By Addis Standard Staff  Addis Abeba, December 08/2021- Activist and co-founder of youtube channel Ubuntu , Eyasped Tesfaye was arrested by police at his parents’ house, his mother told the BBC Amharic. The former member of the Semayawi party was taken from his home yesterday after his house was searched …

Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, December 07/2021 – Federal allied forces from the national defense forces and Amhara and Afar special forces as well as Amhara Popular Force (Fano) militia have yesterday retaken Dessie and Kombolcha cities in Amhara state from Tigrayan forces. According to Government Communication Service, in addition …

By Medihane Ekubamichael @Medihane Addis Abeba, December 07/2021 –  Earlier last week, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) issued a new directive, amending an earlier directive in use since October 2020. The NBE explained that the new directive would enable it to carefully manage its scarce reserve foreign exchange and …