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USAID Mission Director Visits Regional Leaders and Humanitarian Projects in Mekelle, Tigray Region

Mekelle, August 31, 2023 – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Ethiopia’s new Mission Director Scott Hocklander traveled to Tigray Region to meet with the Chief Administrator of the Interim Regional Administration of Tigray Getachew Reda; formally open the Mekelle American Corner at Mekelle University; and visit USAID humanitarian projects providing lifesaving support to ... Read More»

By | 31 August, 2023 | Topics: Africa, Emergency Services, Government Offices, Health Issues, Human Rights, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs, Regions, U.S. & Ethiopia

Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Hammer Travels to Kenya and Ethiopia

MEDIA NOTE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON AUGUST 28, 2023 U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Mike Hammer will travel to Nairobi and Addis Ababa August 28 to September 8, where he will meet with Kenyan and Ethiopian officials, the African Union, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, and other international partners. He will discuss the ongoing crisis in Sudan ... Read More»

By | 29 August, 2023 | Topics: Africa, Ambassador, embassy, Fundamental Freedoms, Government Offices, Human Rights, News, Political Affairs, Press Releases, Public Affairs, U.S. & Ethiopia

USAID Launches $49 Million Program to Support Maternal and Child Health

Addis Ababa, August 25, 2023 – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Federal Ministry of Health (MOH) officially launched the USAID Quality Healthcare activity, a new maternal and child health project that will be implemented across Ethiopia by John Snow, Inc. (JSI). This new five-year $49.8 million (more than 2.6 billion ... Read More»

By | 25 August, 2023 | Topics: Health Issues, News, Press Releases

USAID Mission Director Visits Afar Regional Leadership and USAID Development Projects in Samara, Afar Region

Samara, Afar Region, August 24, 2023 – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Ethiopia’s new Mission Director, Scott Hocklander, traveled to Afar Region to meet with regional leadership and elders, visit USAID/Ethiopia-supported development projects, and discuss the response effort to combat the recent desert locust infestation. Director Hocklander met with Afar Regional State ... Read More»

By | 24 August, 2023 | Topics: Economic Issues, embassy, Health Issues, News, Press Releases

Ethiopian Public University Officials Attend a Capacity-Building Workshop as Part of the U.S. Embassy’s Leadership, Management, and Governance Program

Addis Ababa, August 15, 2023 – Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson, Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, gave opening remarks at the launch event for the second cohort of the Embassy’s Leadership, Management, and Governance (LMG) Program.  Through this program, twenty-five presidents and vice-presidents, representing 19 Ethiopian public universities from across the country, will have ... Read More»

By | 15 August, 2023 | Topics: Education, embassy, News, Press Releases

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