Ethiopia takes part in IAEA’s 70th General Conference in Vienna
Ethiopia is participating in the IAEA’s 70th General Conference in Vienna, where member states are discussing nuclear safety and peaceful scientific applications.

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Ethiopia is participating in the IAEA’s 70th General Conference in Vienna, where member states are discussing nuclear safety and peaceful scientific applications.


Ethiopia’s envoy told the UN Human Rights Council on 8 September 2026 that transitional justice should follow a nationally led process and urged support for the Pretoria peace agreement.

Researchers are testing improved seed, more efficient irrigation and digital water-loss monitoring to help Ethiopian farmers cope with less predictable rainfall and supply more locally grown fibre to textile factories.

Ethiopia has deployed 24 young people to Zimbabwe, Ghana and Nigeria under the Plant Africa Fraternity Initiative to share approaches to conservation, afforestation and tree planting.

Deputy Prime Minister Temesgen Tiruneh says reforms at Ethiopia’s Immigration and Citizenship Service have reduced processing times for some cases from as long as a year to one day.

Ethiopia’s embassy in Riyadh says a suspect and five alleged accomplices have been arrested over a recent killing involving Ethiopian nationals in Saudi Arabia; the investigation is continuing.

Officials in Wajirat district in southeastern Tigray have warned that worsening drought is driving severe hunger and livestock losses.

Kenyan President William Ruto said Nairobi will deepen cooperation with Ethiopia in trade, investment, border security and people-to-people relations as Ethiopia’s ambassador concluded his posting.