Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Somaliland suspended its participation in Turkey-backed talks aimed at reconciling ...

Additionally, Ethiopia confirmed participation in the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), engaging in peacekeeping efforts in the region. In a December meeting in ...

Addis Ababa, 2 April 2025 – The Government of Japan is reinforcing its partnership with UNDP in line with its commitment to Ethiopia’s peace and recovery efforts. Japan has been a key partner in ...

In Ethiopia’s Somali Region, the promise of reform once sparked hope. People expected it to usher in transparency, accountability, and competent leadership. Instead, reform has become a hollow slogan, ...

USAID’s work abroad covers many regions and issues including HIV prevention, the humanitarian crisis in Congo, war relief in Ukraine, among numerous others. One of the efforts funded by USAID – which ...

on Saturday endorsed an agreement between Ethiopia and Somalia aimed at resolving a dispute over a port deal with Somaliland, the breakaway region of Somalia. The agreement, which emerged from talks ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Agency for International Development will be merged into the State Department by July 1 and “substantially all” of the aid agency’s remaining personnel will be fired ...

The State Department will assume responsibility for the aid agency’s programming and new jobs will be available to some USAID employees, the State Department’s senior official in the Bureau of ...

Point Four partnered with U.S. universities to establish Alemaya and Jimma agricultural colleges in Ethiopia, laying the foundation for the creation of USAID in 1961. USAID was established with a ...

Since 2023, Abu Dhabi has also increased its footprint in Jubaland, strengthening the southern Somali region’s separatist claim at a time of heightened tensions with Mogadishu. The UAE has ...