Ethiopia
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Letter to the Editor: Why Dr. Tedros Adhanom should not lead the World Health Organization
Dear Editor, As a matter of historical coincidence, both Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) were…
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Editorial: The government is harvesting what it sowed; now it must acknowledge it!
When news of a 100% victory by the ruling EPRDF came out shortly after the May 2015 general elections, everyone…
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#OromoProtests:The “Oromo street” and Africa’s counter-protest state
Part III (final) Etana Habte, Special to Addis Standard In the first part of this series, I…
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Opinion: The Qilinto Massacre: the truth shall be revealed
By Zecharias Zelalem, special to Addis Standard On Saturday, September 3rd 2016, something sinister, ghastly, premeditated and honestly speaking somewhat…
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Opinion: Human rights, development and American credibility in Ethiopia
By David Thompson Olympic silver medalist Feyisa Lilesa took complete control of the conversation surrounding his outstanding performance in…
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Editorial – Justice should prevail for wrongly jailed innocent Ethiopians!
News of Ethiopians wrongly locked up behind the country’s notorious jails has long become a routine feed for the nation.…
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Analysis: Perpetual poverty in the shadow of Ethiopia’s ‘Safety Net’
Tesfalem Waldyes & Kalkidan Yibeltal On June 28 2016, hundreds of people in Jido Kombolocha, a small town…
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Qilinto fire: Eyewitness – “They were indiscriminately shooting at prisoners”
Mahlet Fasil In a disturbing e-mail message received by Addis Standard, an eyewitness who said he was on guard the…
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Death toll, tension rise following PM Hailemariam’s orders for military to take measures in Amhara Region
Several people are reported to have been killed in various parts of the Amhara regional state in Northern Ethiopia, where…
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Dire Dawa: From El Niño to La Niña
Tesfalem Waldyes Dire Dawa – For residents of Dire Dawa, a city 515 km East of Addis Abeba, mid-day on…
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