Etiopia
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Today, Africa has emerged from this dark path. Our Armageddon has passed
— Haile Selassie I
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EU leaders pledge €610 million to Niger to help stop flow of migrants into the Mediterranean
European leaders agreed this evening to provide Niger with €610 million for the country to try to prevent people from leaving Africa in search of better lives in Europe.During a European Council meeting in Brussels, leaders also agreed to replicate a migration agreement the EU has with Turkey for the ...
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Finance Ministry Renews Its Concern With Development of Economic Relations With Ethiopia
[SNA] Khartoum -The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning has reiterated its interest in developing economic relations with the Republic of Ethiopia and moving them to new prospects.
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How Wily Ethiopia Outflanked Egypt and Sudan On the Dam
[Monitor] For many years Ethiopia wanted to build a big dam on the River Nile. The country, once a poster-boy for famine and poverty in the 1980s, had been quietly working on transforming its economy from one based on subsistence agriculture to one that manufactures things.
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UN's stark warning of imminent catastrophe in South Sudan
Source: UN Human Rights Council Country: South Sudan"The Commission’s recent visit to South Sudan suggests ... ethnic cleansing is under way ... Targeted displacement along ethnic lines is taking place through killing, abductions, rape, looting and burning of homes."Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am delivering this statement ...
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Economic Developments in Ethiopia
[Ethiopian Herald] Economic development shows the change in economic growth and at the same time change in the living standard of the people. In developing countries like Ethiopia economic growth is one of the preconditions for economic development. In 1991, the total market value of Ethiopia's national output (GDP) was ...
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Unctad Commends Nation's Economic Vulnerability Resilience
[Ethiopian Herald] The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) lauds Ethiopia's Economic Vulnerability resilience
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Riek Machar 'under house arrest' in South Africa
South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar, who fled to Democratic Republic of Congo in August after fierce fighting, is being held in South Africa to stop him stirring up trouble, diplomatic and political sources said on Tuesday. Removing Machar from circulation would be a blow to his rebel SPLA-IO faction ...
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Ethiopia Gearing to Become Top Tourism Spot
[Ethiopian Herald] During the past two decades, Ethiopia's ambitious economic initiatives to become middle income country managed to progressively grow and develop its economy. The country has given ample focus to sectors like tourism increasing their GDP contribution to the entire economic key factors.
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Synergy to Achieve More Success in Agriculture Sector
[Ethiopian Herald] For countries like Ethiopia highly dependent on agriculture enhancing food security and agricultural productivity matter most. Currently, the country is implementing the second Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP II) that emphasis the importance of research and application of technologies and inputs to increase productivity and production thereby ensuring ...
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Rabehi holds discussions with South Korea’s Choi Jong-Moon
ALGIERS- The Secretary general of the minister of Foreign Affairs Hassane Rabehi held discussions, in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), with South Korea’s deputy minister for multilateral and Global Affairs Choi Jong-Moon on ways to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries said Saturday, the ministry of Foreign Affairs in a…
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Effecient Textile, Garment Industries to Boost Export
[Ethiopian Herald] The textile and garment industry is one of the rising sectors in Ethiopia. It is one of the developmental sectors that are given a due attention by the government in the second Growth and Transformation Plan II (GTP II). Aspiring to increase the export from the sector by ...
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Concerted Efforts to Create Duty Bound, Ethical Citizens
[Ethiopian Herald] Today, the whole world is observing the International Anti-Corruption Day for the thirteen time under the theme " United against corruption for development, peace and security." In the same vein, Ethiopia is marking the day giving special attention to creating ethical youth and children.
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Ongoing conflicts continue to intensify food insecurity, FAO says
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Country: Afghanistan, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Haiti, Iraq, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, ...
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Korean Dev't Experience Vital to Ethiopia - Premier
[Ethiopian Herald] Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn yesterday held talks with Korean Foreign Affairs Minister Yun Byung-se on issues including science and technology, urban development and infrastructure.
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Keeping Pace With Industrial Parks Expansion
[Ethiopian Herald] Setting and implementing multi-sectorial goals, the government of Ethiopia has currently made efforts to enable the nation reach middle income country by 2025. To make this happen, the government has given prime attention to the development of industrial parks that could assist to expand manufacturing sectors, and develop ...
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Ending Ethiopia’s cash commerce
PSS is a consortium owned by six private banks: Awash, Nib, United, Berhan, Addis, and the Cooperative Bank of Oromia. One of the major visions of the institution is to move Ethiopia from a cash based economy to more people utilizing an electronic payment system, this has involved a lot ...
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Two new state ministers for MoFA
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) acquired two state ministers, appointed by Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn. According to the information that Capital obtained Hirut Zemene, Director General of Business Diplomacy at MoFA, became the second female state minister in MoFA’s history. Hirut is one of the two new state ministers ...
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EXC may add Teff, sorghum, chickpeas
Teff, sorghum and chickpeas may be the next crops traded on the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange depending on the results of a two year study. The study includes the Ministries of Trade, Industry and Agriculture along with exporters. Ermias Eshetu, CEO of ECX told Capital that adding the crops will benefit ...
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Hailemariam Calls for Looted Heritages Restitution
[Ethiopian Herald] Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn urged the international community to help out in the restitution of Ethiopia's heritages looted during previous foreign invasions.
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Hilton Addis Ababa partners with Sealed Air-Diversey to repurpose soap
Hilton Addis Ababa announced a partnership with Sealed Air-Diversey to repurpose used soap bars through “Soap for Hope‟, a program which provides hygiene for communities in need. This innovative Soap for Hope program was pioneered by Sealed Air to recycle used hotel soaps into fresh soap for distribution in local ...
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Juniper Glass announces Ethiopian merger, regulatory approvals
Juniper Glass announced that it has received all regulatory approvals necessary to conclude the final investments in its USD70 million Greenfield container glass factory in Debre Birhan, Ethiopia. Juniper is working closely with leading global glass engineers and equipment suppliers to build a state-of-the-art factory, which will use the latest ...