Category: Ethiopia
Ethiopian Airlines to start flights to Durban
Addis Ababa October 17, 2015. Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiatives New. Durban is the second largest metropolitan city and the second most important manufacturing hub in South Africa. It is also one of the main tourism destinations in Africa because of the city’s warm subtropical climate and extensive beaches. Durban is an important gateway into…
Ethiopia: KEFI Asks gov to Increase Stake in New Gold Mine
Addis Ababa October 17, 2015. Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiatives New. By Kaleyesus Bekele The UK gold exploration and development company, KEFI Minerals, requested the Government of Ethiopia to increase its stake in the new gold mine in Western Wellega, Tulu Kapi locality. The Tulu Kapi gold mine which is under development at a cost…
Afar Revamps Oil Exploration Firms. Russian Company Signed Agreement to Prospect for Oil
Addis Ababa October 17, 2015. Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiatives New. By Kaleyesus Bekele GPB Global Resources, a Russian oil and gas company, has embarked on oil exploration project in the Afar Regional State. On July 17, 2014 the then Ministry of Mines, current Ministry of Mines, Petroleum and Natural Gas, and GPB Global Resources signed…
IGAD Urges South Sudanese President to Suspend Latest Move
Addis Ababa October 17, 2015. Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiatives New. By Yonas Abiye The Intergovernmental Authority Development (IGAD) issued a strongly worded statement urging President Salva Kiir to suspend his order of creating 28 states in South Sudan, and to follow the mechanisms provided in the peace agreement signed with the SPLM-in-Opposition leader, Riek Machar (PhD),…
Ethiopia: Experts to convene at Hawassa to discuss soil balancing
Nairobi October 17, 2015. Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiatives New. By Henok Reta The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) and the International Potash Institute (IPT) have jointly organized an international symposium on soil balancing at the which is scheduled to take place from 24-25 November 2015. According to IPI, this gathering is expected to…
Ethiopia: Arab-Ethiopian Exhibition and Conference for Industry and Investment Opens
Addis Ababa October 16, 2015. Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiatives New –The First Arab–Ethiopian Exhibition and Conference for Industrial Exports and Investment, APEX ETHIOPIA 2015 opened in Addis Ababa on Thursday (October 15). More than 300 participants including high government officials, industry leaders and invited guests and stakeholders from African and Arab countries, heard…
Foreign Minister Dr. Tedros holds a consultative meeting with an EU Delegation
Addis Ababa October 16, 2015. Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiatives New – Foreign Minister Dr. Tedros met an EU Delegation led by Ambassador Walter Stevens on Friday (October 16). Ambassador Walter Stevens said that Ethiopia was a key strategic partner in the region for the European Union and the soon to-be-celebrated 40th anniversary…
Developing: Taye Atskeselassie to be appointed as State Minister for Foreign Affairs
Addis Ababa (HAN) October 16, 2015. Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiatives NewsTaye Atskeselassie, director for the America’s Affairs, is to be appointed as one of the three state ministers for Foreign Affairs. The Director-General of American Affairs. He formerly served as Ethiopia’s Consul General in Los Angeles. Prior to joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb.…
Ethiopia: Terrorism Charges Dropped for the remaining Zone 9 Members
Addis Ababa (HAN) October 16, 2015. Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiatives News-By Mahelt Fasil. Nearly a year and half since they were first arrested charges of terrorism against the five remaining members of Zone9 bloggers were dropped this morning. A federal court in Addis Abeba freed Journalists Tesfalem Wadyes Asmamaw Hailegiorgis and Edom Kassaye as…
Ethiopia Prepares to Build Major Hub Airport for Africa
Addis Ababa (HAN) October 15, 2015 Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. Ethiopia’s transport ministry is finalizing plans to start building a new airport for the capital Addis Ababa in 2016. The facility, which is expected to take eight years to build at a cost of up to around $4 billion, is intended as a…
