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Global Business Leader and Community Advocate Robert Shumake Launches Home for the Holiday Bond Initiative
DETROIT, MI, UNITED STATES, November 11, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Global business leader and community advocate Robert Shumake has recently announced his latest project: the Home for the Holiday Bond Initiative. The initiative will help...

Africa: Remarks at Embassy Addis Ababa and the U.S. Mission to the African Union
AMBASSADOR HASLACH: Salam’no. I’d like to welcome you all today. Thanks for coming in. We’d like to welcome Secretary Kerry back to our Embassy here. Secretary, about a week ago we had an awards ceremony here for all of our employees and that we...

Over 2,100 Ethiopian Migrants return home from Yemen with Organization for Migration (IOM) support
Download logo Yesterday (20/06), a flight chartered by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) with 96 migrants on board took off from Yemen, headed for Ethiopia. This movement was the 18th flight from Aden to Addis Ababa under IOM’s...

Former World Council of Churches (WCC) executive finds joy working for peace in Ethiopia
Nigussu Legesse shared in the joy a year ago when the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church declared an end to a 27-year-old schism that had torn it apart. That rapprochement set in motion a series of events that are taking him back to his homeland....

Tourism Spend Global Analytics and Forecast to 2020: Accommodation,Foodservice, Retail, Transportation
The comprehensive statistics within the report provides insight into the operating environment of the market and also ensures right business decision making. PUNE, INDIA, November 7, 2016 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Sample Report@...

Africa Business Travel & Transport Transformation Market 2017-2019 & 2022 Featuring Air China, ArikAir, EgyptAir, Ethiopian Airlines, Kenya Airways, and Radisson
Dublin, June 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Africa Business Travel & Transport Transformation Market 2017-2019 & 2022" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Africa's economic growth continues to extend across the...

Ethiopia's Next Great National Task
Tom Malinowski, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. The United States and Ethiopia have years of strong partnership, based on a recognition that we need each other. Ethiopia is a major contributor to peace and...

Ethiopia: More than 150 Dead after Security Forces Fire into Crowd
In response to actions by Ethiopian security forces leading to the death of more than 150 people attending the Irreecha religious and cultural celebration in the Bishoftu town in Ethiopia's Oromia region on October 2, Freedom House issued the...

African Union (AU) Technical Committee on Transport, Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism meeting
Download logo The Second Ordinary Session of the African Union Specialized Technical Committee on Transport, Transcontinental Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism (STC-TTIET) took place this week from April 14-18, in Cairo. The meeting was organized...

Qatar's Ambassador to Ethiopia: Abiy Ahmed's Visit to Doha Enhances Stability in the Horn of Africa
Download logo HE Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Hamad bin Mohammed Al Dosari, underlined that the official visit of HE Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali to Doha on Tuesday comes in the...

Ireland’s Taoiseach Leo Varadkar visits Ethiopia
Download logo Leo Varadkar, Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland arrived in Ethiopia for a working visit on Tuesday (January 8). During his visit, Mr Leo Varadkar held talks with Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed on bilateral, regional and...

A Week in the Horn: Ethiopia - Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed met with some 60 Ethiopian Ambassadors and Diplomats
Download logo Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed met with some 60 Ethiopian Ambassadors and diplomats on Monday (January 14) to discuss the country’s ongoing reforms, the challenges and prospects of contemporary international relations and diplomacy and...

Finnish Foreign Minister Haavisto to travel to Sudan and the region on behalf of the EU
Download logo Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Pekka Haavisto will visit Sudan and several countries of the Red Sea and broader region over the course of the next weeks to discuss the situation in Sudan. He has received a mandate from High...

UN family mourns the victims of Sunday’s Ethiopian Airlines Crash
Download logo The UN family has received the news of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed at 8:44 this morning with profound shock and dismay. The Boeing 737-800 crashed in Bishoftu, shortly after take off from Bole International Airport. “As...

USAID Deputy Administrator Bonnie Glick's Visit To Kenya, Rwanda, and Ethiopia
Download logo In Kenya, the Deputy Administrator met with Henry K. Rotich, Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury, to discuss strengthening the partnership between our countries, with a particular focus on increasing trade. Deputy...

Vicon and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Help CURE International Create Ethiopia’s First Gait Lab
Oxford, UK, April 26, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For more than 20 years, CURE International has helped bring medical treatment to children in developing nations where modern medical technology may not be readily available. In an effort to help the...

Committee on the elimination of Discrimination against Women considers Ethiopia’s Report
Download logo The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the eighth periodic report of Ethiopia on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Hilary...

Ethiopian Airlines to Increase Bombardier Q400 Turboprop Fleet with a Follow-on Order for Two Aircraft
TORONTO, ONTARIO and ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA -- (Marketwired) -- 12/29/15 -- Bombardier Commercial Aircraft and Addis Ababa-based Ethiopian Airlines Enterprise (Ethiopian Airlines) announced today that they have signed a firm purchase agreement for...

Ivanka Trump is travelling to Cote d'Ivoire this month to promote her global women's economic empowerment initiative
Ivanka Trump is travelling to Ethiopia and Cote d’Ivoire his month to promote her global women's economic empowerment initiative. The Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative, which was announced by the the Trump administration in...

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Deputy Administrator Bonnie Glick Travels to East Africa
Download logo U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Deputy Administrator Bonnie Glick will travel to Kenya, Rwanda, and Ethiopia April 2-13. In Kenya, the Deputy Administrator will meet with implementing partners and government...