Parties weigh on contentious issues ahead of election

Ethiopia is poised to hold a general election by May 2020. Opening a joint session of the two houses earlier in October, President Sahle-Work Zewde signaled government’s commitments towards democratic and peaceful... Read more »

First phase of Park mirroring Ethiopia’s ecosystems Nearing completion

ADDIS ABABA – The expansion works with an outlay of nearly 164 million Birr at Peacock Park in Addis Ababa is said to have represented the five ecosystem of the country, Addis... Read more »

Bank to install 400 cash deposit machines

ADDIS ABABA -The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) announced it will soon install four-hundred deposit-enabled Automated Teller Machines (ATM) in major places across the country. The bank is endeavoring to make the... Read more »

Lebanon Consulate to repatriate 247 citizens

ADDIS ABABA – Around 247 undocumented citizens who lived as domestic workers in Lebanon for years will return home soon, pertinent source told The Ethiopian Herald on the condition of anonymity. The... Read more »

Bill ready to green light Ethio-Djibouti gas pipeline

ADDIS ABABA– The Ethiopia-Djibouti natural gas pipeline installation agreement which helps Addis Ababa to export its natural resource to the international market is awaiting parliamentary green light as the construction progress. Ethiopia... Read more »

Ethiopia: Refugees’ safe haven

Though the Horn of Africa is one of the most complex and conflict-ridden regions in the world where countries suffer from protracted political strife arising from local and national grievance, identity politics... Read more »

Small tree threatening the very community it was supposed to help

As one goes deeper and deeper into the Awash Basin and the Afar state of Ethiopia, it becomes clear to spot small tree coming out on the tip of the environment only... Read more »

Gov’t pledges unwavering support to Saudi companies

ADDIS ABABA- The Government of Ethiopia will extend the necessary support for Saudi companies that want to invest in the country, Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary for Economic Affairs Dawano Kedir said. Opening... Read more »

Agency falls short in meeting job creation target

ADDIS ABABA– Urban Job Creation and Food Security Agency (UJCFSA) has fallen short in metting job creation target for the first quarter of the budget year. UJCFSA has planned to create nearly... Read more »

IOM stress on social cohesion

ADDIS ABABA – As the International Migration Day is celebrated globally, the International Organization of Migrants (IOM) has stressed on the importance of social cohesion, in recognition not just of migrants, but... Read more »