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EU strengthens cooperation with Ethiopia
EU Press release On the occasion of her first official visit outside Europe, the new President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced today in Addis Ababa a significant boost to...
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Meet the 2019 CNN Hero of the Year Freweini Mebrahtu
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 08: 2019 CNN Hero of the Year Freweini Mebrahtu attends CNN Heroes at American Museum of Natural History on December 08, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Michael...
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Ethiopian CEO Wins Airline Executive Of The Year
Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, CEO of Ethiopian Airlines Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, CEO of Ethiopian Airlines wins Airline Executive of the Year organized annually by CAPA Global Aviation. The award is...
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Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed won’t be answering any questions when he receives his...
By Max Bearak / Washington Post Dec. 9, 2019 Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed attends a signing ceremony with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Dec. 7,...
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It’s too early to call Prosperity Party bad news to Ethiopia (A rejoinder to...
Ephrem Madebo (emadebo@gmail.com) Ephrem Madebo On November 30, 2019, Awol Allo tweeted the following: “Lemma is not alone. In fact, there are very few Oromos beneath the ornament of the sky who do not...
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Congratulating Abiy “Champion of Peace” Ahmed!
By Alemayehu G. Mariam In his last will and testament, Alfred Nobel provided for an award to be given to “champions of peace to be selected by a committee of five persons in the Norwegian Storting”. I...
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Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed: Inside the mind of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner
Nobel Peace Prize winner Abiy Ahmed has shaken up Ethiopia since becoming prime minister in April last year, but what ideas are guiding the man who receives the prize in Oslo on Tuesday? The BBC’s...
View ArticleWatch live from Oslo City Hall- 2019 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony
Watch live from Oslo City Hall in Oslo, Norway. The Nobel Peace Prize 2019 was awarded to Abiy Ahmed Ali “for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his...
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Nobel winner Abiy says ‘hell’ of war fueled desire for peace
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize says his horrifying experiences as a young Ethiopian soldier informed his determination to seek the end of a long conflict with a...
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Abiy Ahmed Ali – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture given by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2019 Abiy Ahmed Ali, Oslo, 10 December 2019. “Forging A Durable Peace in the Horn of Africa” Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished...
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Biography of Abiy Ahmed PRIME MINISTER OF ETHIOPIA
WRITTEN BY: Amy McKenna LAST UPDATED: Oct 28, 2019 Alternative Title: Abiy Ahmed Ali Abiy Ahmed, in full Abiy Ahmed Ali, (born August 15, 1976, Beshasha, Ethiopia), Ethiopian politician who became...
View ArticleIMF, Ethiopia agree on a US$2.9 B financing package
Addis Abeba, December 11/2018 – In a statement issued today by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the IMF said the Ethiopian government and the IMF staff team “reached preliminary agreement,”...
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Archeologists unearth lost town in Ethiopia
It’s part of an ancient East African empire Plan of the area B basilica created from a 3D model of the 2015 and 2016 excavations. Walls are designated with letters, and spaces (including rooms)...
View ArticleLemma Megersa breaks silence
In what seems to be a big upset to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his administration, his closest ally and friend, Lemma Megerssa, who is currently the Minister of Defense and deputy chairman of the...
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IMF Reaches Staff-Level Agreement on a US$2.9 Billion Financing Package with...
December 11, 2019 End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the...
View ArticleAddis Standard’s current editorial –what gives?
By Abegaz Wondimu In a scathing editorial written only two days after Abiy received his Nobel Peace Prize for 2019, Addis Standard decried that ‘ the award can best be describe(sic) as a bitter sweet...
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The Ethiopians are Zionism’s great success
Opinion: Almost three decades after Operation Solomon brought thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel, the schism between the community and the rest of Israeli society still exists, but we must revel in...
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International Crisis Group: keeping Ethiopia’s transition on the rails
REPORT from International Crisis Group Nairobi/Addis Abeba/Brussels, 16 December 2019 What’s new? Clashes in October 2019 in Oromia, Ethiopia’s most populous region, left scores of people dead. They...
View ArticleTanzania to release 1,443 Ethiopian prisoners: embassy
ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) — Tanzania is to release 1,443 Ethiopian prisoners, the Ethiopian embassy in Dar Es Salaam announced on Tuesday. In a press statement, the embassy said the decision to...
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Ethiopia’s surveillance network crumbles, meaning less fear and less control
By Maggie Fick DEBARK, Ethiopia – Rahmat Hussein once inspired fear and respect for the watchful eye she cast over her Ethiopian neighborhood, keeping files on residents and recommending who should get...
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