ADDIS ABABA – A United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) convoy of 50 trucks arrived in the Tigrayan capital of Mekelle today with 900 metric tons of food as well as other emergency supplies. However, double this number of trucks needs to be moving in every day to meet the vast humanitarian needs in the […]

Staff WriterStatistics indicate that the world’s 263 transboundary lake and river basins cover nearly half of the Earth’s land surface. A total of 145 nations include territory within international basins, and 21 countries lie entirely within internati…

Ethiopia has earned 681 million USD from export of mines during the just concluded Ethiopian fiscal year, according to Ministry of Mines and Petroleum. This is the largest foreign exchange earnings in recent years, it added. The ministry stated that it has planned to enhance the export generated from the sector this Ethiopian fiscal year. […]

The diaspora community has been gearing up efforts in defending the national interest of Ethiopia in the international venue on various issues, including the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), by engaging in wide raging public mobilization and diplomatic activities, the Ethiopian Diaspora Agency said. Ethiopia has been trying to convince the riparian Egypt and Sudan […]

The African Development Bank (ADB) announced on Thursday that its Board of Directors has approved two grants amounting to 83.6 million USD to boost cross-border electricity trade between Ethiopia and Djibouti to deepen integration in Horn of Africa. The funds comprise a 69.65 million USD grant to Ethiopia and 13.93 million USD to Djibouti. African […]

Addis Ababa, The governments of Ethiopia and Italy have signed 258.83 million Birr financing agreement today, according to Ministry of Finance. The financial agreement will support the ongoing projects known as the “Building Labor Market Intermediation project and Women Entrepreneurship Development project, a press release of the ministry stated. Both projects focus on job creation, […]