Category: Ethiopia
Ethiopia attended the first Canada-Africa Business Summit
Toronto (HAN) September 18, 2014 – Public diplomacy and regional strategic partnership news. According to the Executive director of Canadian Eye on Africa, Toronto city hosted the first Canada-Africa Business Summit with a series of plenary sessions on various issues, including the “Rise of Africa,” “Project Financing,’ and “Risk Management.” African and Canadian Ministers, renowned…
Ethiopia: Russian Energy Companies Delegation Led by Foreign Minister
Addis Ababa (HAN) September 16, 2014 – Public diplomacy and International strategic news. A high level delegation of Russian companies led by the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, will visit Ethiopia on Wednesday, September 17. Sources told Capital that Lavrov will come to Addis Ababa for a one-day official visit. The purpose is to strengthen…
Ethiopia: Speaker of the House of Federation is Lobbying in Canada
Toronto (HAN) September 15, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Diaspora news International. According to Geeska Afrika Online reporter in Toronto, Canada, the Ethiopian delegation lobiying in Canada through Ethiopian diaspora communities, led by Ato KassaTekle-Berhan, Speaker of the House of Federation; and including AlemayehuTegenu, Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy and FitsumArega, Director General of…
Ethiopia: Egyptian President is committed to "excellent" relations
Addis Ababa (HAN) September 14, 2014 – Defense and National security news.In an exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency, Desalegn said that Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi is committed to relations between Egypt and Ethiopia. Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said that Ethiopia is seeking a “win-win” relation with Egypt, saying that his country was seeking good…
Ethiopia: New Horn of Africa Initiative with IGAD and World Bank
Addis Ababa (HAN) September 10, 2014 – Regional strategic and diplomatic news. Ethiopia Foreign Minister Tedros, met with Collin Bruce, World Bank Director for Regional Integration, and Ambassador Engineer Mahboub Maalim, Executive Secretary of IGAD to discuss the Horn of Africa Initiative and strengthening economic, diplomatic and regional integration to intensify peace and development. During…
Ethiopia: Egyptian diplomatic crisis with Nile water, ''no strategy yet''
Addis Ababa (HAN) September 7, 2014 – Public diplomacy and weekly security news. The Egyptian leaders will work in the upcoming year 2015 to increase Egypt’s share of Nile water and that the government will not yield to external pressure to adjust shares, Minister of Agriculture Adel Al Beltagy said when asked about the Egyptian…
Ethiopia: Forum to Empower future leadership of Minister of Foreign Affairs
Addis Ababa (HAN) September 6, 2014 – Regional public diplomacy and Empowering IGAD safety and security to strengthen the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia. A one day Forum to strengthen the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ links with the public media and to Empower future leadership of Minister of Foreign Affair Dr. Tedros, was opened September…
Ethiopia: U.S. Senatorial Delegation meets Prime Minister Hailemariam
Addis Ababa (HAN) September 3, 2014 – Regional defense and security news.A US delegation headed by Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Chair, Senate Agriculture Committee, met with Prime Minister Hailemariam. The discussion covered Ethiopia’s agricultural development and its successes in food security and in developing resilience on climate change as well as the upcoming Global Alliance for…
Ethiopia: Families asking Canada to push for release from prison
Cape Breton (HAN) September 2, 2014 – Expert Analysis, Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page by Said Maktal. Somali_Canadian Bashir Makhtal has been in prison in Addis Ababa since 2007. Said Maktal moved to Sydney this summer to attend Cape Breton University, bringing with him years of documentation and a determination to see…
Ethiopian contrasting educational fortunes and Nigeria
Addis Ababa (HAN) September 2, 2014 – Teaching and Learning news. The education experience of the 2000s for the two most populous countries of sub-Saharan Africa could not have been more different. It was a lost decade for Nigeria in terms of educational development. Despite the optimism generated by the restoration of democracy in 1999…
