Addis Ababa, September 27, 2026 (FMC) — Ethiopia’s health transformation is increasingly extending beyond the traditional measure of hospitals built or medicines supplied.

It is becoming a broader story of health capability: producing more at home, expanding access and specialised care, digitising services, strengthening science and regulation, and building the capacity to respond to emergencies—while assuming a more visible role in shaping Africa’s health future.

The breadth of that transformation is reflected in recent health indicators. According to Health Minister Dr. Mekdes Daba, maternal mortality has fallen to 141 per 100,000 live births, under-five mortality to 51 per 1,000, while national primary healthcare coverage has risen to 86.3 percent.

Addis Ababa, September 25, 2026 (FMC) — Ethiopia and the United Nations have underscored the importance of closer coordination and engagement to advance peace and stability in the Horn of Africa, during a meeting on the margins of the 81st United Nations General Assembly.

Minister Adviser for East African Affairs Getachew Reda held talks with UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix, focusing on strengthening coordination and engagement in support of peace and stability across the Horn.

The discussion highlighted the importance of sustained cooperation between Ethiopia and the United Nations as regional actors work to advance peace and stability in the Horn of Africa.

Addis Ababa, September 25, 2026 (FMC) — A pipeline can be measured in kilometres. Its significance can be measured in something far greater: the markets it connects, the industries it enables and the economic space it helps create.

The Ethiopia-Djibouti petroleum products pipeline is one more piece in an emerging infrastructure architecture that is quietly reshaping the economic geography of the Horn of Africa. Its 120 kilometres are not simply another route for moving fuel; they form part of a growing network in which ports, railways, highways, logistics centres, storage facilities and energy systems increasingly operate as one connected economic corridor.

Addis Ababa, September 24, 2026 (FMC) — As Meskerem unfolds across Ethiopia, the country enters one of its most vibrant stretches of the year — a season when a new year begins amid fresh blooms, ancient traditions, colorful celebrations and a calendar rich with occasions that invite the world to experience Ethiopia from within.

For international visitors, Meskerem is more than the first month of the Ethiopian calendar.

It is a passage into a country where history and living culture meet in streets, squares, villages and sacred spaces; where celebrations carry memories across generations; and where hospitality remains an essential part of the Ethiopian experience.

Addis Ababa, September 24, 2026 (FMC) — Djibouti President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh has framed the launch of a major Ethiopia-Djibouti petroleum infrastructure project as a concrete step toward African energy sovereignty, regional integration and greater reliance on African capital, infrastructure and expertise.

Speaking at the project announcement ceremony attended by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and President and Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Industries Group Aliko Dangote, President Guelleh said the initiative reflects the shared determination of Ethiopia and Djibouti to turn their complementarities into concrete projects that advance regional integration.

Addis Ababa, September 24, 2026 (FMC) — President and Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Group Aliko Dangote has foreseen Ethiopia’s transition from dependence on imported industrial inputs toward greater self-reliance and export capacity, signaling continued interest in expanding the group’s investment footprint in the country.

Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Ethiopia-Djibouti petroleum products infrastructure project, Dangote singled out Ethiopia as one of the countries where Dangote Group is putting substantial investment, citing the country’s economic importance and expanding demand across energy, transport, logistics, construction and industry.

Addis Ababa, September 24, 2026 (FMC) — Ethiopia and Djibouti have announced a major strategic investment to connect Damerjog in Djibouti with Dewele in Ethiopia through a new pipeline for refined petroleum products, backed by storage terminals at both ends.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed made the announcement alongside Djiboutian President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh and African business leader Aliko Dangote during his visit to Djibouti.

The project will be developed through a partnership between Ethiopian Investment Holdings (EIH) and the Dangote Group, placing African investment at the center of a major cross-border infrastructure initiative.

The new energy link is designed to reduce logistics costs and delays, strengthen energy security and . . . . 

Addis Ababa, September 24, 2026 (FMC) — President Taye Atske-Selassie has reaffirmed Ethiopia’s unwavering commitment to supporting regional and sub-regional efforts to bring durable and lasting peace to Sudan, stressing that a sustainable resolution must be Sudanese-led and Sudanese-owned.

Addressing the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York, President Taye said Ethiopia has consistently supported efforts by sub-regional and regional organizations to advance peace in Sudan.

“We firmly believe that a peaceful resolution can only be achieved through a Sudanese-led and Sudanese-owned peace process that reflects the true will and aspiration of the Sudanese people,” he said.

Addis Ababa, September 24, 2026 (FMC) — Ethiopia’s Prime Minister’s Advisor on East African Affairs Getachew Reda held talks with Comfort Ero, President and CEO of the International Crisis Group (ICG), on the margins of the High-Level Week of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

The two sides exchanged views on current national and regional peace and security issues, with particular focus on Ethiopia’s role in promoting peace and stability in the region.

Their discussion also addressed Ethiopia’s contribution to ongoing efforts to advance peace and stability in Sudan.

Addis Ababa, September 24, 2026 (FMC) — Prime Minister’s Advisor on East African Affairs Getachew Reda held talks with Norway’s Minister of International Development Cooperation Åsmund Aukrust on the margins of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

The discussions focused on peace and security issues in Sudan and the broader Horn of Africa region, with the two sides exchanging views on strengthening coordinated efforts to advance lasting peace in Sudan.

Addis Ababa, September 24, 2026 (FMC) — President Taye Atske-Selassie has renewed Ethiopia’s call for comprehensive reform of the United Nations Security Council, insisting that Africa must no longer be denied equal representation in global decision-making.

Addressing the 81st United Nations General Assembly, President Taye underscored that UN reform must be anchored in the principles of equality and justice, reflecting the realities of today’s world and the aspirations of its peoples.

He stressed that Africa has waited too long in the shadow of global decision-making, calling for immediate action to correct the longstanding imbalance in the international system.

Addis Ababa, September 24, 2026 (FMC) — Ethiopia’s new US$12.5 billion international airport project is being advanced as a major investment in connectivity, with the potential to strengthen the country’s role as a gateway for continental trade and support the deeper economic integration envisioned under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), President Taye Atske-Selassie said.

Addressing the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York, President Taye said Ethiopia has worked to promote cooperation and regional integration through infrastructure development, trade and people-to-people relations across Africa.

Addis Ababa, September 22, 2026 (FMC) — The transformation now unfolding across Ethiopia extends far beyond the computerization of public services or the adoption of artificial intelligence.

It is a wider reconfiguration of the state’s institutional, technological and human-capital foundations—connecting intelligence and information security, digital identity, public-service infrastructure, cybersecurity, AI research and domestic technological expertise.

In 2026, this national trajectory acquired a continental dimension with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s appointment by the African Union as Champion for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Health.

Addis Ababa, September 21, 2026 (FMC) — Across Africa, capitals are racing to accommodate growing populations, expanding economies and the demands of a new urban generation.

In Ethiopia, that challenge has become an opportunity to reimagine Addis Ababa itself—transforming the capital through a sweeping programme of corridors, public spaces, riversides, mobility infrastructure and new destinations that is giving one of Africa’s most recognizable cities a markedly different urban character.

The change is not confined to a skyline or a handful of landmark projects.

Addis Ababa, September 15, 2026 (FMC) — The next phase of the digital revolution will not be determined only by who uses artificial intelligence, but increasingly by who has the capacity to shape it.

That question was at the heart of Ethiopia’s intervention at the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, where Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed placed Africa’s technological future within the wider conversation on cooperation among emerging economies.

Ethiopia’s proposition was built around a simple premise: digital transformation should not leave Africa permanently positioned at the receiving end of technologies designed elsewhere.

Addis Ababa, September 15, 2026 (FMC) — For Ethiopia, the significance of its place in BRICS is not measured only by the opportunities the grouping can open for the country. It is also about what Ethiopia can bring to a partnership whose economic weight spans vast markets, capital, technology, energy and industrial capacity.

That proposition was visible in Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s intervention at the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, where Ethiopia’s economic transformation was presented not as an isolated national project, but as part of a wider opportunity to build productive partnerships across the Global South.

One of the clearest examples came from agriculture.

Addis Ababa, September 11, 2026 (FMC) — Chairperson of the African Union Commission Mahmoud Ali Youssouf has extended his warmest greetings and best wishes to the Government and people of Ethiopia as the country ushered in the Ethiopian New Year 2019.

Ethiopians across the country and communities abroad are marking Enkutatash, celebrated on Meskerem 1, the first day of the Ethiopian calendar year. This year, the New Year falls on September 11, bringing the country into 2019 amid family and community gatherings, shared meals, greetings and a range of cultural traditions that mark the occasion.

Addis Ababa, September 9, 2026 (FMC) — One year ago, the waters of the Abay stood beneath a moment that had taken Ethiopia more than a decade to build toward.

On September 9, 2025, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was inaugurated, transforming what had long been a monumental construction undertaking into an operating engine of power, development and continental possibility.

But a year after its inauguration, the significance of GERD reaches far beyond the concrete, turbines and reservoir that rise from the Benishangul-Gumuz region. Its first year is not simply an anniversary of a dam completed.

Addis Ababa, September 2, 2026 (FMC) — Kenya will continue deepening cooperation with Ethiopia in trade and investment, border security and people-to-people relations, President William Ruto said as he bid farewell to outgoing Ethiopian Ambassador General Bacha Debele Buta at State House in Nairobi.

Ruto said the bonds between the two countries, their governments and leadership have grown stronger over the past four years, reaffirming Kenya’s commitment to consolidating bilateral ties.

The meeting marked the conclusion of Bacha’s diplomatic tour of duty in Kenya. Ruto wished the outgoing ambassador success in his future endeavors.

Addis Ababa, August 31, 2026 (FMC) — The African Union Commission has welcomed the launch of an initiative to facilitate Sudanese-Sudanese dialogue inside Sudan, saying the process could help bridge divisions among Sudanese stakeholders and create conditions conducive to ending the armed conflict and restoring peace and stability.

In a statement issued Monday on the Sudanese-Sudanese dialogue initiative, the Commission said its leadership has, since the outbreak of the Sudanese crisis in April 2023, sought to bridge divisions among Sudanese stakeholders and foster a culture of dialogue aimed at building a shared national vision.

Addis Ababa, August 31, 2026 (FMC) — The International Day for People of African Descent is more than an annual observance. It is a reminder of a history that stretches across continents and generations—a history shaped by resistance to enslavement and colonial domination, struggles for dignity and equality, the assertion of African identity, and the enduring quest to connect the continent with its global diaspora.

Observed on August 31, the Day was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2020 to promote greater recognition and respect for the heritage, culture and contributions of people of African descent and to advance respect for their human rights and fundamental freedoms. Its date carries historical significance:

Addis Ababa, August 29, 2026 (FMC) — Ethiopia’s role in advancing peace and security in the Horn of Africa and across the continent is closely linked to Africa’s broader push for continental integration, an African Union official said.

Ambassador Salah S. Hammad, Head of the Governance Architecture and African Peace and Security Architecture (AGA-APSA) Secretariat at the African Union Commission, made the remarks in an interview with ENA.

Hammad said Addis Ababa has evolved beyond being the political capital of Ethiopia to becoming a continental political hub due to the presence of the African Union Commission.

Addis Ababa, August 28, 2026 (FMC) — Thirteen African countries have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cross-border cooperation on disease prevention, health information sharing and the joint provision of medical supplies, marking a major step toward improving outbreak preparedness across the continent.

Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Angola and Tanzania are among the countries that signed the agreement, announced during the 76th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa (RC76).

Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) Director General Mesay Hailu and World Bank Senior Health Specialist Tseganeh Amsalu highlighted Ethiopia’s progress in strengthening its health security system and . . . .

Addis Ababa, August 25, 2026 (FMC) — African health leaders have praised Ethiopia’s progress in healthcare and called for stronger continental cooperation to expand access to treatment, strengthen self-reliance and build more resilient health systems across Africa.

In interviews on the sidelines of the 76th Session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa in Addis Ababa, Dr. Danny Mutembe, Vice Chair of the Rwanda Healthcare Federation, said Ethiopia is demonstrating a strong commitment to improving healthcare through cooperation between the government and private sector.

Addis Ababa, August 25, 2026 (FMC) — Africa has an opportunity to reduce its dependence on external health financing by building greater health sovereignty, self-reliance and solidarity, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

Speaking at a webinar during the 76th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa in Addis Ababa, Dr. Tedros said the continent’s recent health gains demonstrate the potential to advance even amid severe disruptions to international health financing.

Addis Ababa, August 25, 2026 (FMC) — Africa must strengthen its capacity to finance, produce and shape its own health priorities as the continent confronts unpredictable health financing, geopolitical instability, disease outbreaks, climate pressures and conflicts that disrupt vital health services, President Taye Atske-Selassie said.

Addressing the 76th Session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa in Addis Ababa, President Taye called for stronger regional cooperation and greater African ownership of the continent’s health architecture, stressing that decisions taken at the session should contribute directly to advancing the African Union’s Agenda 2063.

Addis Ababa, August 24, 2026 (FMC) — For two former African presidents who have watched the continent’s struggles and aspirations from the frontlines of leadership, Ethiopia’s National Dialogue represents more than the conclusion of a national process. It is a moment of possibility—one that could strengthen Ethiopia’s own journey while sending a powerful message of peace, confidence and renewal across Africa.

At the closing of Ethiopia’s first National Dialogue Conference in Addis Ababa, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta placed Ethiopia’s experience within a much larger African story. Their reflections carried a shared conviction: a peaceful, united and stable Ethiopia can become an important force for regional security, African prosperity and . . . .

Addis Ababa, August 22, 2026 (FMC) — Former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has projected a transformative economic future for Ethiopia, saying sustained peace, security, stability and unity could position the country to become Africa’s largest economy within seven years and join the ranks of developed nations within a generation.

Speaking at the closing ceremony of Ethiopia’s first-ever National Dialogue Conference in Addis Ababa, Kenyatta said Ethiopia stands before an opportunity to convert the foundations of peace and national stability into accelerated economic development and long-term prosperity.

Addis Ababa, August 22, 2026 (FMC) — Former Nigerian President and African Union High Representative for the Horn of Africa Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed confidence that sustained peace, unity and stability can propel Ethiopia toward becoming Africa’s largest economy and position it among the world’s developed nations within a generation.

Speaking at the closing ceremony of Ethiopia’s historic National Dialogue Conference in Addis Ababa, Obasanjo said the completion of the 46-day process marked a significant national achievement and an important foundation for Ethiopia’s future.

Addis Ababa, August 22, 2026 (FMC) — Former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has hailed Ethiopia’s National Dialogue as an “act of patriotism of the highest order,” commending the Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission for bringing together thousands of voices in a collective effort to advance peace, reconciliation and national cohesion.

Speaking at the closing ceremony of Ethiopia’s National Dialogue Conference in Addis Ababa, Kenyatta underscored Ethiopia’s historic significance to Africa, noting the country’s contributions from the victory at Adwa and Emperor Haile Selassie’s international leadership to the establishment of the Organization of African Unity in Addis Ababa.

Addis Ababa, August 14, 2026 (FMC) — Ethiopia and Malawi have strengthened cooperation against irregular migration and cross-border crime, signing a Memorandum of Understanding to protect migrants, combat trafficking networks and promote orderly migration management.

The agreement was signed by Ethiopia’s Minister of Women and Social Affairs Ergogie Tesfaye and Malawi’s Minister of Homeland Security Peter Mukhitho.

​Speaking at the signing ceremony, Minister Ergogie said irregular migration causes serious harm to citizens and countries, while migration, if properly managed, can help accelerate socioeconomic development and strengthen regional integration.

Addis Ababa, August 13, 2026 (FMC) — Ethiopia and Kenya have reaffirmed their longstanding defence partnership as Ethiopian Ambassador to Kenya General Bacha Debele Buta and Kenya’s Chief of the Defence Forces, General Charles Kahariri, discussed ways to deepen military cooperation and advance shared security interests in the Horn of Africa.

Ambassador General Bacha Debele paid a courtesy call on General Kahariri at the Defence Headquarters in Nairobi, where they discussed bilateral and regional security matters, with a focus on cooperation between the Ethiopian National Defence Force and the Kenya Defence Forces.

Addis Ababa, August 10, 2026 (FMC) — Members of the African diplomatic community in Addis Ababa visited the FDRE MESOB Service Federal Government Service Center, gaining insight into Ethiopia’s efforts to modernize public service delivery through an integrated, technology-enabled model.

During the visit, CEO of FDRE MESOB Service Yonas Alemayehu briefed the diplomats on the service’s first year of operation and its emerging role as a key economic infrastructure under the Digital Ethiopia 2030 agenda.

He said MESOB is contributing not only to transforming the delivery of government services but also to reshaping the relationship between citizens and government by creating an integrated, accessible, . . .

Addis Ababa, August 8, 2026 (FMC) — Ethiopia is increasingly positioning its diplomacy around a broader ambition: strengthening regional connectivity, advancing African interests and expanding the country’s voice and partnerships across a changing global order.

The country’s diplomatic tradition stretches back decades, from its support for African liberation movements and its historic contribution to the establishment of continental institutions to its longstanding role in multilateral diplomacy. Under the Medemer State, that diplomatic foundation has increasingly been linked with regional integration, economic interests and a more diversified network of international partnerships.