Calls are growing for Ethiopia to revoke an order that suspended 15 foreign media outlets and a regional journalists’ association from operating in the country’s eastern Somali Regional State. The state’s media regulator issued indefinite suspensions to the news outlets, which include the BBC Somali service, on January 28. The regulator’s order said […]
Continue ReadingThe meeting was co-chaired by H.E Ato Ahmed Shide, Minister of Finance and Mr. Ousmane Dione, World Bank Country Director for Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan and Sudan. The meeting updated the heads of development partners on the damage and need assessment and Ethiopia’s resilient recovery and reconstruction planning framework prepared to translate the conflict assessment […]
Continue ReadingThe Ethiopian Media Authority pushes authorities to suspend the services of Somali-language broadcasts by 15 international television broadcasters operating in the country’s southeastern region. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns Ethiopia’s decision to suspend Somali-language TV broadcasts by 15 international TV broadcasters in its southeastern Somali Region, and the arrest of one of the TV channels’ […]
Continue ReadingEthiopia and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish an investment and economic cooperation working group to jointly boost bilateral economic and trade relations in strategic fields. The agreement was signed during the Joint Economic and Trade Commission meeting held on February 21, 2023. The MOU was co-signed by Ahmed Shide, Ethiopia’s Minister […]
Continue ReadingChina will offer zero-tariff treatment to 98 percent of the tariff line, with 8,804 items of products originating from Ethiopia as of March 1, 2023. This move is to implement the initiatives announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Opening Ceremony of the Eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). The […]
Continue ReadingThe African Development Bank (AfDB) is supporting to accelerate implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and boosting intra-Africa trade, African Development Bank Group President, Akinwumi Adesina said. In an exclusive interview with ENA, President Adesian said AfCFTA will link together economies worth about 3.4 trillion USD and is the largest free trade […]
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