Illustration: John Holmes for Human Rights Watch report on Jail Ogaden  Solomon A Dersso, PhD, Addis Abeba, December 14/2018 – Addressing the topic of transitional justice and reconciliation in today’s Ethiopia is perhaps one of, if not, the most difficult one. Transitions, which are characterized by political and institutional fluidity …

Addis Abeba, December 14/2018 – The United Nations Development Program’s Administrator Achim Steiner will visit Ethiopia from 17 to 18 December, UNDP Ethiopia office said in a statement. “During his visit, Mr. Steiner will meet with senior government officials, attend the commemoration of the 60th anniversary celebration of the United …

Addis Abeba, December 13/2018  – Eritrea’s president Isaias Afwerki has met President of the Republic of Somalia this morning in Mogadishu “as part and parcel of Tripartite summit” according to information from Eritrea’s Information Minister Yemane G. Meskel . Yemane tweeted this morning that “President Isaias Afwerki has departed to …

Barely at two and a half hours drive west of Addis Abeba is the magnificent Wonchi creator lake with untapped potential for tourism David Desta, For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, December 12/2018 – “13 Months of Sunshine.” This was the inspiring slogan that defined Ethiopia for the past 50 years. …

  Mahlet Fasil and Yared Tsegaye Addis Abeba, December 07/2018 – The last ten days inside the Federal high court Lideta branch, 10th criminal bench have seen the continued trial of dozens of individuals suspected of grand corruption involving former officials the army operated Metals and Engineering Corporation (MeTEC). Here …

“Let us stand together to say: Never again shall a few people oppress us as a nation. Never again shall the beautiful smiling Coast experience a tyranny of the minority against the majority,” President Adama Barrow on Launching Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Gambia on October 15, 2018 Nega Gerbaba …

Yared Tsegaye Addis Abeba, December 07/2018 –  Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed will be joined tomorrow by Presidents Omar al-Bashir of Sudan and Ismaïl Omar Guelleh of Djibouti to inaugurate Jimma Industrial Park (IP), sources close to the matter told Addis Standard. Home to one of the oldest state Universities, Jimma …

  Yared Tsegaye Addis Abeba, December 05/2018 – In the wake of the first ever face-to-face meeting between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and leaders of 81 opposition parties currently in Ethiopia, opposition party members of the now defunct Political Parties Negotiation Forum told Addis Standard that Prime Minister Abiy’s administration …

A recent picture of Addis Abeba taken by Henok Assefa of Precise consult International shows the visible marks of air pollution  Ambachew F. Admassie, for Addis Standard Part 1 Addis Abeba, December 04/2018 – Sustainable Development practitioners believe our well-being cannot be ensured without a balanced interplay & robust accounting …

 Brita Wagener (center), Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Ethiopia, on her part stated that the results show that “Ethiopia has great potential for business.” Addis Abeba, December 04/2018 -Results of the First Business Outlook Survey which involved 39 German companies operating in Ethiopia shows high expectations of …