Category: Ethiopia
Ethiopian Children’s Book Author Bethlehem Abera
New York (HAN) September 12, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Interviews. When Bethlehem Abera Gronneberg, a mother of three boys and a Software Engineering Manager who works and lives in North Dakota, returned to Ethiopia on a family vacation in 2008 an idea for a children’s book based on her birth country was already percolating in…
Ethiopia: First country to launch ClimDev-Africa Special Fund project
Addis Ababa (HAN) August 31, 2015 – Public diplomacy and National Security News. The ClimDev Africa Special Fund (CDSF) launched its first project in Ethiopia on August 3, 2015 to help Ethiopia cope with, and build resilience to, climate change by enhancing capacity in climate monitoring, data analysis, interpretation, forecasting and dissemination for use in…
Ethiopia's Space Programme Ready For launch
Entoto (HAN) August 26, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional weekly Security Initiatives. High above the crowded streets of Addis Ababa, among fields where farmers lead oxen dragging wooden ploughs, sits Ethiopia’s space programme. Perched on the top of the 3,200-metre (10,500-foot) high Mount Entoto, two metal domes house telescopes, each a metre in diameter.…
Ethiopia: Farewell to the outgoing Egyptian Ambassador
Addis Ababa (HAN) August 24, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional weekly Security Initiatives update. The Ethiopian Foreign Minister Dr.Tedros bids farewell to the outgoing Egyptian Ambassador. The Ethiopian Foreign Minister Dr.Tedros Adhanom bids farewell to the outgoing Egyptian Ambassador to Ethiopia, Mohammed Idris on Tuesday, 18, 2015. The Minister appreciated Ambassador Mohammed Idris for…
Ethiopia: Reflecting On Militray Engagement in Somalia
Addis Ababa (HAN) August 21, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional weekly Security Initiatives update. By Gebre Selassie Araya. Scholars studying conflict agree that internal conflicts have different categories based on their causes and dimensions. These categories include conflicts triggered by ‘bad domestic problems’, such as socio-economic and political grievances; conflicts based on ethnicity and geographical disputes; conflicts…
Ethiopia: Air Force Bombarded Al-shabaab Bases in Central Somalia
Addis Ababa (HAN) August 18, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional weekly Security Initiatives update. The official reports that are coming from Masagawaye area in Galgadud region in central Somalia say that Ethiopian troops who are part of AMISION (the African Union Mission in Somalia)air bombarded Al-shabaab bases in central Somalia on Monday night. According to…
Ethiopia: The Power of the Diaspora Networks
Addis Ababa (HAN) August 18, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional weekly Security Initiatives update. The Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemaria’s speech on Ethiopian Diaspora Day in Addis Ababa. His notion for the Ethiopian diaspora role, the Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam’s speech on Ethiopian Diaspora Day, said “Together for the renaissance of Ethiopia.” The Power of…
Ethiopia: The New Suez Canal Axis Strategy
Cairo (HAN) August 7, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional weekly Security Initiatives update. Prime Minister Hailemariam leaves for Egypt A high-level Ethiopian delegation led by Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn left for Egypt to attend the inaugural ceremony of the new Suez Canal. The multi billion-dollar expansion of the Suez Canal will formally inaugurate today…
US are learning ethiopia's counterterrorism Strategy
Addis Ababa (HAN) August 3, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional weekly Security Initiatives update. Dealing with terrorism and Security co-operation is an area of high interest for the US in Africa. news24. The secret to Ethiopia’s counterterrorism success: Obama has repeatedly expressed his administration’s keen interest in learning from Ethiopia’s counterterrorism (CT) efforts and its counterinsurgency…
Ethiopia: Diaspora Policy Formulation, Training and Mobilization
Addis Ababa (HAN) August 1, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional weekly Security Initiatives update. Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has conducted workshop on Diaspora law and policy on July 31, 2015 in collaboration with Indian Embassy in Addis Ababa. On the occasion, Genet Teshome, Director General for Asia and Oceania Affairs Directorate in the…
