The Ethiopian Ministry of Health in collaboration with relevant organizations is working to promote the coverage of health centers in the country. As such the total number of health care centers in Ethiopia has reached more than 3,200 from just 700 in the past seven years. The Ministry has also been engaged in the construction […]

Djibouti said on Monday that it was constructing two new ports – both on the lake of Goubet and the Gulf of Tadjura – with total investments of $125.7 million. It said the two ports would be used in exporting its salt and Ethiopian potash to other countries, expressing hopes that the two new ports […]

African perspectives must be considered whenever the continent’s issues are discussed at the United Nations Security Council, the AU said today. AU Chairperson, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini- Zuma, raised the issue today during a meeting with the Spanish State Minister of Foreign, Ignacio Ybanez, at the AU Headquarters here in Addis Ababa. The Spanish State Minister […]

58 political parties out of the Board recognized 75 parties have submitted their logos to the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia within the stated deadline. Deputy Head of the Board Wondimu Golla told fanabc.com that deadline for the submission of election campaign logos ended yesterday. In the past the Board gave parties to submit their […]

Kenya and Ethiopia have signed an agreement that aims at creating opportunities for communities at the border, President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Wednesday. This will create stability and security, he said. Speaking when bidding farewell to the Ethiopian Ambassador to Kenya Ato Shemsedin Ahmed, he assured the envoy that his Government is determined to implement […]

Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete Haile Gebrselassie’s interview with Daily Mail on August 29th, 2014 issue was thought provoking. Haile has spoken about his heroes, classic comedy shows, Diego Maradona and his lucky pants. The interview…   1. Who is your sporting hero? Miruts Yifter. He was a fellow Ethiopian and he won […]

Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete Haile Gebrselassie talks about his heroes, classic comedy shows and Diego Maradona ahead of the Great North Run on Sunday Who is your sporting hero? Miruts Yifter. He was a fellow Ethiopian and he won the 5,000m and 10,000m at the Moscow Olympics. I started to get into […]

JOHANNESBURG – Police have confirmed they are investigating a case of murder after an Ethiopian man was stoned to death in Mayfair, south of Johannesburg. It’s believed community members in the suburb accused the man and his three friends of robbing a business and started looking for him. When they found him on Saturday, they […]

The Mediterranean crossing from African to Europe was described as “the most lethal route in the world” by the UN agency for refugees on Wednesday, after it announced a record 3,419 migrants had lost their lives this year crossing the sea on rickety boats. News of the grim 2014 death toll comes as the Italian […]

Ethiopian official has denied claims that a multibillion dollar deal is facing financial problems and has said that the project will not encounter any such problems until its finalised. An Ethiopian official on Wednesday denied claims that a multibillion-dollar hydroelectric dam currently being constructed on the Nile River was facing financial problems. “The project has […]

Kenya will sell 30 megawatts (MW) of electricity to Rwanda in 2015 to cater for the smaller nation’s growing demand for power, Kenya Power said in a statement. Rwanda has a power output capacity of 160 MW that is level with the demand, piling pressure for alternative sources. The power will be transmitted through a […]

Human Rights Watch said it is reviewing the 528-page redacted summary of the US Senate report about the Central Intelligence Agency’s detention and interrogation program. The Senate Intelligence Committee released the summary on December 9, 2014, but the much longer report remains classified. “The Senate report summary should forever put to rest CIA denials that […]

The Committee to Protect Journalists said it will release its annual census of imprisoned journalists on December 17, 2014. “CPJ’s census is a comprehensive catalog of journalists worldwide who were in prison as of midnight on December 1, 2014. The numbers are divided by charge, region, and medium of work. The list does not include […]