. African Union Commission Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat, Director-General of the World Health Organization Dr Tedros Adhanom, and Director of the Africa Center for Disease Control, Dr. John Nkengasong, also attended the discussion. After the discussion, Prime Minister Dr […]
Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed has held phone talks with Rwandan President Paul Kagame on challenges of coronavirus (COVID19). Rwanda is one of the African nations with the highest number of cases of the virus. It has so far reported 82 confirmed cases. After the discussion, Prime Minister Dr Abiy said; Ethiopia reported 29 confirmed […]
Gedu Andargachew, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia held a phone discussion with his Norwegian counterpart, Ine Eriksen Soreide, regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. Gedu briefed the Norwegian Foreign Minister about measures taken by Ethiopia to fight COVID-19. Citing the recent virtual Summit of the IGAD member states convened to deliberate on a regional IGAD strategy […]
Ethiopia and the World Bank Group’s today signed $82.6 million financing agreement ($41.3m grant & $41.3 million credit) to help the country mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The agreement was signed by Ahmed Shide, Minister of Finance and Ms. Carolyn Turk, the World Bank Country Director for Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan and South Sudan. […]
Ethiopia today celebrated the 9th year of the start of construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) with a panel discussion. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Sileshi Bekele, Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy said any external pressures and challenges from inside couldn’t deter the progress of the project. The dam will start holding […]