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Violence in Ethiopia, Instability, and the Need for Law and Order
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) May 1. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. OPINION by Graham Peebles. An unresolved war in the north of the country; ethnic based violence some are describing as genocide in the West; random explosions of aggression in various regions: Ethiopia is trembling. With around 117 million people,…
Sustaining Peace in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) May 1. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. BY BETHELHEM BEDLU. Peace and development are the two sides of the same coin. Without peace development is unthinkable and similarly, if there is no development, the issue of peace would be challenged and threatened hugely for a number…
Ethiopia: An Angry Prime Minister Who Makes a Fetish of an Election: OPINION
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) May 1. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. OPINION By Alex Bekele. Nothing is more irritating and disappointing to most Ethiopians than to listen to the recent angry diatribe of Prime Minister Abiy in response to the all too human pleading of the Amhara people for protection from sudden…
Ethiopia: Qatar’s Al Mondial Company to Invest in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) May 1. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Qatar’s leading biscuit manufacturer, Al Mondial Company, expressed interest to invest in Ethiopia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that Ethiopian Embassy in Qatar hosted a webinar briefing on investment opportunities in Ethiopia between various government sectors and the…
Ethiopia Leading East Africa in Foreign Direct Investment
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) May 1. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. – Ethiopia has led East Africa in attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and is Africa’s fifth-largest recipient of FDI, Ethiopia’s Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU institutions Hirut Zemene said. The above remark was made in her opening…
Ethiopia: Opposition Parties Ask UN to Ensure Eritrean Forces Leave Tigray
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) April 30. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Three opposition parties in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region have called for an internationally monitored immediate withdrawal of Eritrean forces from the northern Tigray region bordering Eritrea. In a joint letter they wrote to the UN Security Council, the Tigray…
Somalia AU Troops to remain neutral in Mogadishu crisis
ADDIS ABABA – Troops working under the framework of African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) have been asked to remain neutral in order to effectively facilitate the demilitarisation of Mogadishu and environs. Meeting of the Coordination Committee (MOCC) chaired by Ambassador Bankole Adeoye, AU Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security (C-PAPS) has warned Amisom…
Kenya Keen To Deepen Ties With Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, April 30, 2021- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia to Kenya, Meles Alem today paid a courtesy call on the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Kenya, Raychelle Omamo at her office. During the meeting, Ambassador Meles briefed CS Omamo about the tripartite negotiations on the GERD, Dr. Arkebe Eqoubay’s candidature as the…
Ethiopia: Army Chief Meets With UK Ambassador
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) April 29. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Force, General Berhanu Jula met with UK Ambassador to Ethiopia, Dr Alastair McPhail. The two sides discussed on the current situation in Ethiopia as well as peace and security issues in…
Somalia: U.S. Demands Return to Elections Negotiations
The United States notes President Farmaajo’s April 28 commitment to return to the September 17 election agreement and resume talks immediately with Federal Member State leaders. We call on the President and Parliament to act swiftly to annul the April 12 mandate extension bill. We commend Prime Minister Roble and the Federal Member State leaders…
