(FBC) – Ministry of Innovation and Technology has announced the launch of a national project named “Innovation for Development”. The project has been launched with partnership between the Ethiopian government and several development partners in a bid to strengthen innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem in Ethiopia. Project is aid crucial to […]
Month: March 2021
Ethiopians in Switzerland, Geneva have denounced the interference of some foreign countries and international organizations in the internal affairs of Ethiopia regarding the current situation in Tigray region. The Ethiopians and friends of Ethiopians denounced foreign interference in the internal affairs of the country in a demonstration held on Monday […]
(Beirut) – Scores of migrants burned to death in Yemen on March 7, 2021, after Houthi security forces launched unidentified projectiles into an immigration detention center in Sanaa, causing a fire, Human Rights Watch said today. Hundreds of surviving migrants, mostly Ethiopians who were protesting their conditions in the center, were being treated for […]
The election campaign in Ethiopia for the June 5 parliamentary and regional councils polls is in full swing, as vehicles carrying loudspeakers hit the roads in the capital Addis Ababa displaying parties’ mottos and emblems. According to the state-owned Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC), 47 parties have got their candidates registered […]
A picture shared on Facebook claiming to show the bodies of victims massacred in Aksum, Tigray region of Ethiopia is FALSE. The photo shows bodies lined up in rows on the ground, and a huge crowd of onlookers in the background, accompanied by a headline that reads, “Reports Emerging Of ‘Horrible’ Massacre […]
Diplomatic sources on Friday said that the Ethiopian government has summoned, Eshetu Dessie, its ambassador to Ireland, after outraged by the actions of the Irish government in connection with crises in the troubled northern Tigray region. Ireland is a country that is playing a leading role for the United Nations […]
Ethiopian state media outlet, Ethiopia Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) on Friday said two separate attacks by rebels left 42 civilians dead. EBC reported the first attack which occurred on Sunday left 22 civilians dead and the second attack which happened on Thursday left another 20 civilians dead. Both attacks which happened […]
VOA Thousands of protesters mobilized by Ethiopian and Eritrean diaspora groups marched in Washington and several Canadian cities this week, condemning suggestions by U.S. officials that the Ethiopian government carried out atrocities in the Tigray region. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda […]
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat met with Ato Demeke Mekonnen, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia today, 11 March 202, to discuss the modalities of engagement of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) in the […]
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (ADB) has approved a grant of $2.33 million to EthSwitch Share Company, an initiative led by National Bank of Ethiopia, for the modernization of its payments infrastructure. The grant is resourced from the special fund of the Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (ADFI), a pan African […]
National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) announced on Wednesday the official conclusion of candidates’ registration for 2021 national polls after extending its deadline several times. The late opening of office for registration, transport problem and other related challenges forced the board to postpone the deadline. In a statement Wednesday, the […]