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International Labour Organization

Adama, Ethiopia (ILO News) – The International Labour Organization (ILO), through its Global Skills Programme (GSP), has delivered core skills training in collaboration with Ethiopia’s Education and Training Authority (ETA), strengthening the...

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(MENAFN) Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali pressed the world’s biggest emitters on Wednesday to commit to steeper emissions cuts, and vowed that his country will put early intervention and faster climate financing at the center of next...

World Trade Organization

The high-level delegation of Ethiopia, led by Minister Yasmin, consisted of senior government officials based in Geneva and Addis Ababa, including five members of the National Steering Committee on WTO Accession.

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(MENAFN) Ethiopian authorities have instructed six Sudanese diplomatic and consular representatives to leave the country within 48 hours while ordering the closure of Sudan's consulate in Assosa, western Ethiopia, according to media reports citing...

UN Human Settlements Program

Antalya, Türkiye, 12 November 2026 - World leaders meeting at the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) today agreed that one of the most effective ways to protect people from climate change is through better housing, stronger...

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(MENAFN) Ethiopia has taken delivery of 12 advanced Russian-made Su-35 fighter jets and intends to buy four S-400 air defense systems, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced Wednesday.

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(MENAFN) Ethiopia has taken delivery of twelve Russian-made Su-35 fighter aircraft and intends to purchase four S-400 air defense systems, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced Wednesday.

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(MENAFN) World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday expressed alarm over reported attacks on civilians in Ethiopia's Amhara and Tigray regions, describing the incidents as "deeply disturbing." Tedros said...

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(MENAFN) Sudan said late Sunday that it has lodged formal complaints against Ethiopia with the UN Security Council and the African Union’s Peace and Security Council, blaming drone attacks it says were launched from Ethiopian soil.

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(MENAFN) Deadly ethnic violence across the Ethiopian border has driven close to 15,000 people into Kenya, overwhelming local resources and choking cross-border trade, prompting Kenyan legislators to demand that President William Ruto open...

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(MENAFN) World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus condemned a surge of attacks on civilians in Ethiopia’s Amhara and Tigray regions on Monday, calling the violence “deeply disturbing.” In a post on X, Tedros said children,...

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(MENAFN) Sudan announced late Sunday that it had lodged formal complaints with the UN Security Council and the African Union's Peace and Security Council against Ethiopia over alleged drone strikes launched from its territory.

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(MENAFN) At least 12 civilians were killed and several others wounded in a drone attack in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region on Friday as they gathered grain scattered along a road, local officials and hospital sources confirmed on Saturday.

Office of the California Governor

Laying the groundwork for COP32 in Africa Governor Newsom congratulated Ethiopia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and COP32 President-designate, Dr. Gedion Timothewos, on hosting next year’s conference in Addis Ababa, the first COP in sub-Saharan...

Office of the California Governor

Laying the groundwork for COP32 in Africa Governor Newsom congratulated Ethiopia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and COP32 President-designate, Dr. Gedion Timothewos, on hosting next year’s conference in Addis Ababa, the first COP in sub-Saharan...

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(MENAFN) More than 2,000 people have fled deadly ethnic clashes in southern Ethiopia for neighboring Kenya, officials said Friday, as reports put the death toll at no fewer than nine and violence showed no sign of ending.

International Labour Organization

ABIDJAN (ILO News) – Rising temperatures and workplace heat stress are already affecting workers, productivity and economies in Ethiopia, Ghana and Senegal, according to new studies by the International Labour Organization (ILO). The findings show...

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(MENAFN) Sudan has accused Ethiopia of letting its territory serve as a staging ground for drones used in recent strikes on Sudanese soil.

International Committee of the Red Cross

For many families still struggling with the consequences of previous hostilities, the renewed escalation has added to existing hardship.

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(MENAFN) Kenyan legislators have urged President William Ruto to pursue diplomatic action to contain escalating ethnic violence in neighboring Ethiopia, as deadly clashes near the shared border have driven nearly 15,000 people into Kenya, placing...