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President pays condolence visit to Burundian Embassy
Addis Ababa, June 12, 2020 (FBC) -President Sahle-Work Zewde visited the Embassy of Burundi in Addis Ababa to pay her respects to the late President Pierre Nkurunziza, who died last Monday.…
Ethiopia consults stakeholders to assist nationals abroad
Addis Ababa, June 12, 2020 (FBC) - The Ministry of the Foreign Affairs of today consulted with stakeholders on ways to assist Ethiopian citizens who are living abroad and challenged by the…
Sweden provides 116m birr for urban productive safety net beneficiaries in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, June 12, 2020 (FBC) – The Government of Sweden, through UNICEF, has provided 116 million birr support for urban productive safety net beneficiaries in Ethiopia.
The fund will…
Silte zone to get over 1 bn birr dam, irrigation dev’t project
Addis Ababa, June 12, 2020 (FBC) –An agreement has been signed for the construction of Kalid Dijo dam and irrigation development project in Silte zone, SNNP regional state , at a cost of…
Ethiopia reports record 245 new cases, seven deaths in 24 hours
Addis Ababa, June 12, 2020 (FBC) –Ethiopia reported record 245 new cases of the coronavirus in the past one day, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 2,915.
The new cases were…
Some 11 Ethiopians win 1000 Entrepreneurs Challenge
Addis Ababa, June 12, 2020 (FBC) - The General Secretariat of the Africa France 2020 Summit, Digital Africa and the members of the jury of the Challenge of the 1000 Entrepreneurs announced…
Ethiopia begins sugar stocking to avoid supply shortages
Addis Ababa, June 12, 2020 (FBC) – The Ethiopian Sugar Corporation has begun stocking 3.1 million quintals to meet demands for sugar this rainy season.
Weyo Roba, CEO of the Corporation,…
Sudan forwards letter to Security Council over GERD for two reasons: FM
Addis Ababa, June 12, 2020 (FBC) –Sudanese Minister for Foreign Affairs, Assma Mohammad, spoke about the letter that his country had submitted to the UN Security Council regarding GERD.…
Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt adopt TOR for observers
Addis Ababa, June 12, 2020 (FBC) - The tripartite negotiation between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt on the guidelines and rules for the first filling and annual operation for the GERD continued…
Ethiopia calls for more investment from South Korea
Addis Ababa, June 12, 2020 (FBC) – Ethiopia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Gedu Andargachew, held phone talks with his South Korean counterpart, Kang Kyung-wha.
The two exchanged view on…