H H Commodore Prince Alexander Desta was Deputy Commander of the Imperial Ethiopian Navy in 1971 When Eritrea gained independence in 1993, Ethiopia suddenly found itself without a coastline and so ...

Ethiopia is the Horn of Africa's key player thanks in part to its growing economy and a population of over 100 million. But it is also concerned at its lack of sea access.

As the humanitarian crisis in northern Ethiopia continues to escalate lawmakers on the Hill are calling on the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea to stop the violence – but Rep. Brad Sherman, D ...

Though Ethiopia once had two ports as well as a navy, it lost these when Eritrea, a region to the north, seceded to form its own country in 1993.

When the Norwegians came to Ethiopia to establish the navy, they began making curriculum and organizations. They divided the naval profession into three branches: executive, supply and administration.

Ethiopia had a navy up to the early 1990s, when the independence of Eritrea left Ethiopia landlocked and prompted the Ethiopian government to disband the navy. The Horn of African country uses a port ...

In 2019, Abiy signed a deal with France to rebuild the Ethiopian Navy, which had been disbanded after Eritrea's independence.. Egypt’s military support for Somalia has prompted speculation of a ...

Ethiopia and France agreed their first military cooperation accord on Tuesday, a deal that includes helping the landlocked nation build a navy, as Paris seeks to boost economic ties in Africa's ...

In Soviet times, the young lieutenant of the Ethiopian Navy came here to study on an exchange program: first in Georgia in 1985, and a couple of years later in Azerbaijan.

Former Ethiopian diplomat Birhanemeskel Abebe speculates that strategic and geo-political security concerns could be driving the navy plan. "Ethiopia's right to use international waters demands it ...

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