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04.03.2024 Article

Germany and Ethiopia: Bilateral relations

Relations between Germany and Ethiopia, which have been in place since 1905, have traditionally been good and are maintained by reciprocal high-level visits. The visit by Emperor Haile Selassie in 1954…

Bilateral relations
25.05.2023 Article

Fighting hunger in the Horn of Africa

The people in the Horn of Africa are suffering a once-in-a-century drought. It has hardly rained for five years now. This has a drastic impact on food security. Germany is massively expanding its assistance for the region.

Women with children queue for water in a refugee camp in Dollow on the Somali-Ethiopian border.
19.05.2023 Article

Ukraine, Horn of Africa, Iran & QMV – Foreign Minister Baerbock at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in May

The EU Foreign Ministers are meeting in Brussels on Monday (22 May). Topics of discussion will include additional support for Ukraine, the eighth package of sanctions against Iran and the situation in the Horn of Africa and in the Western Balkans. Find out more about which issues are on the agenda.

Justus-Lipsius-Building in Brussels
12.01.2023 Article

Ceasefire in Ethiopia holding: Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and her French counterpart Catherine Colonna travel together to Addis Ababa

The Ethiopian Federal Government and the insurgents in the Tigray region have signed a peace agreement. During their visit, the two Foreign Ministers want to explore how Germany, France and the EU can support the country and its people on the path to lasting peace.

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock with her french counterpart Catherine Collona and the ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali in Addis Ababa
21.03.2022 Article

Sixth meeting in four weeks: EU Foreign Affairs Council continues to focus on Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine

The upcoming EU Foreign Affairs Council on 21 March will again focus on European solidarity with Ukraine – in words and, above all, deeds. The Western Balkans and Mali are also on the agenda.

EU-Flags lined up in a Building
27.11.2020 Article

Focus on Tigray: Foreign Minister Heiko Maas meets with Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen

Foreign Minister Heiko Maas today received Demeke Mekonnen, Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, for talks at the Federal Foreign Office. Their discussions focused on the conflict in the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia: “Ethiopia needs a ceasefire,” Maas emphasised.

Foreign Minister Maas and the visiting delegation walk down a staircase at the Federal Foreign Office. They all are wearing face masks.

Press releases

  1. 11.04.2023 Press release

    Statement by Human Rights Commissioner Amtsberg prior to her trip to Ethiopia and South Sudan

  2. 12.01.2023 Press release

    Statement by Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock prior to her joint visit to Ethiopia with the French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna

  3. 12.09.2022 Press release

    Statement by the Federal Foreign Office on the situation in Ethiopia

  4. 25.08.2022 Press release

    Federal Foreign Office on the breach of the ceasefire in northern Ethiopia

  5. 12.01.2022 Press release

    Statement by Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance Luise Amtsberg on the recent drone attacks in Ethiopia

  6. 06.11.2021 Press release

    Joint Statement on the release of the OHCHR-EHRC joint investigation, 6 November 2021

  7. 04.11.2021 Press release

    Foreign Minister Maas on the current situation in Ethiopia

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