An Al-Shabaab suicide attack on a Mogadishu hotel (Mar 30, 2015)
The Maka Al-Mukarramah Hotel in Mogadishu was targeted by an Al-Shabaab terrorist suicide attack on Friday (March 27). More
The Maka Al-Mukarramah Hotel in Mogadishu was targeted by an Al-Shabaab terrorist suicide attack on Friday (March 27). More
The Peace and Security Council of the African Union met to consider South Sudan on Tuesday last week. The Council was briefed on the situation and the status of the peace process in that country by the Chair of the IGAD Mediation Team and heard statements by the representatives of South Sudan and Ethiopia, the Chair of IGAD. More
Foreign Minister Dr Tedros Adhanom opened on Monday (March 30) a Scholars’ consultation Symposium in Addis Ababa. The Symposium aimed at discussing on the progress of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). More
The 18th COMESA Summit at the level of Heads of State and Government opened today (March 30) at the AU Head Quarters in Addis Ababa under the theme: “Inclusive and Sustainable Industrialization”. More
The 3rd General Assembly Meeting of IGAD’s Drought Disaster Resilience and Sustainability Initiative (IDDRISI) convened in Addis Ababa on Friday (March 27). IDDRISI brings together Ministers of Agriculture or other relevant ministries from IGAD member states and representatives of Development Partners, International NGOs, Civil Society, non-state actors and private sector representatives. More
Ambassador Berhane Gebre-Christos, State Minister for Foreign Affairs, welcomes Ms. Ulrika Modeer, State Secretary for Development Cooperation of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Sweden in his offices (March 26). More
Foreign Minister Dr. Tedros Adhanom met with Stephen Hayes, the President and CEO of the US Corporate Council on Africa on Thursday (March 26) to discuss the upcoming US-Africa Business Summit. More
State Minister Ambassador Berhane Gebre-Christos met with a Polish delegation led by Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Poland, Elzbieta Radziszeweska, on Tuesday (March 24). More
Following a UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday (March 24), the Council issued a Presidential Statement underlining the seriousness and urgency of the situation in South Sudan and calling on all parties to issue clear orders prohibiting all violations of international humanitarian law and human rights abuses without further delay. More
The Women in Parliaments’ Global Forum (WIP) Summit 2015 was held in Addis Ababa, Monday to Wednesday this week March 23-25) under the theme “New Leadership for Global Challenges”. More