A Moment of Silence

Hoteliers, Employees on the Outs as COVID-19 Proliferates

Hoteliers, Employees on the Outs as COVID-19 Proliferates

June 7 , 2020 . By GELILA SAMUEL

Driving for the hotel industry for seven years, he has spent half of those years in the service of his current employer, Monarch Hotel. Last month, the driver, who requeste...

Making Up for Lost Time, Learning in the Midst of COVID-19

Making Up for Lost Time, Learning in the Midst of COVID-19

May 31 , 2020 . By MAYA MISIKIR 

Many students across the country have had to reacquaint themselves with what school means during the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. For some students in the nation's c...

DAM CHRONICLES

DAM CHRONICLES

May 23 , 2020 . By GELILA SAMUEL

For thousands of years, the Nile River and Egypt were weaved intrinsically in history rather than geography. The civilisation of ancient Egypt owed its survival to the annual flooding of the Nile and its deposit of fertile sediment. The full map of the river, ho...

City Struggles to Stay Vigilant as COVID-19 Cases Rise

City Struggles to Stay Vigilant as COVID-19 Cases Rise

May 16 , 2020 . By MAYA MISIKIR 

Amanuel Anjulo, 25 years old, sits perched on the metal gate of the parking lot across the street from the Federal Transport Authority on Gen. Abebe Damtew Street looking for cars passing by. His w...

Amanuel Anjulo, 25 years old, sits perched on the metal gate of the pa...

Public in Dark as Mesqel Square Rehab Commences

Public in Dark as Mesqel Square Rehab Commences

May 9 , 2020 . By MAYA MISIKIR 

When excavators started jack-hammering two weeks ago at Mesqel Square, the city's most famous public gathering venue, very few were in the loop on what was actually transpiring behind the corrugated i...

When excavators started jack-hammering two weeks ago at Mesqel Square...

COVID-19 Jeopardises Small Businesses' Daily Bread

COVID-19 Jeopardises Small Businesses' Daily Bread

May 2 , 2020 . By MAYA MISIKIR 

The roads leading down to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UN-ECA) compound, down Menelik II Avenue, are usually so packed with cars that finding a parking spot during the day is alm...

The roads leading down to the United Nations Economic Commission for A...

Odd-Even Vehicular Decree Triggers Outrage

Odd-Even Vehicular Decree Triggers Outrage

April 25 , 2020 . By MAYA MISIKIR 

On the sunny morning of Thursday, April 23, 2020, an array of people gathered to inquire about the new directive issued by the Ministry of Transport that has limited the use of private cars. They’ve...

On the sunny morning of Thursday, April 23, 2020, an array of people g...

COVID-19 Casts a Shadow Over Easter Market

COVID-19 Casts a Shadow Over Easter Market

April 17 , 2020 . By SEBLE WONDEMAGEGN

On the afternoon of April 15, 2020, Semien Shola, a marketplace near Semen Mazegaga known for selling chickens and eggs, was not as crowded as it typically is. During holidays, the place is normally j...

On the afternoon of April 15, 2020, Semien Shola, a marketplace near S...