(ENA) The House of People’s Representatives (HPR) has ratified four loan agreements between Ethiopia and the International Development Association, and endorsed two road charter proclamations, including the African Road Safety Charter and United Nations Convention on Road Traffic today. The approved loan agreements would help the country to execute projects, including financing Ethiopian digital foundation […]
Month: July 2021
African Dev’t Bank Secures over 170 Mln USD for Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) Projects
(ENA) The Board of Green Climate Fund has approved 170.9 million USD for African Development Bank’s Leveraging Energy Access Finance Framework (LEAF) program. LEAF aims to unlock commercial and local-currency financing for decentralized renewable energy (DRE) projects in six program countries: Ghana, Guinea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and Tunisia. The Green Climate Fund’s financing is part […]
Czech Embassy Actively Engaged in Green Legacy Campaign
(ENA) Some three hundred tree seedlings, mainly of endemic tree varieties of Ethiopia, and fruit seedlings have been planted in the premises of the Embassy of Czech today. On the occasion, Ambassador Pavel Mikeš said the embassy has been taking part in the Green Legacy Campaign every year since 2019 to make Addis Ababa green, […]
Outgoing HPR Members Say Unilateral Ceasefire in Tigray Crucial to Return to Dev’t
(ENA) Some outgoing members of the House of People’s Representatives (HPR) have commended the unilateral ceasefire declared in Tigray Region as it is crucial to enable the country to return to development. House members who talked to ENA recalled that the government had no option but to carry out the law enforcement operation in Tigray […]
Czech Republic Welcomes Unilateral Ceasefire in Tigray
(ENA) Czech Ambassador to Ethiopia Pavel Mikeš said the unilateral ceasefire of the Government of Ethiopia in Tigray “should stop the Blackshirts and suffering of the civilian population not only in Tigray but also in northern Ethiopia.” Speaking to ENA, Ambassador Mikeš said that the unilateral decision of the Government of Ethiopia would stop the […]
AU-led Process on GERD Right Platform to Reach Amicable Solutions: Nile Riparian Countries
(ENA) Nile riparian countries said the African Union (AU)-led Process on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) negotiations is the right platform to reach amicable solutions, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In its statement the ministry said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen met in his office today with ambassadors and diplomats of […]