Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed arrived in Rome on Sunday (January 20) for an official visit at the invitation of Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. The two Prime Ministers held a press conference after their talks which Dr. Abiy described as productive. He said: “The comprehensive discussion which I had… Listen ⇢

The World Economy Forum in Davos opened on Tuesday (January 22), and this year’s theme was “Globalization 4.0: Shaping a New Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.”  The Forum comes at a time when the IMF believes the “cyclical forces that propelled growth may be weakening faster… Listen ⇢

The World Economy Forum in Davos opened on Tuesday (January 22), and this year’s theme was “Globalization 4.0: Shaping a New Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.”  The Forum comes at a time when the IMF believes the “cyclical forces that propelled growth may be weakening faster… Listen ⇢

The AU and EU held the first of a series of annual joint ministerial meetings in Brussels this week (January 21-22). The meeting brought together Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the European Union and the African Union. It was co-chaired by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign… Listen ⇢

The third round of IGAD-EU consultations took place on the margins of the AU- EU ministerial meeting on Tuesday (January 22). The meeting was chaired by Ethiopia’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Hirut Zemene and Ms. Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security. The two… Listen ⇢

Ethiopia’s House of People’s Representatives adopted significant revisions in the existing refugee law on Thursday last week (17 January), giving the country what UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, described as “one of the most progressive refugee policies in Africa”. The new law allows refugees to obtain work permits,… Listen ⇢

This month the Ethiopian Embassy in Beijing organized an “Ethiopia – China Pulses, Oilseeds and Spices Sellers-Buyers Matchmaking Seminar” on January 11 and a few days later in Hohhot, capital of the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia, an investment forum promoting opportunities in agriculture and livestock processing in Ethiopia. The… Listen ⇢

The Federal Government of Somalia and aid agencies launched the 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) on Monday this week (January 21), calling on donors to provide sufficient and early funding to sustain aid operations in Somalia in 2019. The response plan seeks $1.08 billion to support to 3.4 million Somalis affected by… Listen ⇢