The Addis Ababa City Administration of Ethiopia signed agreement with the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Friday granting the latter some 3,000 square meters of land around ECA compound.
Politics
German MP urges Ethiopia to avoid deadly unrest after election
Member of Parliament of Germany and Vice chairman of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation,Hermann Grohe, urges Ethiopia to avoid “at all cost” the kind of after election unrest that claims over 1,500 lives in the neighboring Kenya in 2007.
Five regional parties joined Ethiopia’s ruling coalition
The leaders of five regional political parties governing the peripheral regions of Ethiopia signed a deal to join the new Ethiopian Prosperity Party (EPP).
Sidama zone becomes Ethiopia’s 10th region
Sidama zone, which is used to be part of the Southern region of Ethiopia today, becomes the 10th region of Ethiopia after referendum.
Ethiopia to repatriate 1,400 people from Tanzania, Yemen
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia says the government is working to repatriate 1,300 Ethiopians trapped in Tanzania on their way to South Africa.
Ethiopia ruling coalition agrees to unify
The ruling coalition in Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), which has four member political parties, has agreed to unite and form a new party.
Political parties agree to avert ethnic clash in Ethiopia
Seven Oromo and Amhara political parties, including the two in the ruling coalition, have agreed to avert the escalating ethnic tension and clashes between Amhara and Oromo university students.
U.S. trains Ethiopians mass destruction weapons’ counterproliferation
The United States government provides the first of its kind training on counterproliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to Ethiopians working in different security agencies.