Ethiopian Foreign Policy talk – Addis Weg
The Office of the Prime Minister organized a talk, it is dubbed as “Addis Talk”, a few days ago at the Sheraton Addis. One of the key items in the talk was Ethiopia’s foreign policy in the context of developments in the Horn of Africa, Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden region, among other foreign policy agenda items. Watch the talk ( in Amharic) below. Read More...
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