By Getahun Tsegaye @Getahun Tsegay12 & Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, October 30/2021 – In a statement released yesterday, Awlo Media announced the closure of the media house and the subsequent relief of all its employees.  The statement explained that despite operating in the online media sector for the last …

Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, October 27/2021 – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Michael McCaul (R-Texas), issued a statement expressing their “hope that the Ethiopian government can correct course and avert a revocation of AGOA benefits.” The statement came …

Addis Abeba, October 05/2021 – The federal police in the capital Addis Abeba has released journalist Tesfalem Woldyes from its custody, a family member has confirmed to Addis Standard this morning. Journalist Tesfalem , co-founder and editor-in-chief of ‘Ethiopia Insider’, a up and coming online news media outlet, went missing …