Category: Ethiopia
The African Union Bids Farewell to Ambassador Konjit SineGiorgis
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) November 18, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. The African Union bade farewell to Africa’s longest serving diplomat, Ambassador Konjit SineGiorgis of Ethiopia, on Monday (November 16). Ambassador Konjit who started her diplomatic career a year before the establishment of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) on May 25, 1963, was given a…
Diplomats at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Start a Three- day Training Session
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) November 18, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. Diplomats of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs started three days of capacity building training on Foreign Policy Analysis on Monday (November 17, 2015), at Bole Ambassador Hotel. The training was organized and facilitated by the Policy Research and Analysis Department of the Ministry of Foreign…
Climate Disaster Hammers Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) November 17, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. By: Thomas C. Mountain. This year the rains failed in southern Ethiopia and some 25% of a country of 90 million people are facing acute food shortages in the coming months. This climate disaster, brought on mainly by western industries damage to the environment,…
Ethiopian Received Airline of the Year Award for the 4th Year in a Row
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) November 17, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. Ethiopian Airlines, the largest, fastest growing and most profitable airline in Africa, has announced that it has been named for the fourth year in a row as the Airline of the Year by the African Airlines Association at the Association’s 47th Annual General Assembly held…
The Second Phase of the Agriculture Action Plan has been Launched
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) November 17, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. The State Minister Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Wondyirad Mandefro, has launched the second phase of the Ministry’s agriculture action plan. Launching the 12 billion birr plan at Bishoftu town on Saturday (November 14) the State Minister underlined its significance for maintaining the growth…
Ethiopia Expresses its Condolences to the People and Government of France
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) November 17, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, on behalf of the Government and People of Ethiopia, unreservedly condemning the horrific terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday November 13, expressed his deepest condolences to all the families of the victims of the appalling. Foreign Minister, Dr. Tedros Adhanom also…
Foreign Minister Dr. Tedros Meets with Dr. Mark Suzman
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) November 17, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. Foreign Minister Dr. Tedros met Dr. Mark Suzman, the President of the Global Policy and Advocacy and Country programs of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Monday (November 16). Dr. Tedros recalled the excellent work the Foundation is doing with its very genuine and…
Foreign Minister Tedros Meets with Abdulkarim Hussien Guled
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) November 17, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. Foreign Minister Dr. Tedros Adhanom met with Abdulkarim Hussien Guled, the President of Somalia’s Galmudug State Interim Administration on Monday (November 16). The Galmudug President noted that instability in Somalia was a threat to the peace and development of Ethiopia and welcomed Ethiopia’s committed support…
Influx of S.Sudan Refugees to Ethiopia has Declined Sharply
JUBA (HAN) November 17, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. The UNHCR office in Addis Ababa said on Saturday (November 14) that the number of South Sudan refugees crossing the border into Ethiopia has shown a significant decline during the recent weeks. Kisut Gebregzabiher, UNHCR’s senior public information officer in Addis Ababa, said there was no…
Milk Malaise
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) November 15, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. The milk market in Addis Ababa and its surrounding is experiencing hard times at the moment as producers and collectors see demands plummet after a research revealed aflatoxin contamination in milk. The smallholder dairy farmers, whose daily lives depend on the sale of milk and…
