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๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—™๐——๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป

29 October 2026

Corbetti Geothermal PLC and its drilling contractor, Marriott Drilling, officially executed project contract agreements during a signing ceremony hosted at the Embassy of Ethiopia. Representatives from Corbetti Geothermal, project developer Taranis Operations, financial partner PIDG (Private Infrastructure Development Group) / InfraCo Africa, and drilling contractor Marriott Drilling convened during the signing ceremony.

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๐„๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐„๐ฆ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ ๐„๐ฅ ๐’๐ก๐š๐๐๐š๐ข ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ก๐ข ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐Š

27 October 2026

The Embassy of Ethiopia in the United Kingdom has recognised El Shaddai Sileshi, a young leader of Ethiopian heritage, for his involvement in youth representation and community initiatives in London.

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๐„๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐š ๐‘๐ž๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

21 October 2026

H.E. Ambassador Biruk Mekonnen, Head of Mission of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in London, delivered remarks on Ethiopiaโ€™s preparations to host COP32 in 2027 and its commitment to global climate action at a discussion forum titled โ€œCountdown to COP31: Accelerating Action in a World of Extremes.โ€

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