CONTRIBUTED BY: EUELL A. NIELSEN Emperor Menelik II was one of Ethiopia’s greatest leaders, ruling as King and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to 1913. He was born Sahle Miriam on August 17, 1884, in Ankober, Shewa, Ethiopia. His mother, Woizero Ejigayehu Lemma Adyamo, was a palace servant, and his father was Prince Haile-Melekot, Son of […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, September 3, 2020 News reports that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has approved a plan to stop $100 million in U.S. foreign aid to Ethiopia, because of the country’s ongoing dispute with Egypt and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD), finally confirmed what we all knew from the
Mekonnen Firew Ayano Anti-democratic attitudes in America helped to scrub our election, while US-Nile geopolitics could become a powder keg When US presidents comment on events in other countries, their remarks have impact. When, for example, President Barack Obama congratulated the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) on an apparent landslide election victory in 2015,
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) – Ethiopia´s government says it is “thankful” to Saudi Arabia for accepting Ethiopian migrants entering the country, but it is barely commenting on the squalid conditions they face in some Saudi detention centers, after a media report showed migrants crowded in bare rooms pleading for assistance. The statement Thursday is Ethiopia´s
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By Jazmin Goodwin, CNN Business New York (CNN Business)MacKenzie Scott — philanthropist, author and ex-wife of Amazon (AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos — is now the wealthiest woman in the world. Scott’s net worth is now $68 billion, propelling her past L’Oréal heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaire index. Scott received a quarter of
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FDRE Ministry of Finance September 2, 2020 The World Bank has reaffirmed its commitment to support the Government of Ethiopia’s reform programs, and it’s financing. In a statement issued on September 2nd 2020, the Bank stated that it will continue its partnership with the Government of Ethiopia and fully support the country’s economic reform program.
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Press release For immediate release: Thursday, 3 September 2020 UNOPS and Partners to help deliver EU’s €60 million COVID-19 response project in Africa’s IGAD region. Six implementing partners will work together to support eight African nations mitigate the impacts of COVID-19. ● The European Union’s (EU) €60 million COVID-19 response project in the Intergovernmental Authority
(AP) On the guidance of President Donald Trump, the State Department said Wednesday the US is suspending some aid to Ethiopia over the “lack of progress” in the country’s talks with Egypt and Sudan over a massive, disputed dam project it is completing on the Nile River. It was an unusual example of Trump’s direct intervention
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