Ethiopian scholars have urged the government to design a sound strategy with a view to properly exploit the wider African economic opportunities including East African countries. It is to be recalled that the US administration has recently suspended Ethiopia from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) that provides tariff and quota free market in […]
Council of Ministers Orders Signing of Coal Mining Dev’t with 8 Companies, Refers Other Bills to HPR
The Council of Ministers has decided today that the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum signs agreements with eight companies to produce and develop coal mining in the country. Efficient production and enrichment of coal mines in various parts of Ethiopia will be carried out by eight companies when the agreements are signed. According to the […]
Curriculum Validation Workshop on Food Security and Disaster Risk Management Development Programs
Addis Ababa University (AAU) College of Development Studies Centre for Food Security Studies conducted Disaster Risk Management curriculum development and Food Security curriculum review workshop at Ambassador Hotel on the 28th of December 2021. Shumete Gizaw (PhD), Director General for the Information Network Security Agency of the FDRE, in his opening speech sated that the workshop aimed […]
Project that Restores over 13,000 Hectares of Degraded Land Launched
A five-year project that restores over 13,000 hectares of degraded land in selected watersheds of Amhara, Oromia and Sidama regions was launched today. Restoration of the degraded lands will focus on the Blue Nile basin to avert forest degradation and gradually reduce over-flooding and sedimentation, it was learned. The project, which is expected to restore […]
Ethiopia Asks US to Reconsider Its Decision to Terminate Ethiopia from AGOA
The Government of Ethiopia deeply regrets the decision of the US government to terminate the continued eligibility for trade benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), according to Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration. “We strongly encourage the U.S government to reconsider its decision,” statement released by the ministry added. The Ethiopian Government […]
Nation Announces Some 5 Billion Birr Additional Budget for Rehabilitation of War-Victims
Minister of Finance Ahmed Shide said that an additional 5 billion Birr budget has been allocated in order to rehabilitate the war-affected people. The Rehabilitation Secretarial Executive Committee, which is chaired by the Ministry of Finance, has already presented its request for additional budget to the Council of Ministers. The additional budget will be approved […]