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Agenda

Rising Costs, Inflation Threaten Insurance Industry

Aug 18 , 2024 . By AKSAH ITALO

Although predictable Yonas Zerihun's job in the ride-hailing service is not immune to...

Fortune News

Electric Vehicle Push Leaves Investors in the Lurch

Jul 13 , 2024 . By AKSAH ITALO

Investors who rely on tractors, trucks, and field vehicles for commuting, transportin...

Fortune News

Study Reveals Higher Education Quality Crisis, Calls for Reform

Jul 13 , 2024 . By MUNIR SHEMSU

The cracks in Ethiopia's higher education system were laid bare during a synthesis re...

Fortune News

Authority Bets on Price Adjustment Manual to Tackle Construction Delays

Jul 13 , 2024 . By AKSAH ITALO

Construction authorities have unveiled a price adjustment implementation manual for s...

Commentaries

Can the Birrs Free Float Lift Economic Fortunes? Will It Fan the Flames of Instability?

The federal government's recent move from a fixed to a floating exchange rate system...

Africa's Place in the Emerging Global Order

Contrary to widespread expectations, the rapidly evolving geostrategic environment ha...

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

With the Horn Edging to the Brink, Regional Leaders Should Extol Trust

Oct 12 , 2024

In his inaugural address on October 27, 2024, Taye Atseqesellasie, the fifth presiden...

Birr's Unmoored Descent Threatens to Drown an Economy Awash in Debt

Oct 5 , 2024

Not long ago, the sight of exchange bureaus in Addis Abeba was as rare as a cloudless...

Not to Turn the "Land of Origins" into a Land of Uneven Promises

Sep 28 , 2024

In the early 2010s, Ethiopian authorities found themselves at odds with the Internati...

The Civil Service Gets a Pay Boost, But Inflation Laughs Last

Sep 21 , 2024

A nurse in Addis Abeba shares a cramped one-room apartment with three colleagues. Her...

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

Filthy Reality of Public Spaces

I recall watching a historian passionately defend the origins of one of the ancient castles in Ethiopia. What caught my attention was the a...

Heedless Urban Development, Neglect Turn Streets into Lethal Hazards

Last week, during an evening drive, my family and I narrowly escaped a catastrophic road accident. As...

Life Matters

Threads of a T-Shirt

I witnessed a wave of frustration from my friend when her older brother refused to let her wear his shirt. Her reaction came in the context...

Playgrounds of Neglect

Choosing a kindergarten for my son was supposed to be a straightforward task, but it quickly turned into a path through a landscape of negle...

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