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An Electric Transformer Factory is to Begin Work

A factory that can manufacture more than 10 000 transformers a year to begin operation at the end of this Ethiopian year. This new factory under METEC is expected to save foreign exchange by...
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to Visit Ethiopia

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is to have a three days official visit to Ethiopia starting from May 4, 2014. On his stay, the Premier will visit projects that are being undertaken by the Chinese...
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No Malaria Epidemics in the past five to six years: Ministry of Health

World Health Organization (WHO) announced that though the malaria epidemic has subsided across the globe recently, every year some 200 million individuals are infected. As the report released by...
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Suit filed after bus driver calls Ethiopian 11-year-old ‘monkey

"Not even a lawmaker would imagine that a young girl would be so humiliated by a bus driver on a school field trip only because of the color of her skin and ethnic background," the complaint...
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Egypt can get electricity from Ethiopia with dam completion: Ethiopian minister

The Renaissance Dam has been a source of concern for the Egyptian government since images of the project's construction stirred public anxiety about its possible effects on Egypt's share of Nile...
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Ato Kassim Fitie Walks Free

Federal High Court’s First Criminal Bench found Ato Kassim Fite, Former Head of the Addis Ababa Land Development and Administration office, not guilty of his corruption charges. Gebreyes Kidane,...
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Gambella is Celebrating its centenary

Gambella city is celebrating its centenary. Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn who is the guest of honor of the celebration said that though the city is advancing in various aspects to affirm...
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A Postgraduate Program in footwear engineering

A postgraduate program in footwear engineering which is helpful for the footwear manufacturing industries of the country is to be started next year in the country. It is the Addis Ababa...
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Ethiopian Commodity Exchange: To Assure Pure Monopoly?

It has been over six years since the ECX missed its target and moved towards a monopoly-like market structure. The first commodity exchange was established in the country in April 2008, with a...
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Ethiopia beat the Seychelles 3-0

Ethiopia Under 20 To Play South Africa In African Youth Championship Qualifier Team Ethiopia beat the Seychelles 3-0 on Sunday, 5-0 on aggregate, in the first round of qualifying, to set-up this...
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115 African migrants arrested while attempting to cross into Yemen

Coastguard and military units on Saturday arrested 115 migrants and refugees traveling in two boats. The detained are from Somalia and Ethiopia. Shuja Mahdi, the operations director of the...
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Human Rights Watch Asked for Immediate Release of the Jailed Bloggers and Journalists

The Ethiopian authorities should immediately release six bloggers and three journalists arrested on April 25 and 26, 2014, unless credible charges are promptly brought, Human Rights Watch said...