The federal government of Ethiopia through its ministry of Defense has unveiled its newly launched and modernized headquarters in the capital, Addis Ababa.
According to reports, the state of the art defense building was funded for by the Ethiopian citizens.
The headquarters is also one of push by the Ethiopian government to end the tigray region conflict, which has seen many lives lost and many displaced including women and children.
Ethiopia’s military is one of the biggest standing armed forces in Africa, with an estimated 162,000 personnel as of December 2, 2021.
China and Russia, two permanent members of the UN Security Council have been identify as the primary arms suppliers to Ethiopia.
During recent years, Ethiopia was rank between the second and third as the most powerful military in Africa. Recently, though Ethiopia has dropped to the seventh rank according to Global Fire Power
