News in Brief President Sahle-Work Zewde’s full opening speech to the House of Peoples’ Representatives of Ethiopia at the inaugural day of the New Ethiopian Government (Translation from Amharic) TPLF’s deliberate destruction of the economic foundations of the people in North Wollo and Gondar of the Amhara region Africa Union… Listen ⇢

News in Brief Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on the meaning of the 6th general elections, the planned national dialogue and the future of diplomatic relations (Based on excerpts from his inaugural speech) Statement of Ambassador Taye Atske Selassie at the open meeting of the UN Security Council on Peace and… Listen ⇢

News in Brief Press Release (on expelled UN staff) We affirm our full support for Sudan (Translated Statement of the Office of the Prime Minister of Ethiopia from Arabic) Demeke Mekonnen, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Ethiopia speaks at the General Debate of the 76th Session of the… Listen ⇢

News in Brief The Special Phase of the Struggle and the Continuation of our Defense Strategies, Tactics, and Directions (TPLF’s leaked document, dated 10 October 2020), translated from Amharic to English language) Africa and the African Union The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, condemned the… Listen ⇢

News in Brief On Reforming the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia On the Statement of the President of the UN Security Council on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of Congo Christophe Lutundula discusses with Ethiopian, Sudanese and… Listen ⇢

News in Brief A New Ethiopian Year Message from Demeke Mekonnen, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Ethiopia Humanitarian Response Update in the Afar, Amhara and Afar Regions and Continued Violence by the terrorist TPLF (Excerpts from the Prime Minister Office Briefing) TPLF must stop using the humanitarian card… Listen ⇢

News in Brief EBC’s interview of Sean Jones, Mission Director of USAID Ethiopia exposes TPLF’s looting of food aid and non-food items (Transcript) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Demeke Mekonnen exchanges a phone call with External Affairs Minister of India S.  Jaishankar Africa and the African Union… Listen ⇢

News in Brief Ethiopia calls on members of the UN Security Council to reject Tunisia’s biased resolution on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam State Minister Ambassador Redwan Hussein confers with Ambassadors of Upstream Riparian States of Nile Basin Office of the Prime Minister of Ethiopia Press Briefing August 26, 2021… Listen ⇢

News in Brief A statement made by PM Abiy Ahmed at a joint press conference with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen meets U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman Ethiopia, Djibouti ties show upward trajectory the past fiscal year Statement… Listen ⇢