Biden nominates new US ambassador to Ethiopia in a bid to bolster tiesWASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden has nominated a senior State Department diplomat, Ervin Jose Massinga, as the new US ambassador to Ethiopia. If the Senate approves, Mr Massinga will fill the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the US to Ethiopia left vacant about a year ago. Geeta Pasi, was the previous US Ambassador to Ethiopia who left the post in January 2022 after serving for less than a year. Ethiopia was expelled from the US African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) duty-free trade scheme at the beginning of January 2022. The new envoy, Mr Massinga, is currently a Foreign Service Minister Counselor, a rank in diplomatic service just under the ambassador.

Source: Ethiopian News January 07, 2023 17:59 UTC