During the first tripartite meeting in September, the trio have issued a four pillar comprehensive joint declaration, which included the establishment of a high level committee tasked to oversee the multifaceted collaborations included in the declaration.   Addis Abeba, Nov. 08/2018 – PM Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia, President Isaias Afwerki …

Addis Abeba, Nov. 8, 2018 – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ethiopian Ministry of Education launched the new READ II project to improve the reading and writing skills of 15 million children in grades 1-8. The five-year, $86 million READ II project will build on …

Dr Adem Kassie Abebe,  For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, November 07/2018 – The wave of reforms that has dazzled Ethiopia, and the world, has reached the shores of the judicial sector, with the appointment of Meaza Ashenafi as the first ever woman President of the Supreme Court, and the real …

Yared Tsegaye Addis Abeba, November 05/2018 – A newly formed Press Secretariat department at the Office of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was announced today, bringing the end of  the Government Communication Affairs Office (GCAO), a federal agency led until recently by Ahmed Shide, now finance minister, as the main channel …

Addis Abeba, November 5, 2018 – The U.S. Embassy in Addis Abeba has launched the English Access Microscholarship Program, known as Access, in Jimma. The Access program is funded by the U.S. Government to provide a foundation of English language skills to talented youth over two years, through targeted after-school …

Mukerrem Miftah, for Addis Standard Addis Abeba, November 05/2018 – A political transition connotes a shift from authoritarian rule to democracy. Recent literature in the field, however, made it clear that there is not a strictly direct and straightforward path leading from authoritarian rule to democracy. Rather, one may experience …

Addis Standard staffs Addis Abeba, November 01/2018 – Ethiopia has witnessed another historic milestone following today’s appointment of Meaza Ashenafi, a prominent law professional and women’s rights activist, as the first female President of the Federal Supreme Court.  Solomon Areda Waktolla, another respected law professional, was appointed as vice president …

Ethiopian women holding the highest offices have gathered together at the launching ceremony of Jegnit Yared Tsegaye Addis Abeba, October 31/2018 – A national campaign dubbed “ጀግኒት” (Jegnit), loosely translated “She, the Brave One”, was launched yesterday at the Hilton Hotel in Addis Abeba in the presence of senior women …

On Sunday October 27, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visited Lake Tana along with other high lever officials including DPM Demeke Mekonnen, and Amhara region president Gedu Andargachew Solomon Kibret (PhD) and Abeyou Worqlul (PhD), for Addis Standard Addis Abeba, October 31/2018 – Water hyacinth is one of the world’s most …

On July 10 this year, PM Abiy Ahmed met with Hafez Ghanem, World Bank VP for Africa. Addis Abeba, October 31/2018 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors have yesterday Oct. 30 approved $1.2 billion ($600 million grant and $600 million credit) from the International Development Association (IDA) in …