The nation paid its respects this week to Girma Wolde-Giorgis, who died on Saturday (December 16) after a short illness. Ethiopia’s President for more than a decade, a greatly respected environmental activist, and long-time civil servant, he was laid to rest on Wednesday (December 19) with full state honors including… Listen ⇢

The Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Meles Alem, in a press briefing on Thursday this week (December 13) emphasized the Government was redoubling its efforts to ensure safety and wellbeing of Ethiopian citizens living in the Middle East and other African countries. He noted the Ministry had issued… Listen ⇢

The 3rd Ethiopia-Canada Business and Investment Forum was held on Tuesday (December 11) in Toronto, Canada, co-organized by the Embassy of Ethiopia in Ottawa, WAFA Marketing and Promotion and MineAfrica. The official delegations were led by Ethiopia’s State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. AkliluHailemichael, and Canada’s delegation by Mr. Jean-Philippe… Listen ⇢

State Minister Dr. Markos Tekle led the Ethiopian delegation to the Intergovernmental Conference to adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration hosted by the Government of Morocco this week in Marrakech (December 10-11). 164 of the 193 members of the United Nations have now adopted the Global… Listen ⇢

Ethiopia started its two-year term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council on 1st January 2017. It ends on 31st December 2018 and South Africa will join the Security Council to represent Africa alongside Cote D’Ivoire and Equatorial Guinea. In these two years, the world has faced… Listen ⇢

The Revitalized Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC) produced its fourth progress and status report on implementation of the Revitalized South Sudan Peace Agreement at the beginning of the week. Chaired by its interim chair, Lt. General Njoroge, the RJMEC noted overall progress in terms of implementing the peace agreement… Listen ⇢