Ethiopia Travel News

The construction of the dam in Asosa region Ethiopia, Apr. 2, 2013. Ethiopia started to divert the flow of the Blue Nile river to construct a giant dam, a move that could impact the Nile-dependent Egypt.

Soon the Minister for Foreign Affairs will inaugurate the new diaspora policy. Representatives of the diaspora community are expected in Addis Ababa from all over the world.

Harar feels old. It transports you back to the seventh century, when it was founded by Yemeni immigrants.

Ethiopia's parliament unanimously ratified on Thursday a treaty that strips Egypt of its right to the lion's share of the Nile river waters, raising the political temperature in a dispute between Cairo and Addis Ababa over the construction of a dam.

The refusal came after the Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi, promised to " defend each drop of Nile water with our blood " and other senior Egyptian politicians called for the dam's destruction.

Harar June 10/2013 Turkish Corporation and Cooperation Agency said it will further strengthen ongoing support to protect tourist attraction sites and heritages in Harar Town in Harari State.

Sudan's information minister and government spokesperson Ahmed Bilal Osman insisted today that Sudan would benefit from the controversial Ethiopian renaissance dam and stressed that Ethiopia has engaged Sudan in all operations associated with the dam building.

His Excellency Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia will be visiting China for first time in June 2013.

Millions of euros of Irish taxpayers' money has been used to support agencies which fund abortion in Ethiopia through Irish Aid, the Government's overseas development agency.

Ghana FA boss Kwasi Nyantakyi believes the Black Stars have received the best of preparations ahead of their crucial 2014 World Cup qualifier against Sudan on Friday.

A two-day Brazil-Ethiopia-Djibouti-South Sudan Trade and Investment Seminar opened today in Addis Ababa.

The Finnish Embassy in Addis Ababa organized an Ethio-Finnish Aid for Trade and Business Forum, under the theme of "inclusive partnership for sustainable growth" today in Addis Ababa.

An Egyptian woman rows a boat with her family along the Nile River, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, May 31, 2013.

Freida Pinto, an emerging Hollywood movie star, paid a visit to Plan Ethiopia's projects in Ethiopia as part of the organization's "Because I am a Girl" campaign.

Since last week, the issue of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has been on the minds of many journalists and columnists.

Representatives of seven travel and tour agencies and two media houses from Ghana are in Ethiopia on a five-day familiarisation tour of the operations and facilities of Ethiopian Airlines.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Organization of Africa Unity-African Union .

They are willing to go "on background" - for example, a "senior Justice Department official" - in the hopes that important, maybe even a bit sensitive, information might be forthcoming.

The Gambian delegation to the 21st Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Governments in Addis Ababa, and other guests have celebrated President Jammeh's 48th Birthday in the Ethiopian Capital, Addis Ababa.

Addis Ababa May 27/2013 Ethiopian intellectual Taddesse Tamrat, the pre-eminent historian of medieval Ethiopia, died last Thursday in a hospital in Chicago.