Addis Abeba, November 13/2019 – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Awash Bank have announced a new partnership that will make up to US $6.4 million in financing available to microfinance institutions and small- and medium-sized agricultural businesses in Ethiopia, according to a statement from the US Embassy …

Addis Abeba, December 12/2019 – On December 10, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed accepted the 2019 Noble award for peace. Today, he received a “hero’s welcome” when arriving at Bole International Airport in Addis Abeba. Ethiopians at home and abroad alike are celebrating this extraordinary moment in unison, almost. But the …

Addis Abeba, December 11/2018 – In a statement issued today by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the IMF said the Ethiopian government and the IMF staff team “reached preliminary agreement,” subject to approval by the Fund’s Executive Board, on policies that could constitute the basis for Ethiopia’s new program supported …

ማህሌት ፋሲል ታህሳስ 01/2012 – በኢተማዦር ሹም ጄነራል ሰዓረ መኮንን የግል አጃቢ አስር አለቃ መሳፍንት ጥጋቡ ና 12 ተከሳሾችህገ ህገ መንግስታዊ ስርአቱን በጉልበት ለመናድ በሚል ለቀረበባቸው ክስ ዛሬ ረፋዱ ላይ የክስ መቃወሚያ ልደታ ከፍተኛ ፍርድ ቤት የፀረ ሽብር እና ህገ-መንግስታዊ  ስርዓት ላይ የሚፈፀሙ ወንጀሎች የሚታይበት 1ኛ ችሎት ቀርበው 19 ገፅ …

Etenesh Abera and Bileh Jelan Addis Abeba, December 10/2019 – According to the UN environment body, UNEP, globally “one million plastic drinking bottles are purchased every minute and Five trillion single-use plastic bags are used worldwide every year.” In total, half of all plastics produced annually are designed to be …

“Forging A Durable Peace in the Horn of Africa” Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Fellow Ethiopians, Fellow Africans, Citizens of the World Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honored to be here with you, and deeply grateful to the Norwegian Nobel Committee for recognizing …

This Special Edition is available in our electronic magazine format. Please click here to download the pdf format. Etenesh Abera Bishoftu, December 09/2019 – Netsanet Alemayehu and Rediate Tibebu, both fifteen, are student trainees; and Abebech Yetebarek, one the female teachers, is a trainer. There is one common thing that …

Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba, 6 December, 2019 – Born in 1991, Dr.Selamnesh Tsige, a Pediatrician and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics & Child Health at Addis Abeba University’s Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, is the founder and president of Gojo Accommodation and Temporary Shelter for Patients in Need (Gojo). The shelter, licensed …

Addis Abeba, December 06/2019 – Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Pete Marocco and Ethiopian Defense Minister Lemma Megersa co-chaired the 9th annual U.S.-Ethiopia Bilateral Defense Committee meeting in Washington on December 04. During the visit, the defense leaders shared views on regional security, peacekeeping, intelligence and military …

Ezekiel Gebissa, for Addis Standard Addis Abeba, December 05/2019 – In his Selections from Prison Notebooks, Antonio Gramsci famously wrote in 1930: “The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.”1 He …