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Jul 12 , 2026 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

Production Soars While the Feed Sellers Go Under

At his stall around Ferensay Legasion, Mastewal Tekuye has decided to leave a business he has worked for years. He sells animal feed, or did, until demand collapsed and his costs climbed beyond what buyers would pay. He can no longer shift even small daily volumes. He raised his price again last...

Jul 4 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE and FITSUM TADESSE

A City Between the Market and the Rules

July has arrived with the heaviest rains of the winter, dark clouds and mist blanketing Addis Abeba each morning. This year, the weather is not the only thing hanging over the capital. Property owners and tenants are waiting for the Addis Abeba City Administration to announce how much house rents may rise in the new fiscal year. Hundreds of thousands who rent, and a far smaller number who own the properties they let, are waiting on the City Administration's annual decision under the country's rent-control laws, which will determine whether rents will climb in the coming lease cycle and by h...

Jun 27 , 2026 . By MASTEWAL ZEMENE

Soaring Fares Strand Families on Highways

At the sprawling Lamberet Long-Distance Bus Station near Asmara Road, the usual din of engines and shouting conductors has given way to an eerie and sluggish rhythm. Clusters of medium-sized Tata buses, minibuses and cross-country coaches sat idle in long rows. Rather than working the highways that bind the capital to the regional states, drivers huddle in small groups, swapping jokes to pass the time, a light-hearted veneer over deep anxiety about a rapidly cooling market. Nearby, travellers lug overstuffed bags and plastic jerricans filled with holy water. Yet a growing number of peopl...

Jun 21 , 2026 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

For Consumers in Addis Abeba, Even Thrift Becomes Expensive

For Senayit Bekele, the day's rhythm begins at a vegetable stall. The lunchtime crowd spills through the narrow corridors of Sengatera Building, in Addis Abeba's commercial district, between clothing stalls and street vendors. The 34-year-old sales assistant has slipped out from the boutique where she folds stacked shirts to run a single errand. What should have been a brief break turns into a familiar calculation, a kilogram of onions in one hand, her monthly budget in the other. She earns 17,000 Br a month and supports herself and two younger siblings. Onions, once a reliable bulk purchas...

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Jun 14 , 2026

THE PRICE OF MISTRUSTING THE TAP

Bottled water, once a symbol of convenience and safety for most residents, has become a small but telling measure of economic stress. Inflation and supply shocks have driven up the retail price of bot...

Jun 7 , 2026

THE GOLD RUSH RUNS OUT OF FUEL

Zenebe Girja used to sit close to the centre of the formal gold trade, where sacks of raw ore, small-scale miners and state policy converged into one of the country's most important sources of foreign...

May 31 , 2026

Ethiopians to Vote Under the Shadow of a Foregone Outcome

Kassahun Follo's plan to keep an eye on the national polls set for Monday, June 1, 2026, ended before the vote began. The Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions (CETU), which he leads as the count...

May 23 , 2026

When Bread Becomes Too Costly for Breakfast

For Helen Mekonnen, 45, bread has become the measure of how far a household income can stretch in Addis Abeba. In the neighbourhood near Bulgaria St. Michael, on Tanzania St., a loaf that once was a r...

May 17 , 2026

Quiet Campaigns Speak Loudly

Genene Gedebu reached Kucha after the campaign season for the upcoming national elections opened, expecting to do what candidates do. The President of the Kucha People's Democratic Party (KPDP), estab...

May 9 , 2026

Period Poverty Crisis Forces Women to Pay For Dignity

Luladay Abraham treats the arrival of her menstrual cycle less as a private inconvenience than as a monthly test of endurance. The 32-year-old accountant, who works for a construction firm on Gabon St...

The Building Boom That Rans Out of Fuel

Two unfinished buildings owned by Roman Tahir on Omedla Street near a roundabout in the Ferensay Legasion in the Gurara neighbourhood have become a quiet measure of stress in Addis Abeba's constructio...

Apr 25 , 2026

Transport Squeeze Leaves Commuters Paying the Price

Before sunrise reached the outskirts of Addis Abeba, Demelash Assefa was already on the road, measuring the city's transport crisis in minutes, fares and absences. At quarter to six early in the mo...

Apr 18 , 2026

Addis Abeba's Makeover Leaves Cooperative Workers Counting the Cost

Awoke Tezera remembered how abruptly his life turned at the end of last year. A former manager of consumer cooperatives in around Sidist Kilo, he had spent years in a job that allowed him to support h...

Apr 10 , 2026

Rising Costs, Falling Purchases Shape a Quiet Easter Season Across Addis Markets

The gloomy Thursday of April 9th carries the same mood as the community itself, gloomy. Although only a few days remain until the Easter holiday, the Qera area, widely known for the sale of oxen, shee...

Apr 5 , 2026

War Engulfs the Gulf, Locals Gasp at the Pump

Biniyam Teklay has built his life around the rhythm of seasons, the beat of trade, and the delicate trust of clients spread across continents. As the founder and CEO of Bazen Plc, a small import-expor...

Mar 28 , 2026

Budget Freeze Leaves a Region Paying for Political Deadlock

Felege Asmelash, 53, has spent nearly 26 years as a public service employee in Meqelle, the seat of Tigray Regional State. For much of this time, a government paycheck covered rent, school costs and b...

Mar 21 , 2026

Empty Tanks, Longer Days for a City on the Move

Every month, when fuel supplies tighten, Sisay Abera pulls his white taxi into a queue that barely moves and waits for the day to drain away. His cab is the only way he feeds his family of five, yet m...

Mar 14 , 2026

The Tax Bill Begins to Arrive Before the Profit Does

A flour mill in Debre Marqos has become a measure of the strain on Ethiopia's formal private sector. Built on 40,000Sqm of land in Menkorerie District and designed to process 1,000Qtls of wheat into f...

Mar 7 , 2026

When an International School Isn’t International Enough

Betelhem Tekle sat outside the gates of Flipper International School, on Sierra Leone St., behind Lancia, watching her four, six, and eight-year-old children stream out at dismissal and wondering whet...

Feb 28 , 2026

Security-Driven Road Closures Squeese Motorists, Heavy Vehicles Drivers

The expansion of Addis Abeba as a diplomatic centre means that there is an increase in large events, causing street congestion. Though the new corridor development has improved the ambience of the cit...

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Commentaries | Jul 11,2026

Ethiopia Needs a Peace Premium the IMF Cannot Supply

At a market stall, reform arrives without a communique. It comes as a higher transport far...

Editorial | Jul 11 , 2026

A Sweet Name Returns, on Machinery from the Past

For generations of Ethiopian children, the crackle of a colourful wrapper and the sweet ta...

Featured | Jul 12 , 2026 . By GEBRU KAHSAY and WORKINEH DIRIBSA

Production Soars While the Feed Sellers Go Under

At his stall around Ferensay Legasion, Mastewal Tekuye has decided to leave a business he...

Agenda | Jul 12 , 2026 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

Decades In, CCD Keeps the Keys, Sends the Invoices

When a WhatsApp notice told about 60 households at a gated community on the outskirts of A...

Fortune News | Jul 12 , 2026 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

Production Soars While the Feed Sellers Go Under

A City Between the Market and the Rules

Soaring Fares Strand Families on Highways

For Consumers in Addis Abeba, Even Thrift Becomes Expensive

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THE PRICE OF MISTRUSTING THE TAP

THE GOLD RUSH RUNS OUT OF FUEL

Ethiopians to Vote Under the Shadow of a Foregone Outcome

When Bread Becomes Too Costly for Breakfast

Quiet Campaigns Speak Loudly

Period Poverty Crisis Forces Women to Pay For Dignity

The Building Boom That Rans Out of Fuel

Transport Squeeze Leaves Commuters Paying the Price

Addis Abeba's Makeover Leaves Cooperative Workers Counting the Cost

Rising Costs, Falling Purchases Shape a Quiet Easter Season Across Addis Markets

War Engulfs the Gulf, Locals Gasp at the Pump

Budget Freeze Leaves a Region Paying for Political Deadlock

Empty Tanks, Longer Days for a City on the Move

The Tax Bill Begins to Arrive Before the Profit Does

When an International School Isn’t International Enough

Security-Driven Road Closures Squeese Motorists, Heavy Vehicles Drivers

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Preparing for Trade-Based Financial Risks Beyond CBE's Record Numbers

Borrowing From Tomorrow to Survive Today

A Service Fee That Amounts to a Second Tax

A Body Trapped in Tomorrow

Production Soars While the Feed Sellers Go Under

Ethiopia Needs a Peace Premium the IMF Cannot Supply

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Ethiopia Needs a Peace Premium the IMF Cannot Supply

A Sweet Name Returns, on Machinery from the Past

Production Soars While the Feed Sellers Go Under

Decades In, CCD Keeps the Keys, Sends the Invoices

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Production Soars While the Feed Sellers Go Under

A City Between the Market and the Rules

Soaring Fares Strand Families on Highways

For Consumers in Addis Abeba, Even Thrift Becomes Expensive

THE PRICE OF MISTRUSTING THE TAP

THE GOLD RUSH RUNS OUT OF FUEL

Ethiopians to Vote Under the Shadow of a Foregone Outcome

When Bread Becomes Too Costly for Breakfast

Quiet Campaigns Speak Loudly

Period Poverty Crisis Forces Women to Pay For Dignity

The Building Boom That Rans Out of Fuel

Transport Squeeze Leaves Commuters Paying the Price

Addis Abeba's Makeover Leaves Cooperative Workers Counting the Cost

Rising Costs, Falling Purchases Shape a Quiet Easter Season Across Addis Markets

War Engulfs the Gulf, Locals Gasp at the Pump

Budget Freeze Leaves a Region Paying for Political Deadlock

Empty Tanks, Longer Days for a City on the Move

The Tax Bill Begins to Arrive Before the Profit Does

When an International School Isn’t International Enough

Security-Driven Road Closures Squeese Motorists, Heavy Vehicles Drivers

Preparing for Trade-Based Financial Risks Beyond CBE's Record Numbers

Borrowing From Tomorrow to Survive Today

A Service Fee That Amounts to a Second Tax

A Body Trapped in Tomorrow

Production Soars While the Feed Sellers Go Under

Ethiopia Needs a Peace Premium the IMF Cannot Supply

Ethiopia Needs a Peace Premium the IMF Cannot Supply

A Sweet Name Returns, on Machinery from the Past

Production Soars While the Feed Sellers Go Under

Decades In, CCD Keeps the Keys, Sends the Invoices

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COVID UPDATE

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