(ENA) The House of People’s Representatives (HPR) has approved unanimously the Proclamation for the Establishment of Capital Market today. Revenues, Budget and Finance Affairs Standing Committee Chairperson, Yayesh Tesfahunegn told the parliament that capital market will serve the public as an alternative means for saving. She added that it will also have significant impact on […]
Day: June 10, 2021
Mekele City Inaugurates First-round Electricity Project that Benefits 7 Kebeles
(ENA) The first round of electrification project carried out in Mekele City of Tigray region with a cost of 405 million Birr to benefit more than 25,000 households in 19 new settlements has been inaugurated today. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, the Chief Executive Officer of the Interim Administration of Tigray Regional State, Abraham Belay said that the project is […]
WFP Executive Director: Immediate access for lifesaving food deliveries in Tigray is critical
The United Nations World Food Programme has swiftly mounted an emergency food assistance operation deploying more than 180 staff and increasing food distributions to reach 1.4 million people, yet that is barely half of the number we should be reaching. Other agencies are also struggling to reach many of the rest of Tigray’s hungry. […]
EU-U.S Joint statement on the humanitarian emergency in Tigray
Seven months into the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, human rights atrocities and the full-blown humanitarian crisis are alarming, currently pushing 400,000 innocent people to the brink of famine and loss of life. This must be addressed immediately. We do well to remember the 1980s famine in Ethiopia, which led to an estimated one million […]
Speaker of House of Federation Delivers Message of PM Abiy Ahmed to the Presidents of the European Council and Commission
The speaker of the FDRE House of Federation, Honourable Adem Farah, has delivered the message of PM Abiy Ahmed to the President of the #EuropeanCouncil Charles Michel and the President of the #EuropeanCommission, Ursula von der Leyen, today on the 9th of June 2021. PM Abiy’s message to President Von Der Leyen was handed over […]
The spokesperson of The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, H.E. Ambassador Dina Mufti, gives the Ministry’s biweekly press briefing
The spokesperson of The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, H.E. Ambassador Dina Mufti, gave the Ministry’s biweekly press briefing today (10 June 2021) to the media. In his presentation, the Ambassador focused on political diplomacy (with a special attention to the visit of the President of Kenya to Ethiopia to preside over the signing […]