It is a magazine that will focus on current socio-political and socio-economic aspects of both domestic and international affairs.

The Editorial Policy of Addis Standard monthly magazine pertains both to the physical magazine and to its online version, referred to as in below as AS Magazine and Web.

AS magazine and web havebeen established in Feb. 2011 as designated public forum for its readers to inform and educate as well as for the discussion of issues of concern to its audience.