Category: Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s efforts to restore peace in Somalia: Perceptions and Realities
Opinion Contributed to Geeska Afrika Magazine Online By: Zeray Hailemariam Nairobi (HAN) March 4th, 2014 – Ethiopia one of the founding member states of the League of Nations and United Nations has a significant role to the establishment of both the League of Nations and the UN. Since then, Ethiopia has remained committed towards African…
The Ethiopian Ruling Parties Member Elected as a OPDO President
NEAMIN ASHENAFI, Reporter, Addis Ababa (HAN) – The Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), elected Muktar Kedir as its next president, previously the deputy chairperson of the party. The party also elected Aster Mamo as deputy chairperson; Aster was previously head of the Central Committee Office. After its former president Alemayehu Atomsa resigned due to…
Ethiopian Leader Met the New Regional President of Puntland Administration
Addis Ababa (HAN) The Ethiopian FM Dr. Tedros Adhanom received and held discussions with the new President of the Puntland Administration of Somalia on Sunday (February 23). Puntland Administration President, Dr. Abdiweli Mohammed Ali Gaas, said he was glad to be back in Addis Ababa for what was his first foreign trip since assuming office…
Ethiopian PM Attended the High Level Committee on Post 2015 Development Agenda
Ndjamena (HAN) The High Level Committee of Heads of State and Governments on the Post 2015 Development Agenda held a meeting yesterday(February 28,2013) in Ndjamena, Chad. The Meeting which was chaired by President Ellen Sirleaf Johnson of Liberia was and Mohaamed Ould Abudulaziz, President of Mauritania and Current chairperson of the African Union was attended by…
Ethiopia’s teff grain set to be world’s next ‘superfood’
Addis Ababa (HAN ) Mineral-rich and high in protein, teff is ideal for diabetics, and sought after by people with gluten intolerance. Under a searing midday sun, a herd of cattle circles atop a pile of golden teff, thrashing the wheat-like grain, a method that has been practised by Ethiopian farmers for centuries. The crop,…
Egypt: Diplomatic offensive against Ethiopia
Addis Ababa (HAN) March 1st, 2014 – Egypt may be in the throes of political turmoil, but the government has begun a diplomatic offensive aimed at stopping Ethiopia from building a huge hydroelectric dam on the Nile River that Cairo says will be a disaster for the Arab world’s most populous nation. The military-backed administration began…
