January 2020

Addis Ababa, January 31, 2020 (FBC) -Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) traded 338,253 tonnes of commodities worth 17.52 billion birr (appro $545mn) in the first six months of this Ethiopian…

Addis Ababa, January 31, 2020 (FBC) -President Sahle-Work Zewde met with Korea Forest Service Minister Kim Jae-Hyun at the National Palace. The two discussed the strong and long-standing…

Addis Ababa, January 31, 2020 (FBC) –The Federal Supreme Court and the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) held discussion on ongoing preparations for the upcoming election. Meaza…

Addis Ababa, January 31, 2020 (FBC) –The meeting of Foreign Ministers of Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has continued for the 4th day in a row.…

Addis Ababa, January 31, 2020 (FBC) –The Government is set to repatriates about 2,281 voluntary Ethiopian nationals who have spent from 3-40 years in Kenya’s Kakuma and Dadaab refugee camps.…

Addis Ababa, January 31, 2020 (FBC) – Ethiopia bagged seven medals at the first ever Special Olympics Pan African Games. Ethiopia earned two gold, one silver and four bronze medals in the…

Addis Ababa, January 31, 2020 (FBC) – A Korean delegation from the National Institute for International Education (NIIED) is in an official visit to Ethiopia. Kang Ki-young Sug, head of…

Addis Ababa, January 31, 2020 (FBC) -China will soon launch the construction of Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said the country’s envoy. The construction of the…

Addis Ababa, January 31, 2020 (FBC) - The new coronavirus has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO), as the outbreak continues to spread outside China.…

Addis Ababa, January 30, 2020 (FBC) –Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopian) said it has not suspended flights to China following an outbreak of the coronavirus. Ethiopian Group CEO, Tewolde…