Ethiopia’s ambassador to the US ordered to return home?

August 23rd, 2009 | EthioPolitics.com |

Addis Journal Blog

Dr. Samuel Assefa

The business English weekly, Fortune, disclosed that Ethiopia’s ambassador to the United States, Dr. Samuel Assefa has been ordered to return home, after only serving one term.

The paper in its Gossip column wrote that the office in Washington D.C will soon be vacant and awaiting new replacement. The Ambassador was seen in Addis Ababa two weeks ago, perhaps on his way from the AGO summit held in Nairobi, according to Fortune.

The paper hinted that the increasingly tough lines adopted by the Obama administration towards the Ethiopian government might have forced it to think of another “well-groomed and highly experienced diplomat.” The paper didn’t say who that might be.

Dr. Samuel, who became ambassador in early 2006, was the former vice president of the University of Addis Ababa.