Addis Abeba, June 8/2018 – U.S. Ambassador to the Ethiopia, Michael Raynor visited the historic Nejashi Mosque, in Tigray regional state in northern Ethiopia, this week “to learn more about the history of Muslims in Ethiopia and followed his trip by hosting an Iftar dinner for Islamic leaders, business professionals, …

Muluken Tesfaw, For Addis Standard  Addis Abeba, May 30/2018 – Ethiopia’s ruling party EPRDF has controlled state power in the country since 1991. One of the major political changes it brought shortly after seizing power was to dismantle the previous sub-country level administrations (a.k.a“provinces”) and create the current federal administrative …

Liyat Fekade Addis Abeba, April 16/2018 –  Among the flurry of public tours and speeches Ethiopia’s new Prime Minister, Dr. Abiy Ahmed, made last week, his remarks about Welqait made in Mekelle, the capital of Tigray regional state, during a town hall meeting on Friday April 13 drew criticism from …