Toast Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn of Ethiopia at State Dinner

The Whitehouse National Palace Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 8:02 P.M. EAT PRIME MINISTER HAILEMARIAM:  Your Excellency, the President of the United States of America, Mr. Barack Obama, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen:  In the history of the relationship by Ethiopia and the United States of America, this is an exceptional occasion.  Never before did we have…

Transcript: Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn of Ethiopia in Joint Press Conference

The Whitehouse  National Palace Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1:47 P.M. EAT PRIME MINISTER HAILEMARIAM: Members of the press, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to once again welcome His Excellency, the President of the United States of America, to Ethiopia. We are honored to receive a sitting U.S. President for the first time in the history…

Seven reasons why Obama should visit Ethiopia

BY REDIET WEGAYEHU Barack Obama will become the first ever sitting U.S. president to visit Ethiopia. This is a testament to the firm friendship that the two countries enjoy. Ethiopia has had a close relationship with the U.S. ever since Emperor Menlik II earned recognition as the only sovereign state leader in Africa after defeating…

Five Priorities for Obama ahead of AU Visit

Ipss-Addis–  Barack Obama will be the first sitting US president to visit the African Union or its predecessor the Organisation of African Union (OAU) when he makes his long-awaited visit to its headquarters in Addis Ababa next week. With the historic visit grabbing the headlines, the African Union’s relations with the United States is expected…

Why did Margaret Thatcher demanded UK to find ways to ‘destabilize’ Ethiopian regime in power during 1984 famine?

 Thatcher decided it was wrong to ‘jog along’ with the Mengistu government, whose human rights abuses greatly exacerbated the famine death toll Margaret Thatcher demanded that Britain find ways to “destabilise” the regime which presided over Ethiopia’s disastrous 1984 famine after concluding that British aid was wrongly supporting its “particularly cruel” government, according to previously…