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Council members of Washington D.C. have unanimously approved the “Little Ethiopia” Ceremonial Resolution.

The 9th and U Street business corridor located in the Shaw neighborhood in Washington DC named “Little Ethiopia”.

The inaugural ceremony held today with the presence of Ambassador Fitsum Arega, DC Council Member Brandon T. Todd, religious leaders, DC Council officials, Ethiopia community members and other invited guests.

Ethiopian Ambassador to the US, Fitsum Arega has extended gratitude to Mayor of D.C. Muriel Bowser and member of the council Brandon T. Todd for championing the efforts and contributing to the approval.

The ambassador also thanked members of the Ethiopian American Business Community for promoting the initiative.

Member of the D.C. Council Brandon T. Todd said Ethiopia stands a symbol for all African people in their struggle for freedom, dignity and respect.

Ambassador Fitsum tweeted “I believe today’s recognition of “Little Ethiopia” will further bolster and strengthen the social and cultural ties between Addis Ababa and Washington D.C.

Ethiopia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Demeke Mekonnen has held talks with the first Deputy Chairman of the Transitional Sovereign Council of Sudan, Lt Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

Demeke and his accompanying delegation arrived in Khartoum yesterday to participate at the second high-level political committee meeting on border issues between Ethiopia and Sudan.

Demeke and Dagalo, aka Hemeti, discussed the bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to strengthen them.

In a related development, Ethiopia’s Minister of Transport, Dagmawit Moges, met with Sudan’s Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Hashim bin Auf.

Chaired by the Railway Authority of Sudan, the meeting was attended by Walid Mahmoud, Director of the Railway Authority and Hisham Abu Zeid Director of the Land Transport Unit of Sudan.

The meeting discussed on railway project linking Ethiopia and Sudan, which is estimated to be 1,512km, including 594km in Ethiopia and 918km in Sudan.

It also touched on issues of passengers land transport and discussed the impact of the coronavirus, which led to the weak movement of passengers and goods between the two nations.

Dagmawit also exchanged views with Yasser Timo, director of Sudan Airways on aspects of cooperation between airlines of the two countries.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed held phone talks with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on various issues.

The two discussed measures to be taken in order to close the wealth gap and ways of working together on climate challenge through the Green Legacy initiative and global cooperation for economic recovery from COVID19.

The premier underlined that the call was productive in terms of addressing points of the conversation.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has held discussion with residents of Metekel zone, Benishangul Gumuz regional state.

The meeting was attended by Chief Administrator of the state, Ashadli Hassen, Minister of Peace, Muferihat Kamil, National Defense Force Chief of Staff, General Berhanu Jula and other government officials.

The discussion mainly focused on ways to stop the recurring peace and security problems in the areas and find lasting solution.

Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister indicated that unity is the only option for Ethiopians to maintain peace and preserve unity of the country.

Government’s efforts to swiftly halt the problem in the region are hampered by the presence of many actors, he said, adding attention will be paid to restore peace.

He called for the ongion law enforcement operation in the zone to be conducted impartially and also urged leadership at all levels to discharge their responsibilities to return peacefully those forces that went to the bush after taking mission from the TPLF junta.

He further urged the regional state to organize unemployed youth and engage them in various sectors by taking advantage of the natural resource available in the region.

He finally called on traditional elders, religious leaders, youth and women’s associations to maximize their efforts besides government’s ongoing measures to bring lasting peace in the region.

Participants of the discussion for their part blamed irresponsible social media use and TPLF’s 27-years of conspiracy politics for the lack of sustainable peace in the region.

The 38th Extraordinary Assembly of IGAD Heads of State and Government concluded yesterday after deliberating on regional issues.

During the meeting held in Djibouti, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed briefed participants about the now-concluded law enforcement operation in the Tigray regional state.

In a statement issued after the end of meeting, IGAD reaffirmed the primacy of constitutional order, stability and unity of Ethiopia.

IGAD also welcomed the agreement signed between Ethiopia and the UN on the 29th November 2020 allowing “unimpeded, sustained and secure access” for humanitarian support.

Regarding Sudan, it congratulated the country for being de-listed from the US ‘list of state sponsors of terrorism.’

The meeting called upon the Government of Sudan and other parties to establish the Transitional Legislative Council without further delay.