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Yasmin Nesre

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Transport Bureau Shoves Taxi's Out of Student Transport

Sep 30 , 2023 . By Yasmin Nesre

The Addis Abeba Transport Bureau's recent decision to restrict the number of minibus...

Wheeling and Dealing Amidst Conflicts

Sep 23 , 2023 . By Yasmin Nesre

Amidst the frosty and foggy crack of dawn, Habtam Kassaun made her way to the Lambere...

The Allure of Screens Trending Media Culture

Sep 23 , 2023 . By Yasmin Nesre

Kulen Ibrahim's home grows eerily quiet at night as her three boys become engrossed i...

Freight Operators in Frenzy as Extension Period Wanes

Sep 16 , 2023 . By Yasmin Nesre

Freight transporter associations and drivers face a four-month lifeline to transform...

Sundown Melodies Swinging Back And Forth

Sep 10 , 2023 . By Yasmin Nesre

An unprecedented public demand has event organisers changing their course of live per...

Twice the Power: Raxio Data Center Comes Doubling its Forces

Sep 10 , 2023 . By Yasmin Nesre

Raxio data centre which was slated to launch seven months ago aspires to begin operat...

HIV Looms Large, but Testing Lags

Sep 2 , 2023 . By Yasmin Nesre

A significant drop in providing HIV tests has been recorded in health care during pregnancy follow-ups across the country, according to a re...

Trade Bureau Ousts Consumers Associations from Sugar Distribution

Aug 26 , 2023 . By Yasmin Nesre

Following repeated attempts to address the distribution challenges of commodities in the city, the Addis...

Frustrated Freight Operators Rail Against Abridged Cross Border Permits

Aug 19 , 2023 . By Yasmin Nesre

Wound-up cross-border operators are frustrated as short-term border permits have them subjected to interr...

A Silent Health Threat Lurking in Plain Sight

Aug 5 , 2023 . By Yasmin Nesre

The compound of Menelik II Referral Hospital is occupied by a large white tent that stands guard in front...

Ministry's Selection Process Sets a High Bar for Lower-Grade Contractors

Aug 5 , 2023 . By Yasmin Nesre

Contractors in the Amhara Regional State are riled over the requirement criteria for the construction of...

Wheat-less Addis Abeba's Loaf Life Gets Toasted by Inflation

Jul 22 , 2023 . By Yasmin Nesre

The lofty ambitions of former Deputy Mayor Takele Uma to safeguard Addis Abeba's most vulnerable resident...

Commentaries

The Geopolitical Battle Over Monetary Infrastructure

The development of payment infrastructure in emerging-market economies (EMEs), from i...

Making Roads Pathways of Progress, Not Corridors of Grief

For decades, Ethiopia's roads have been described through the language of fate. The d...

Fineline

Leaders of the National . . .

Leaders of the National Election Board are in a charm offensive mood, of a sort. Last week, they organised a rare tour for members of the me...

When the country’s most. . .

When the country's most senior diplomats and envoys return back to their posts after two-week debriefings, they leave behind a point or two...

Editorial

Every Encounter with the State Should Not Become an Invoice

May 9 , 2026

The Ethiopian state appears to have discovered a fiscal instrument that is politicall...

National Dialogue Has Everything But the Trust It Needs

May 2 , 2026

By the time Ethiopia's National Dialogue Commission (ENDC) reached the end of its fir...

Addis Abeba's Roads Reveal a Country Where the Powerful Drive Through the Law

Apr 25 , 2026

In a political community, official speeches show what governments want their citizens...

Ethiopia's New Diplomacy Essence Could Be About Shielding Sovereignty

For much of the past three decades, Ethiopia occupied a familiar place in the Western...

Gallery

Parliament Approves New Cabinet Members

Oct 6 , 2021

Parliament Approves New Cabinet, Incorporates Opposition Leaders Lawmakers have approved today the nominations of 22 ministers, including three opposition leaders. Two MPs have voted against, while 12 abstained...

2020 in Posterity

Jan 5 , 2021

TIGRAY VOTES DESPITE "NULL & VOID" THREAT

Sep 9 , 2020

IN-PICTURE: LAUREATE'S RECEPTION  

Dec 14 , 2019

PM Abiy Ahmed (PhD) at a Gala Dinner Called for the Awarding of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize

May 6 , 2019

Faces, Voices of Addis Abeba

Apr 26 , 2019

Sunday With Eden

The Silence That Leadership Can't Keep

A few days ago, I attended a virtual conference in Canada that stayed with me, not be...

Development That Redraws the Rent Line

Urban renewal is often sold as a promise: cleaner streets, safer neighbourhoods, bett...

Life Matters

Motivation Drops as the Day Begins in Sleepwear

We have all seen the aesthetic. The “work from home” dream usually comes packaged...

The Final Exam No One Prepared For

The first time I heard about the “Mesob” one-stop service initiative, relief came quickly. It sounded like a promise to citizens worn do...