Team Addis StandardAddis Abeba, January 02/ 2019 – By all standards, the year 2018 can be categorized as Ethiopia’s extraordinary year. Each month was packed with eventful events: from the pleasing to the shocking, from the utopian to the daunting. On July 17, Takele Uma Banti, is appointed by the council of the Addis Abeba City Administration to become the city’s next mayor with a rank of deputy mayor. Mid-July President Isaias Afwerki arrives in Addis Abeba and is received by PM Abiy and thousands of people in the streets of Addis. Renewed attack also leaves around a dozen Oromia police officers dead in western Oromia and Benishangul Gumuz regional state as thousands continued to be displaced.

Source: Ethiopian News January 02, 2019 13:18 UTC