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  • Ethiopia Calls For Participatory Policy Formulation On Peacekeeping Missions

    Ethiopia Calls For Participatory Policy Formulation On Peacekeeping Missions

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) March 19. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. –The Government of Ethiopia has called for the United Nations policy formulation and planning process on peacekeeping missions in Africa to be participatory. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Demeke made the call at the African Union…

  • Ethiopia: Portable Geothermal Power Plant Funded by Japan

    Ethiopia: Portable Geothermal Power Plant Funded by Japan

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) March 19. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is funding the set up of a 5 MW portable geothermal power plant in Ethiopia. Katsuki Morihara Chief Representative JICA to Ethiopia shared his office support of geothermal development in Ethiopia. “JICA is…

  • US Provides Additional $52m In Assistance To People Affected In Tigray

    US Provides Additional $52m In Assistance To People Affected In Tigray

    Addis Ababa, March 19, 2021 -The United States has said it is providing an additional nearly $52 million in assistance to people affected in connection with law enforcement measures carried out in Tigray region. The United States has provided a total of nearly $153 million in humanitarian assistance since the law enforcement measures began, said…

  • Magufuli Died From Coronavirus at the Age Of 61

    Magufuli Died From Coronavirus at the Age Of 61

    NAKURU (HAN) March 18. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. President John Magufuli of Tanzania, a prominent COVID-19 skeptic in Africa whose populist rule often cast his East African country in a harsh international spotlight, has died. He was 61 years old. Magufuli’s death was announced on Wednesday by Vice…

  • Somaliland: New Director of UAE Trade office, Not the New Ambassador

    Somaliland: New Director of UAE Trade office, Not the New Ambassador

    HARGEISA March 18. 2021. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Abdullah Muhammad Al Naqbi presented his credentials as Director of the UAE Trade office in Somaliland to Muse Bihi Abdi, President of the Republic of Somaliland. During the meeting, Al Naqbi conveyed to President Abdi the greetings of President His Highness…

  • Ethiopia & Japan Explore Ways To Enhance Trade, Investment Ties

    Ethiopia & Japan Explore Ways To Enhance Trade, Investment Ties

    Addis Ababa, March 18, 2021 – Trade and Industry Minister of discussed with Japanese Ambassador to Ethiopia Ito Takako on ways of enhancing trade ties between their respective countries. The two further exchanged views on how to support existing Japanese investors in Ethiopia, and how to seize opportunities in Ethiopia. On the occasion, the Ethiopian…

  • The First-Ever Quad Leadership Summit Confirmed The Bloc’s Anti-Chinese Purpose

    The First-Ever Quad Leadership Summit Confirmed The Bloc’s Anti-Chinese Purpose

    The bloc thought that it could dispel suspicions of its motives by emphasizing that it came together for humanitarian reasons almost two decades ago but that narrative is nothing more than an attempt to deceive the rest of the world. The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, popularly known as the Quad, held its first-ever leadership summit on…

  • Ethiopia: PM Abiy’s Three Big Challenges

    Ethiopia: PM Abiy’s Three Big Challenges

    By Nick Westcott Abiy is known to have strong convictions but also for having a pragmatic streak. To find a path to peace, he will need both. On the surface, Addis Ababa appears much as it always has. The streets are full of people, some wearing masks, most not. The roads are full of cars.…

  • Ethiopia rejects outside mediators in dam dispute

    Ethiopia rejects outside mediators in dam dispute

    Ethiopia has rejected calls by Sudan for outside mediators including the US in the ongoing dispute over the country’s construction of a massive hydroelectric dam on the Nile River. “Ethiopia is generally opposed to mediation by outside parties even though the African Union is welcome to help,” Ethiopian Foreign Ministry spokesman Dina Mufti told reporters…

  • Completing GERD A Matter Of Ensuring Ethiopia’s Sovereignty

    Completing GERD A Matter Of Ensuring Ethiopia’s Sovereignty

    Addis Ababa, March 17, 2021  –Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Demeke Mekonnen, said completing GERD project is a matter of ensuring the sovereignty of the country. Demeke, who is also Chairperson of the National Council on the Construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) made the remark at a symposium organized…

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