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A Week in the Horn 21.03.2025 NEWS IN BRIEF (This week’s detailed news are published below in the next several posts.) Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed addressed the parliament on Thursday (March 20) on key national matters, including economic progress, political developments, peace, security, and access to the sea, among other issues. Members of Parliament raised

A Week in the Horn 21.03.2025 Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla undertook a three-day official visit to Ethiopia from March 12 to 14, marking the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two nations. Commencing his visit, Minister Rodríguez Parrilla paid solemn tribute by laying a floral wreath at Ethio-Cuba Friendship Park honoring Cuban heroes

A Week in the Horn 21.03.2025 The fifty-seventh session of the Economic Commission for Africa’s Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development was held at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa from March 12 to 18. The ministerial segment, which took place on Monday (March 17), was preceded by a preparatory

A Week in the Horn 21.03.2025 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized a recognition ceremony for all key stakeholders that helped in the successful completion of the Ordinary Sessions of the 38th Assembly of the Heads of State and Government and the 46th Executive Council of the African Union on Friday (March 14). The recognition ceremony

A Week in the Horn 21.03.2025 Ethiopia participated in the first BRICS Agricultural Working Group technical meeting, held in Brasília from March 12–14. The meeting featured substantive discussions on agriculture and food security policies and programs in BRICS countries. Represented by Ambassador Leulseged Tadesse, Head of Mission at the Embassy of Ethiopia in Brazil, Ethiopia

A Week in the Horn 21.03.2025 The Lomé Convention of 1975 is marked as an important milestone for the beginning of an official bilateral partnership between Ethiopia and the European Union. Though some EU member states already built relations that go back more than half a millennium, the Lomé Convention created a framework for dynamic

A Week in the Horn 21.03.2025 Ethiopia and China celebrated the 55th anniversary of their diplomatic relations with a celebration under the theme “55 Years: A Legacy of Strong Partnership for Shared Prosperity,” at an event held at the Ethiopian Embassy in Beijing, China. The event was attended by high-ranking officials, including Chen Xiaodong, Vice Minister

A Week in the Horn 21.03.2025 Ethiopia has commenced its four-year term as a member of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), a subsidiary body of ECOSOC. As one of the 45 members, Ethiopia is participating in the sixty-ninth session of the CSW, which started this month on Thursday (March 6). The 69th session