Category: Ethiopia

  • Ethiopia: Financial Security Increasing Illicit Outflows

    Ethiopia: Financial Security Increasing Illicit Outflows

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) February 18, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. By: Tesfa Mogessie. Alarmed by increasing illicit financial outflows, Ethiopia says it is taking new counter measures including installing advanced CCTV cameras at airports and establishing a special intelligence unit. A report released by Global Financial Intelligence last January revealed that $26…

  • Ethiopia: Meseret Defar Runs Year’s Fastest 3,000 Meter After Long Layoff

    Ethiopia: Meseret Defar Runs Year’s Fastest 3,000 Meter After Long Layoff

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) February 17, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Ethiopian two-time Olympic champion Meseret Defar ran the year’s fastest 3,000 meters as she returned to the track for the first time in more than two years at the Boston indoor grand prix on Sunday. The 2004 and 2012 Olympic 5,000 meters…

  • Ethiopia: It’s the ‘Political Capital’ of Africa, But How Much of a Melting Pot of Cultures is it?

    Ethiopia: It’s the ‘Political Capital’ of Africa, But How Much of a Melting Pot of Cultures is it?

    NAIROBI (HAN) February 15, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Decades ago Ethiopia was in the headlines for famine, but in a dramatic change of fortunes, in recent years it is a rising star, posting Africa’s and one of the world’s highest rates of economic growth. However, some still debate how much “Africa…

  • Ethiopia: Won’t Stop Construction of the Renaissance Dam

    Ethiopia: Won’t Stop Construction of the Renaissance Dam

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) February 13, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Ethiopia’s minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy, Motuma Mekasa, said his country will continue the construction works on the Renaissance Dam during the preparation of the impact studies which is estimated to take around one year. He told the BBC Friday that…

  • Ethiopia: Oil Pipeline Project Set for Construction

    Ethiopia: Oil Pipeline Project Set for Construction

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) February 12, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Black Rhino, a company owned by funds from United States investment firm Blackstone Group firm is gearing up to launch the construction of a 550-kilometer fuel pipeline linking landlocked Ethiopia to Djibouti. The United States Assistant Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, told…

  • Ethiopia: Threatens Kenya’s Investment Appeal

    Ethiopia: Threatens Kenya’s Investment Appeal

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) February 11, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Kenya may play the second fiddle to Ethiopia in attracting global manufacturing companies eyeing Africa to escape from rising costs in East Asia, an international risk analysis and management firm said yesterday. Control Risks said Ethiopia’s “well thought-out” infrastructure projects in transport…

  • Ethiopia Will Host Ministerial Conference On Immunization in Africa

    Ethiopia Will Host Ministerial Conference On Immunization in Africa

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) February 10, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Ethiopia is set to host the Ministerial Conference on Immunization in Africa, the first-ever ministerial-level convening with a singular focus on ensuring that people across the continent get access to life-saving vaccines. African leaders, including ministers of health, finance, and other line…

  • Road Linking Kenya to Ethiopia to be Completed in Six Months

    Road Linking Kenya to Ethiopia to be Completed in Six Months

    NAIROBI (HAN) February 10, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. The construction of the 121km road from Merille to Marsabit and the 122km stretch from Turbi to Moyale will be completed in 6 months. The road connects Mombasa Port to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Transport Principal Secretary John Mosonik said this while inspecting Merille River…

  • Ethiopia: World’s Fastest Growing Economy

    Ethiopia: World’s Fastest Growing Economy

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) February 6, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. The East African nation led the pack of fastest-growing economies — not just in Africa, but in the world — in 2015. While many African nations are struggling to cope with plunging currencies and falling revenue from commodities, Ethiopia’s economy grew 8.7 percent last year…

  • Ethiopia: Candidacy for UN Security Council

    Ethiopia: Candidacy for UN Security Council

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) February 6, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. The African heads of state and government summit held on January 30, 2016 has decided Ethiopia to participate in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for two years representing Africa. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office, Ethiopia through its Foreign…

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