The realization of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)is critical to strengthening brotherhood in the region by sharing power, a senior water expert and member of the GERD negotiating team said. In an exclusive interview with ENA, Yilma Sileshi noted that GERD will create opportunity to share energy, which is crucial to transform the economic […]
Executive Order on the Crisis in Ethiopia
Today, President Biden signed an Executive Order (E.O.) establishing a new sanctions regime that authorizes the United States to target any party responsible for or complicit in actions or policies that are prolonging the conflict in northern Ethiopia, and those that commit human rights abuses, or obstruct humanitarian access and a ceasefire. These sanctions are […]
China as a cultural threat in Ethiopia: From food to cultural appropriaton
Officially, China and Ethiopia boast a strong partnership. Ethiopia has attracted nearly seven hundred Chinese enterprises and is China’s second-largest loan recipient in Africa. Ethiopia’s fast economic growth combined with the embrace of manufacturing and industrial parks, built by and modeled after China, have even led some news outlets to describe Ethiopia as “the China of Africa.” Ethiopia’s main political parties, […]
InnovAfrica Project Conducted Training on Sustainable Agricultural Intensification Cereal – Legume Inter cropping.
InnovAfrica Project provided training on sustainable agricultural intensification (cereal – legume inter cropping) for targeted farmers and extension workers from Kombolcha and Meta Woredas (Districts) on September 9, 2021 at Ras Hotel in Harar, Ethiopia. The Project has received funding from the European Union’s H2020 research and innovation program. According to Ato Feyisa Hundessa, InnovAfrica […]
Now is Time for Nile Basin Countries to Foster Basin-wide cooperation: Ministry
Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Ethiopia believes the time is now for the Nile Basin countries to brace for and foster basin-wide cooperation. The Ministry issued a press release on the Statement of the President of the UN Security Council on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The Government of Ethiopia notes the statement […]
Project Steering Committee Discusses on Sustainable Reintegration of Ethiopian Returnees
The 4th Project Steering Committee Meeting of “Sustainable Reintegration Support to Ethiopian Returnees from Europe and Support to Vulnerable Displaced Populations Affected by COVID-19’’ has taken place in Addis Ababa. European Countries and European Union Affairs Director-General in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Genet Teshome highlighted on the renewed commitment of policymakers both in Ethiopia […]