Addis Abeba, November 11/2021 – The U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen and AU High Representative for the Horn of Africa Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday, the state department said. In his call with Demeke, Secretary Blinken “expressed concern over the …

By Addis Standard Staff  Addis Abeba, November 10, 2021- The Human Rights Watch in a report released yesterday documented the health impacts of conflict-related sexual violence in Tigray citing humanitarian agencies and other service providers. The report thoroughly explained the effect of  the devastation of the healthcare system and the …

Addis Abeba, November 02/2021 – U.S. President Joe Biden has informed the Congress of his decision to revoke Ethiopia’s AGOA privileges as of January 01/2022 and that he will continue “to assess whether the government [of Ethiopia is] making continual progress toward meeting the AGOA eligibility requirements.” On August 25, …