News in Brief Farewell ceremony to honour former President Dr. Mulatu Teshome The President of Ethiopia’s Supreme Court; further Women’s empowerment The 11th AU Extraordinary Summit begins The first Africa Investment Forum held this week in South Africa AMISOM’s Concept of Operations 2018 meeting in Nairobi Ethio-Djibouti links are consistently expanding   News in Brief   Africa and the African Union The AU Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC), officially opening the 11th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, started on Monday (November 5) at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa. The meeting…

News in Brief Prime Minister Abiy in Europe: meeting President Macron in Paris… Visas on Arrival in Ethiopia for all African citizens The 2nd Italy-Africa Ministerial Conference held in Rome, Italy Peace Celebration Day in South Sudan The World Bank approves US1.2 billion for Ethiopia UNESCO project in Eritrea improves capacity to safeguard Intangible Cultural Heritage Boosting Ethio-China trade and investment News in Brief Africa and the African Union The two-day founding Congress of the Horn of Africa Confederation of Trade Unions (HACTU) was held in Addis Ababa at the end of last week (October 26-27). The Confederation brings together…

News in brief Ambassador Sahlework Zewde elected Ethiopia’s new President President Dr. Mulatu at the Partnership for Green Growth and Global Goals 2030 Summit The celebration of the United Nations Day An open meeting on Silencing the Guns held in New York Security Council briefed on UNAMID and security improvement in Darfur The Seventh Ethio-Canada Bilateral Consultation Forum A seminar considers the recent Beijing Forum on China-Africa Cooperation   News in brief   Africa and the African Union   UN Day, celebrated on Wednesday (October 24) around the world and in Addis Ababa, marks the anniversary of the UN Charter;…

  News in Brief House approves Prime Minister Dr. Abiy’s New Cabinet… …and the Prime Minister answers questions from Members of Parliament Eritrean President Isaias makes an official visit to Ethiopia The President of Slovenia on a three- day visit to Ethiopia Somalia remembers the hundreds killed by Al-Shabaab on October 14, 2017 Chiefs of Defense Staff and Heads of Safety and Security meet in Addis Ababa A UK-Ethiopia Investment Forum held in London The 11th meeting of IGAD’s Regional Consultative Process on Migration First African Forum on Cybercrime held in Addis Ababa  Africa and the African Union The Chairperson…

A Week in the Horn                                                                                      12.10.2018   News in brief President Dr. Mulatu Teshome opens the new session of Parliament The second Africa-Turkey Economic and Business Forum Italian Prime Minister Mr. Giuseppe Conte visits Ethiopia  “Next Steps on the Path to Peace in South Sudan” and an UN/AU delegation in Juba UK’s Minister for Africa visits Somalia, Uganda and Ethiopia An Ethio-Tunisian Economic Forum held in Addis Ababa   News in Brief   Africa and the African Union   The second Africa-Turkey Economic and Business Forum was held on Wednesday and Thursday this week (October 10-11) in Istanbul. Jointly…

News in Brief The General Debate of the UN General Assembly: …Foreign Minister Dr. Workneh details the “winds of change” in the Horn …Eritrea demands the rescinding of sanctions …South Sudan: committed to the new peace agreement …President Kenyatta identifies corruption as a major threat to multilateralism …Climate change and refugees in Uganda …Somalia calls for its arms embargo to be lifted …Djibouti welcomes positive regional developments …Remove Sudan from the list of terrorist supporters and lift unilateral sanctions State Minister Professor Afework represents Ethiopia at the G77 ministerial meeting Ethiopia’s statement to the UNHCR Executive Committee in Geneva Freedom…

News in Brief As a High-level Ethiopian delegation attends the 73rd UN General Assembly…  Dr. Workneh addresses a high-level briefing on non-proliferation in New York… …And participates in the UN Security Council’s A3 breakfast meeting Ethiopia participates in the high-level event on Action for Peacekeeping… State Minister Mrs. Hirut Zemene co-chairs a high-level meeting on Somalia in New York State Minister Professor Afework addresses the LDC Ministerial meeting in New York AU Peace and Security Council welcomes positive developments in the Horn of Africa The UN Security Council welcomes recent diplomatic developments in the Horn of Africa IMF praises Ethiopia…

News in Brief Ethiopia celebrates the New Year, Meskeram 1, 2011 The celebration of African Union Day IGAD meetings finalize the South Sudan peace process The AU Executive Council’s retreat discusses reform of the AU Commission The World Bank warns political disputes in Somalia could affect debt relief process The African Green Revolution Forum in Kigali News in Brief Africa and the African Union The 6thRetreat of the Executive Council of the African Union took place in Addis Ababa this week (September 12-13), to continue its dialogue on reform of the AU Commission. It concluded its session drawing up an…

 News in brief An Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea Summit in Asmara Prime Minister Dr. Abiy attends the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit… ….and holds talks with Chinese leaders and bilateral meetings with African leaders South Sudan peace talks continue to make progress Eritrean Foreign Minister’s working visit to the Russian Federation Singapore Africa Ministerial Exchange visit and Business Forum… A meeting of AMISOM’s Military Operations Coordination Committee “GERD will continue more vigorously and efficiently”  Ethiopia and Djibouti review cross-border security threats Ethiopia’s belg harvesting improves food security and stabilizes prices Significant improvement in food security but millions still need support…