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 PM should review policies
Sunday 14 October 2018
Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed needs to change course in some of the policies he introduced in Ethiopia before history that brought him to leadership repeat itself. By Lul Gatkuoth Gatluak These past two weeks, the last week (...)
Ethiopian airline plane makes rough landing after fire threat
Friday 19 July 2013
July 18, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – An Ethiopian Airline plane from the capital Addis Ababa to the northern tourist town of Axum was forced to make a rough landing on Wednesday after its smoke sensors went off minutes before landing, an (...)
The causes of the current Ethiopian soaring inflation rate
Thursday 8 May 2008
The Causes of the Current Ethiopian Soaring Inflation Rate: A Non-Technical Analysis By Seid Hassan May 7, 2008 — The most significant and daunting problem facing Ethiopia today is the rampant inflation rate. As reported by (...)
Ethiopian gov. refute claims that PM’s health is critical
Friday 20 July 2012
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle July 19, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) – The Ethiopian government on Thursday dismissed growing reports that prime minister Meles Zenawi was seriously ill and at risk of loosing his life. Ethiopian prime minister Meles (...)
2000 Ethiopians evacuated from Sudan amid disease fears
Monday 24 November 2014
November 23, 2014 (EL-DABBA) – Sudanese authorities and popular bodies have evacuated two thousands Ethiopian nationals from the locality of El-Dabba in the Northern state following discovery of several Hepatitis and AIDS cases among (...)
Ethiopian delegation discusses refugee situation in eastern Sudan
Saturday 2 February 2019
February 1, 2019 (KHARTOUM) - An Ethiopian delegation has arrived in Sudan’s eastern state of Gedaref to check on the situation of Ethiopian refugees in the state, reported the semi-official Sudan Media Center (SMC) The commissioner of (...)
Ethiopia: UNSC, AUPSC convene joint peace, security meeting on Africa
Saturday 9 September 2017
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle September 8, 2017 (ADDIS ABABA) – The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) on Friday held their 11th Annual Joint Consultative meeting here in the Ethiopian (...)
Will this can be the time to talk peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea?
Wednesday 22 August 2012
By Ibrahim A. Ibrahim August 21, 2012 — The horn of Africa has seen recurring turbulent events again and again. Precious time wasted as is the demise of many innocent lives. The lost opportunities can not be recouping once it is gone. (...)
Egypt doesn’t want war with Sudan and Ethiopia: al-Sisi
Tuesday 16 January 2018
January 15, 2018 (CAIRO) - The Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Monday said his country isn’t conspiring against Sudan and Ethiopia stressing Egypt isn’t planning to go to war against its “brothers”. Al-Sisi’s statements come (...)
Ethiopian capital’s taxi owners ordered to resume service
Tuesday 8 November 2005
Nov 7, 2005 (ADDIS ABABA) — The Addis Ababa Provisional Administration has warned that it would take measures against taxi owners who continue boycotting services. The city administration told The state-run ENA news agency that those (...)

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