Ethiopia, Uganda call for Nile deal expedite ratification
The Nile Basin countries’ one-day ministerial meeting concluded in Dar eSalam, Tanzania with a call from Ethiopia and…
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Ethiopian Airlines reacted to ‘sleepy pilots’ allegations
Ethiopian Airlines, the fully state owned aviation company, reacted to the allegations that the pilots flying its aircraft…
Alliance supports Ethiopia’s wheat, rice, animal feed value chains
The Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) supports Ethiopia to design approaches for attracting investment into wheat,…
Ethiopia opens its first free trade zone
The Government of Ethiopia introduced its first free trade zone in Dire Dawa this week inaugurating the facility…
Ethiopia, Algeria officials discuss investment in pharmaceuticals
Nebiat Getachew Assegid, Ambassador Ethiopia to the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, discussed with Dr. Abderrahmane Djamal Lofti…
Ethiopia’s mega dam third phase water filling completes
The third round of filling water in the reservoir of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has completed…
US official reflects on transitional justice in Ethiopia
The United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack and Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson met with…
Ethiopia secures 50 billion Birr from tax dodgers, contrabandists
Out of the total 336.7 billion Birr annual tax income of Ethiopia for the budget year concluded July…
Ethiopia’s coffee export earnings increase 22 percent
Annual export earnings of Ethiopia from coffee export has increased by 22 percent to $1.4 billion during the…
Ethiopian Airlines orders Africa’s first A350-1000 Airbus plane
Ethiopian Airlines Group, the flag carrier of Ethiopia, has upsized four of its A350-900 on order to the…
Spanish agency president disappointed by Ethiopian Government
The President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Spain, Ms Paula Gil, expresses her ‘great diaspointment’ for not being…
US Ambassador visits U.S. Investments in Adama, Ethiopia
The United States Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson, Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, visited healthcare…
UAE to provide lifesaving nutrition supplies to Ethiopia
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Government, through the Famine Relief Fund, has made a USD$6 million contribution to…
US, Russia top officials set to arrive Ethiopia today
The recently appointed US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa (SEHOA) Mike Hammer, and Russia Foreign Minister,…
Ethiopia deputy PM meets Switzerland Ambassador
The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnnen met on Thursday, the Ambassador of Switzerland in Ethiopia,…
Raxio data center set to improve Ethiopia’s financial services
Raxio Ethiopia, the nation’s first hyperscale ready Tier III carrier neutral data centre, today hosted Executives of Ethiopian…
Ethiopia achieves 94 percent tax revenue target
The Ministry of Revenue of Ethiopia has said it has achieved its 93.53 percent of its tax revenue…
US Ambassador visits Gondar in Amhara Region of Ethiopia
Ambassador Tracey Jacobson, Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia visited Gondar, Amhara July 19-20.
IMF AFRITAC East steering committee completes 24th meeting
Chaired by Mr. Fikadu Digafe, Vice Governor and Chief Economist of the National Bank of Ethiopia, the International…
US provides $55 million for Ethiopia’s food-crisis response
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced nearly $55 million in additional food-security…
Eritrea trains 5,000 Somali special forces
As part of a military cooperation and strengthening regional security, the Government of Eritrea has trained 5,000 special…
Commission urges Ethiopian Government to respect human rights
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC), the independent rights group in the country, urged the Government of Ethiopia…
Sofi Malt joins Africa’s biggest road race
Race organisers of Africa’s biggest road race have announced that Sofi Malt will become the race’s new title…
Ethiopia approves 786.6 billion Birr budget
The Ethiopian Parliament today approved 786.6 billion Birr total budget for the 2015 Ethiopian budget year that begins…
Korea donates medical, transportation supplies to Ethiopia
Today, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has handed over medical and transportation supplies at a cost of…
Ethiopia, most African nations offtrack of achieving SDGs
Ethiopia and most African countries are not on track of attaining any of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals…
Ethiopia can double chickpea yield – study
A new study led by researchers from the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has…
Document exposes Uganda’s attempt to destabilize Ethiopia
A leaked document exposed Uganda’s attempt to destabilize Ethiopia by training the armed group Tigray Peoples Liberation Front…
Ethiopia launches $30 million nutrition program
Today, the Government of Ethiopia launched a new multisectoral nutrition program entitled, ‘Addressing Maternal Malnutrition, Child Wasting and…
IGAD urges Ethiopia, Sudan to stop war
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) urges Ethiopia and Sudan to refrain from further actions that will lead…