Global Gateway ForumBrussels

Global Gateway ForumBrussels

Taye Atske Selassie Amde, president de la Republique d'Ethipiopie at the Global Gateway forum on European investment in Africa, pictured here with the European Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jozef Sikela, in Brussels, Belgium, on October 9, 2025. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Kenya: Police Fire Tear Gas At Anti-Finance Bill Protesters In Nairobi 2

Police used tear gas to disperse crowds as they hit the streets in Nairobi and other cities on Tuesday, June 25 to protest against proposed tax hikes in a finance bill.

African leaders unveil statue of late Tanzanian president at AU

STORY: African leaders unveil statue of late Tanzanian president at AU SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 18, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 20, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:07 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event STORYLINE: African leaders attending the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) on Sunday unveiled a life-size statue of the late Tanzanian President, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, erected on the premises of the pan-African body's headquarters in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa. Nyerere is credited as being at the forefront of the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), a predecessor to today's AU. He was also one of the founding fathers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Nyerere's sculpture is the third statue erected on the premises of the AU headquarters next to the late Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, and the late Ghanaian President, Kwame Nkrumah. Present at the unveiling ceremony

ETHIOPIA-ADDIS ABABA-AU SUMMIT-ORDINARY SESSION

ETHIOPIA-ADDIS ABABA-AU SUMMIT-ORDINARY SESSION

(240214) -- ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs Taye Atske Selassie addresses the executive council meeting at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Feb. 14, 2024. The 44th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union (AU) began Wednesday at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, with a call for increasing efforts to ensure continental stability and quality education in Africa. (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde)

Chinese-built Kenya's Nairobi Expressway opens new exit to ease mobility

STORY: Chinese-built Kenya's Nairobi Expressway opens new exit to ease mobility SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 20, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 22, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ENGINEERING SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Haile Selassie exit 2. various of the Nairobi Expressway 3. SOUNDBITE (English): KIPCHUMBA MURKOMEN, Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport STORYLINE: The Chinese-built Nairobi Expressway opened a new exit in downtown Nairobi on Saturday to ease traffic flow in the capital city where most government offices are located. The Haile Selassie exit on the 27.1-km highway is expected to reduce travel time for motorists. SOUNDBITE (English): KIPCHUMBA MURKOMEN, Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport "As a result, we are here today as a fulfillment of promise. And I just want to congratulate the Nairobi Expressway itself, led by Moja Expressway, for the good job they have done to make sure they construct this exit within five months." Constructed under a public-private partnership model

U.S. eavesdrops on UN secretary-general: Washington Post

STORY: U.S. eavesdrops on UN secretary-general: Washington Post DATELINE: April 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: Washington, D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. Various of exterior of the White House 2. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addressing UN Security Council meeting (file) 3. Various of exterior of the UN headquarters in New York STORYLINE: The United States eavesdropped on conversations of the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and other UN officials, according to a report by The Washington Post citing leaked classified intelligence documents the newspaper obtained. Guterres expressed to UN officials and world leaders his "outrage" over being denied an opportunity to visit Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region, The Post said in a Monday report, citing four documents, two of them previously unreported. Guterres, according to one dated Feb. 17 and seen by The Post, wanted to confront Ethiopian UN Representative Taye Atske Selassie Amde as the country's foreign minister, Demeke

Chinese language teachers confident about Ghanaian graduates' career prospects

STORY: Chinese language teachers confident about Ghanaian graduates' career prospects DATELINE: April 17, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:30 LOCATION: Accra CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of job fair 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GRACE SELASSIE, Chinese language teacher at the Confucius Institute 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): GRACE SELASSIE, Chinese language teacher at the Confucius Institute 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JOSEPHINE DZAHENE QUARSHIE, Ghanaian director of the Confucius Institute STORYLINE: Chinese language teachers both from China and Ghana have voiced their confidence in the career prospects of Ghanaian graduates majoring in Chinese as the China-Africa cooperation prospers. In a week-long job fair organized by the University of Ghana in partnership with the Confucius Institute, the prospective young Ghanaian graduates who studied the Chinese language have become the sought-after talent of many Chinese and local enterprises. Grace Selassie, a Chinese language teacher at the Confucius Institute, told Xin