Ethiopia
Wed, 27 Jan 2021 05:28:33 GMTEthiopia Sets Pre-Condition for Dialogue With Sudan
[Nation] Ethiopia on Tuesday set a pre-condition outlining what it wants if it is to engage in negotiations with Sudan over their border dispute.
Tue, 26 Jan 2021 13:52:14 GMTStock Exchange to Be Operational Through PPP
[Addis Fortune] The first securities exchange, where traders can buy and sell securities such as company stocks and bonds, will be established as a share company through a partnership of the public and private sectors, including foreign investors, ac...
Tue, 26 Jan 2021 11:41:18 GMTWhat State Visit of Ethiopian President to Tanzania Entails
[Daily News] TANZANIA on Monday hosted Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde, who held talks with President John Magufuli in Chato, District, Geita Region.
Wed, 27 Jan 2021 05:30:31 GMTPress Statement of Office of the Representative of the Secretary-General On Sexual Violence in Conflict
[UNFPA] United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, urges all parties to prohibit the use of sexual violence and cease hostilities in the Tigray region of Ethiopia
Tue, 26 Jan 2021 14:02:11 GMTLocal App Joins CBE to Digitise Agriculture
[Addis Fortune] The partnership between Lersha and CBE Birr, which has five million users spread across the nation, aims to encourage the digitisation of the rural community, financial literacy and inclusion for smallholder farmers, as well as ease d...
Tue, 26 Jan 2021 14:01:30 GMTEthio Telecom Hires Business Valuator
[Addis Fortune] "We couldn't fully achieve our plan due to the crisis in the northern part of the country," said Frehiwot.
Tue, 26 Jan 2021 13:54:30 GMTFamine - Terrible Hole in Country's Conscience
[Addis Fortune] The last time the ugly prospect of mass starvation stuck out its head, drought affected at least 20 million people across the country in 2015. Ethiopia was better prepared than at any time before in its history. Catastrophic outcomes ...
Tue, 26 Jan 2021 13:44:08 GMTEthiopia, Japan Sign U.S.$4.8M Grant Agreement
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia and Japan have signed today a grant agreement amounting to 4.8 million USD to support efforts aimed at providing enhanced road operation and maintenance.
Tue, 26 Jan 2021 10:15:16 GMTInnovative Citizen Engagement in Ethiopia During the Covid-19 Pandemic - Radio Shows Promote Accountable Service Delivery
[World Bank] In response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, one of the World Bank's largest social accountability programs, the Ethiopia Social Accountability Program (ESAP), found a way to safely keep open lines of communication between the Eth...
Tue, 26 Jan 2021 14:00:37 GMTEducation System Can Do With Less Whip Cracking Yanetas
[Addis Fortune] Teachers find children at their most formative. More than the books and tools with which to teach, it is instructors that are better positioned to make the learning process exciting, writes Tadesse Tsegaye (seetadnow@gmail.com), a pol...
Tue, 26 Jan 2021 13:58:03 GMTDeloitte to Map Out Awash Insurance's Strategic Plan
[Addis Fortune] Awash Insurance Company (AIC) has come to an agreement with Deloitte East Africa for the latter to design a 10-year strategic plan and a 10-year performance road map dubbed "Transforming Awash Insurance - Vision 2030". Awash is the fi...
Tue, 26 Jan 2021 13:56:34 GMTMinistry Vitiates Oil Importer's Trade Name
[Addis Fortune] The Ministry of Trade & Industry has ordered the cancellation of Muleg Oil Importer's trade name. The company has been in a dispute with Mullege Plc, the nation's fifth-largest coffee exporter, for three years over the trade name.
Tue, 26 Jan 2021 13:55:10 GMTTimket Blasts
[Addis Fortune] With celebrants dressed in white, prominently carrying the flag of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, horns were blared and drums struck for the celebration of Timket last Tuesday. On the days prior, preparations took place, with...
Tue, 26 Jan 2021 13:52:49 GMTNib Surpasses Industry Average Growth Rate
[Addis Fortune] Nib International Bank registered a remarkable profit growth in the last fiscal year, surpassing the industry average growth rate of 33pc. Its net profit expanded by 44pc to 1.04 billion Br.
Tue, 26 Jan 2021 13:44:46 GMTDeputy PM Demeke Bids Farewell to Outgoing Israeli Ambassador to Ethiopia
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Demeke Mekonnen on Monday bade farewell to outgoing Israeli Ambassador to Ethiopia, Raphael Morav.
Tue, 26 Jan 2021 11:41:16 GMTMagufuli Frees Ethiopian Inmates
[Daily News] TANZANIA has offered unconditional release of all 1,789 Ethiopian prisoners as a gesture of the existing long-standing brotherly relations between the two countries dating back to the 1960s.
Tue, 26 Jan 2021 10:08:28 GMTForeign Affairs Council - Remarks By High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell Upon Arrival
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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 05:44:18 GMTMagufuli Pardons Over 1,700 Imprisoned Ethiopian Migrants
[Nation] Tanzanian President Joseph Magufuli on Monday ordered the release of 1,789 Ethiopians imprisoned for entering the country illegally.
Tue, 26 Jan 2021 09:47:22 GMTMinistry, Afar State Strive to Contain Desert Locust Invasion
[Ethiopian Herald] The Afar State and the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) are closely communicating each other to successfully prevent the locust invasion spreading via the main gateways of Djibouti and Somaliland borders, according to officials.
Tue, 26 Jan 2021 07:20:07 GMTSix Issues Dominate Tanzania, Ethiopia Presidents' Meeting in Chato
[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- Strengthening trade and investment, tourism and unconditional repatriation of Ethiopian jailed for defying immigration laws are among issues Tanzania President John Magufuli and his Ethiopian counterpart Sahle-Work Zewde di...
Mon, 25 Jan 2021 08:19:39 GMTEthiopia and Somalia Deny Somali Soldiers Fighting in Tigray Region
[East African] Ethiopia has joined Somalia in refuting claims that Mogadishu sent troops to fight in the Tigray war under a secret plan.
Mon, 25 Jan 2021 08:40:54 GMTDar, Addis Trade Volume Soars
[Daily News] THE trade volume between Tanzania and Ethiopia has tremendously gone up from 1.5bn/- to 13.5bn/- in 2012 to 2019 respectively, as the two nations look for increased business ties.
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 08:48:08 GMTWhose Gamble Is Sudan Playing?
[Ethiopian Herald] It has become evident that the Sudanese armed forces have pushed deep into Ethiopia's border while Ethiopia is busy stitching the wounds caused by its own internal affairs in the fighting of a bitter feud between the Federal govern...
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 08:46:58 GMTUK Announces Support for Independent Media in Ethiopia
[Ethiopian Herald] The UK has launched a new funding project to improve skills and capacity among Ethiopian media outlets. The project focuses on countering, fight COVID-19, and secur fund for media organizations, said Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab.
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:28:56 GMTJournalist and His Friend Shot Dead in Tigray
[Nation] An Ethiopian journalist was on Tuesday shot and killed in the capital of the troubled northern Tigray region.
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 08:55:00 GMTEthiopia, Without Shame
[Ethiopian Herald] A country's soul is more than its borders, its current government, its debt and exports.
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 13:11:04 GMTHuman Rights, Security Erode as Govt Struggles to Keep Order
[allAfrica] An excerpt on Ethiopia from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021:
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 10:25:21 GMTEthnic Conflict Could Unravel Ethiopia's Valuable Garment Industry
[The Conversation Africa] Ethiopia has long been considered one of Africa's economic wunderkinds. Until recently, it had relative political stability in comparison to other countries on the continent. And, with an average GDP growth rate of 10% in th...
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 05:43:54 GMTSudan, Ethiopia Fail to Resolve Simmering Border Conflict
[East African] Sudan and Ethiopia have failed to resolve a simmering border conflict in what may be a prolonged dispute where their common boundary should pass.
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 22:28:19 GMTOutgoing U.S State Department's Top Africa Official Cites 'Significant' Achievements
[allAfrica] Washington, DC -- At the end of his tenureĀ as the top Africa policymaker in the State Department, Assistant Secretary Tibor Nagy says the legacy of the outgoing administration includes a number of 'concrete achievements' that have streng...