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The design of the site resembles two hands in embrace, symbolising Africa–China relations, [2] and includes both traditional African art and modern pan-African symbology, with the height of the 99.9 m (328 ft) main tower a reference to the adoption of the Sirte Declaration founding the African Union on 9 September 1999. [4]
The president of the region also is the chair-person of the Governing Council. [5] There has only been one assassination attempt and that was during the 2019 coup attempt which resulted in the death of then president of Amhara Ambachew Mekonnen , then chief of staff of the ENDF Se'are Mekonnen and Aide-de-Camp Maj. General Gizae Aberra.
Nominations were open until 6 August 2024. The new chair was elected at the 38th AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in February 2025 by the AU Assembly via a secret ballot. [6] Past chairpersons have hailed from western, central and southern regions of the African Union.
The Amhara Region (Amharic: አማራ ክልል, romanized: Åmara Kilil), officially the Amhara National Regional State (Amharic: የአማራ ብሔራዊ ክልላዊ መንግሥት), [2] is a regional state in northern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Amhara, Awi, Xamir, Argobba, and Qemant people.
Location of Ethiopia. Ethiopia is a country located in the Horn of Africa. According to the IMF, Ethiopia was one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, registering over 10% economic growth from 2004 through 2009. [1] It was the fastest-growing non-oil-dependent African economy in the years 2007 and 2008. [2]
With the approval of the House Speaker, it creates committees to resolve disputes or misunderstandings that occur between states and failed to reach an agreement at the state level. It's the committee's duty to present a report to the House for Federation intervention if any state, in violation of the Constitution, endangers the constitutional ...
Ethiopia is a federal state and divided into 12 regional states based on ethnicity. These regional states have a significant degree of autonomy and have their own regional governments. They are responsible for policy areas such as education and health, tailored to the specific needs of their populations.
The House of Peoples' Representatives is the lower house of the Ethiopian Federal Parliamentary Assembly.Located in the capital Addis Ababa, the House has 547 members.All are elected in theory for five-year term in single-seat constituencies.