Ethio- Djibouti Railway Line construction 87 Per cent completed - Thursday,...
Addis Ababa, 23 July 2015 - The Ministry of Transport said Ethio- Djibouti Railway line project construction is 87 Percent completed. During the meeting of the 8th Ethio-Djibouti Railway project joint...
View ArticleObama heads to Kenya, Ethiopia
President Obama was set to start a 6-day tour of African nations on Friday that he hopes will continue his efforts to improve their economies, leadership, and access to electricity and health care....
View ArticleHow the UN latest initiative could end water crisis in 15 years
A boy puts his hands together as he cools down in a water fountain at a park in Tokyo, Japan, July 20, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino "Among the many things I learned as a President," Nelson Mandela once...
View ArticleEthiopia: GMP compliant local drug and API sector would yield health and...
Ethiopia will start making its own APIs in 2020 according to the Government which says local drug manufacture will improve access to medicines, curb sale of counterfeits and promote innovation. The...
View ArticleWanted Egyptian militant urges jihad against Sisi - SITE
One of Egypt's most wanted men, a former special forces officer turned Islamist militant commander, has condemned President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and called for a holy war against his government....
View ArticleFantastic Voyage from Kansas City: Congressman Cleaver Plans Epic Africa...
Bipartisan and Bicameral Delegation Will Make State Visits to Kenya and Ethiopia WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Cleaver is pleased to announce that he will be joining President Barack Obama and other...
View ArticleEthiopia: Obama Visit Aims to Bolster Africa-U.S Investment, Trade Ties
US President Barrack Obama, on his fourth trip to Africa and first time visit as a sitting US President to Ethiopia, put efforts to advance US trade and investment relationship with Africa. In a press...
View ArticleEthiopia to host 4th Africa-Arab legislators, busi...
Addis Ababa, 24 July 2015 - The 4th Africa-Arab legislators and Business Summit on "Investing in Africa Makes Sense" is scheduled to be held in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa from 1-2 August 2015,...
View ArticleObama challenges Kenya on gay rights, corruption
US President Barack Obama wraps up a two-day landmark visit to Kenya on Sunday marked by aid on business and security but a firm message on gay rights and corruption. US President Barack Obama and his...
View ArticleEthiopia visit to focus on human rights
As US president Barrack Obama makes his third official trip to the African continent, the issues of democracy, human rights and economy are set to dominate his agenda for his visit of Ethiopia. Obama...
View ArticleDozens of Obamas greet US president
US President Barack Obama has started a four-day visit to East Africa by dining in Nairobi with his Kenyan-born father's relatives. While his substantive agenda in Kenya and Ethiopia includes...
View ArticleChina extends $700m loan to Ethiopia - Saturday, 25 July 2015 06:16
Addis Ababa, 25 July 2015 - China has pledged US$700-million loan to Ethiopia on Thursday during talks held in Addis Ababa between Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and a Chinese delegation...
View ArticleEthiopia - Africa's giant on the rise
Pedestrians cross a road near a billboard advertising Johnnie Walker whiskey in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The writer says the country is a mix of contradictions as it combines the very modern with a...
View ArticleBarack Obama Begins First Presidential Trip to Ethiopia
President Barack Obama arrived in Addis Ababa yesterday , beginning the first US presidential visit to Ethiopia. Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn greeted President Obama on the tarmac.
View ArticleEthiopia: US Assistance to Ethiopia
The Ethio-US relations were established in 1903 when the first US ambassador arrived in Addis Ababa to present his credentials to the Emperor Menelik II. In 1957, then U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon...
View ArticleOn his trip to East Africa, Obama confronts new gains, old stalemates
In the end, President Obama may have gotten closer to the bones of ancient mankind than he did to ordinary Africans on what was likely his last trip to Africa as president. But no one can say he did...
View ArticleObama: Africa must create jobs for its next generation
The first U.S. president ever to visit Ethiopia, President Barack Obama is moving to upgrade ties with a country that's spearheading Africa's economic boom and the battle against Islamic militants...
View ArticlePhotos of the day for July 28
Members of the Italian team are seen underwater as they perform at the Aquatics World Championships in Kazan, Russia. Migrants look out the open door of a train carriage heading north from Gevgelija to...
View ArticleEthiopia moving forward with biotechnology
According to Endale Gebre , Director of the Biotechnology Research Directorate at the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, preparations are underway to build the capacity of a center located...
View ArticleFirst Ethiopian scholar made senior lecturer at Israeli university
Fifteen years after getting his PhD, Anbessa Teferra has become the first Ethiopian immigrant to attain the status of senior lecturer at an Israeli university. "I was chosed to be a senior lecturer not...
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