Ethiopia

Official Name: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Capital: Addis Ababa

Area: 1,104,300 km2

Official language: Amharic

Currency: Ethiopian birr

Dialing code: 251 | Calling code: +251

Geography

Region: Horn of Africa / East Africa

Border Countries:

Djibouti 337 km
Eritrea 912 km
Kenya 830 km
Somalia 1,626 km
South Sudan 883 km
Sudan 723 km

Borders:

Government

Ruling Party: Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF)

President: Girma Wolde-Giorgis
Prime Minister: Hailemariam Desalegn
Foreign Affairs minister: Tedros Adhanom

Military: Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF)

Minister of Defense: Siraj Fagesa
Chief-of-Staff: General Samora Yenus

Official Names:

1974-1987 | Derg (Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia),
1987-1991 | People’s Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
1991-1995 | Ethiopia (Ityop’iya)
1995-to date. | Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Ityop’iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik)

Presidents 1991 onwards:

1991-1995 | Meles Zenawi, Interim President (TPLF/EPRDF)
1995-2001 | Negasso Gidada, President (OPDO)
1991-to date | Girma Wolde-Giorgis (EPRDF)

Prime Ministers 1995 onwards:

1995-2012 | Meles Zenawi (TPLF/EPRDF) d. 20 August 2012
2012-to date Hailemariam Desalegn, Acting Prime Minister (SEPDM/EPRDF)

Links

Ethiopia - Videos

Guardian | Ethiopia’s prime minister Meles Zenawi dies after illness – video

Ethiopian government spokesman Bereket Simon announces the death of prime minister Meles Zenawi in Addis Ababa, and declares a period of national mourning. Meles had been receiving treatment abroad when he died. His body will be flown back to Ethiopia. Deputy prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn will take over the running of government

Al Jazeera English | Talk to Jazeera - Meles Zenawi | 22 Nov 2007

Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Adow talks to the Ethiopian prime minister about his country’s role in Somalia and asks him whether his country is, as the UN claims, on the verge of war with Eritrea.

Al Jazeera English | Talk to Jazeera - Meles Zenawi Part 1 & 2 | 18 March 2007

Al Jazeera English’s Andrew Simmons talks to Meles Zenawi, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia - on Ethiopia’s controversial deployment in Somalia and human rights in the African nation.

Ethiopia’s opposition leaders implicated in Oromia violence
Tuesday 1 March 2016
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle February 28, 2016 (ADDIS ABABA) – An Ethiopian minister has accused leaders of a popular opposition party of having allegedly played a role in instigating the recent unrest that rocked the Horn of African nation. (...)
Eastern Africa to build submarine cable system
Saturday 3 September 2005
Sept 3, 2005 (Dar es Salaam) — The construction of a planned submarine optical fiber cable to link southern and northern Africa via the Indian Ocean coast will start next year at a cost of 230 million US dollars. The figure was (...)
UN plans to disband Eritrea-Ethiopia peacekeeping force
Wednesday 30 July 2008
July 29, 2008 (UNITED NATIONS) — The U.N. Security Council is planning to disband its peacekeeping mission to the volatile border between Eritrea and Ethiopia after Eritrea forced out most of the U.N. troops, diplomats said Tuesday. (...)
Ethiopia reaffirms full support to peace in Sudan
Sunday 4 October 2009
By Tesfa-alem tekle October 3, 2009 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi once again reassures his government’s full commitment to extend support to ensure lasting peace and security in Sudan. The premier’s latest (...)
Ethiopia: Remembering the forgotten victims
Thursday 7 December 2006
What do we Ethiopians know about the Sources that Led to the Abrupt Resignation of Aklilu Habte-Wold’s Cabinet? * By Maru Gubena Dec 7, 2006 — As shown by the historical records of the past three decades, the people’s power has not been (...)
South Sudan backs Ethiopia’s Nile dam
Saturday 15 June 2013
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle June 14, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – The Governments of South Sudan has voiced support to a Ethiopia’s controversial Nile Dam project which the country is building along the Nile river, while Addis Ababa minimised Egyptian (...)
605 Kenyan soldiers for Ethiopia-Eritrea border
Tuesday 9 March 2004
NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 09, 2004 (PANA) — President Mwai Kibaki Tuesday pledged Kenya’s preparedness to participate in peacekeeping missions in neighbouring countries to ensure regional peace and stability. "We cannot enjoy the fruits of (...)
Ethiopia to re-registr 27,000 voters due to irregularities
Monday 2 May 2005
By ANTHONY MITCHELL ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 2, 2005 (AP) — As many as 27,000 Ethiopian voters have to be re-registered in areas where minors were registered to vote and others were issued more than one voter’s card, the National (...)
Ethiopia’s Zenawi will back in office very soon, minister
Monday 13 August 2012
August 12, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s health is in good condition, improving fast and he will resume his official duties very soon, a top government official said Sunday. Communication minister, (...)
UN unfazed by troop movements along Ethiopian-Eritrean border
Friday 14 January 2005
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 14 (AFP) — The United Nations does not believe that recent Ethiopian troop movements along the border with Eritrea indicate a build-up of Addis Ababa’s forces for a new war with its neighbor. The commander of the United (...)

Pages : previous page | 1 | ... | 409 | 410 | 411 | 412 | 413 | 414 | 415 | 416 | 417 | 418 | next page

The following ads are provided by Google. SudanTribune has no authority on it.

Sudan Tribune

Promote your Page too

Latest Comments & Analysis

The 6th Celebration of Zero Discrimination Day: Ending Inequalities! 2021-03-01 18:04:51 By: Bol Khan The 1st of March is a Zero Discrimination Day. It's a Day that holds a celebration aiming to end discrimination and inequalities against all vulnerable and minority groups. In (...)

Horrific attacks on Darfur camps show need for UNAMID peacekeepers 2021-02-27 19:21:51 By Ahmed Elzobier The cycle of deadly violence in Darfur is still ongoing. It returned on 16 January 2021 with the horrific attacks on the Krinding camps in El Geneina, the capital of West (...)

Toward viable future for South Sudan 2021-02-23 06:27:19 A critique of ICG’s Africa Report No. 300, 10 February 2021 Dr Lam Akol The International Crisis Group (ICG) issued its Africa Report No.300 on 10 February 2021. The report attempts to address (...)

MORE

Latest Press Releases

Sudan: Performing arts is not a crime, assaulting women and artists is! 2020-09-20 08:54:28 The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) Sudan is still struggling with militant Islamist ideology KHARTOUM: Central Khartoum Primary Court issued a verdict against five (...)

Civil Society Statement in Response to The Law of Various Amendments 2020-08-14 07:11:00 A Collaborative Civil Society Statement in Response to The Law of Various Amendments (Abolishing and Amending Provisions Restricting Freedom) – Exposing ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing’ Sudanese women (...)

Remarks by SRF leaders at the Friend of Sudan meeting on peace 2020-08-13 07:58:58 Chairman of the Friends of Sudan Conference, Your Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, The Prime Minister of Sudan and the participating team from the (...)

MORE