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Fertiliser Supply Crunch Threatens to Upend Productivity, Food Security

In the verdant farming region of the Northern Shewa Zone of the Amhara Regional State, a crisis is silently unfolding. Amid the lush fields of onion, wheat, and teff, the subsistence farmers are findi...

Jul 8 , 2023

Upbeat Ministry, Bewildered Students, Unsettling Future

On the ground floor of Addis Abeba Institute of Technology (AAiT) hall, a quiet examination room awaited senior-year students tentatively making their way to take the model exit exam. The bright ro...

Jul 1 , 2023

Brace for Impact: Waddling through Austerity

Keeping up with the skyrocketing rent, medical costs, transport and commodity prices has become a struggle for a diabetic army veteran in his late 60s, Wondemagen Feleke. On average, he spends abou...

Jun 24 , 2023

The Burden of Soaring Property Taxes Dawns on Homeowners

Erget Tareke is one of the 4,000 residents of the Bole Bulbula condominium that penned a letter to the Addis Abeba Revenues Bureau pleading for postponement of the revised property tax. She became...

Jun 17 , 2023

Medical Brain Drain Frustrated Doctors, Poor Health Infrastructure

When Amanuel Hinsta (MD), 28, joined the Gonder University Medical School a decade ago, he was as hopeful as a young man with good grades can be. He envisioned a bright future with a prestigious caree...

Jun 10 , 2023

Polarity in Supply, Demand for Eggs Disenchant Poultry Farmers

The recent price fluctuation of eggs had Henok Yehualawork, manager of a small pastry shop, in a dilemma of increasing the price of cakes or altering his recipe. Either of the decisions impact the...

Social Media Restrictions Spur Unlikely Success in Digital Marketing

It has been four devastating months since the federal government's intelligence system blocked access to certain websites. The use of a Virtual Private Network (VPN) has become compulsatory to acce...

May 27 , 2023

Moving Woes

In the bustling streets of Addis Abeba, an undercurrent of unease shadows the necessary act of moving house. Siyoum Haile, a civil servant at a federal agency and father of two, became the latest entr...

May 20 , 2023

Private Schools Price Accession, Repercussions of High Inflation

On a rainy afternoon last week, Tesfalem Hailu, 48, was waiting by the door to pick his two children up from School of Tomorrow, Bole Michael branch. Tesfalem claims to have chosen the school for t...

May 13 , 2023

Sesame Farmers Confront War Consequences, Market Volatility, Trade Winds

Asamirew Mekonnen, 49, has been a farmer all his life. He cultivated sesame on over half of his land in Humera town, Tigray Regional State. He recalls that he was able to harvest 1,700qtls a few ye...

May 6 , 2023

Subdued Synergy Banes Infrastructures

Yabets Zerihun drove a passenger from the Saris to the Laphto area around 3PM last week. As he passed the area commonly referred to as Arba Meter, a giant trench appeared in front, forcing him to s...

Apr 29 , 2023

Mandatory Reflex to Digitised Payment System

Yonathan Abebe, 27, joined the queue at one of the Total Energies service outlets near Mexico Roundabout to refill gas on a cloudy morning last week. Some of the dozen vehicles before him had been...

Apr 22 , 2023

Currency Crunch, Policy Paralysis

Siraj Mohammed, a local butcher in Qera, the hub for abattoirs in Addis Abeba, has been experiencing a surge in demand for beef during the month of Ramadan and the holiday season. After skinning an...

Apr 15 , 2023

High Prices, Low Purchasing Power, Road Blocks Fade Holiday Market

Birtukan Mekuria, 26, had high hopes of completing her holiday shopping on good notes as she roamed the Shola market earlier last week. She came to the market earlier to get an affordable deal with th...

Apr 9 , 2023

No 'Bajaj' Transport Palsy Plagues Commuters

Habiba Nasir was in a hurry to break her day-long fast as it is the month of Ramadan when Muslims refrain from any kind of nourishment before dusk. Wearing all white and carrying a backpack, she wa...

Apr 3 , 2023

Rent Appreciation Scorches Dwellers

Yididya Tesfaye hailed from Hawassa city, securing a job as a Chemistry teacher in one of the private schools of Addis Abeba two years ago. His salary is 8,000 Br, living in a one-room house near the...

Columns

Commentaries | Jul 25,2026

Cost Recovery by Public Institutions Becomes a Hidden Tax

Ideally, citizens who have paid income tax all year should not have to reach for their wal...

Editorial | Jul 25 , 2026

Chasing Excellence in the Summer, Raising Questions Over Who It Leaves Behind

For as long as her daughter had been in school, the summer break belonged to the family. E...

Featured | Jul 25 , 2026 . By BIZUAYEHU ABIY and TIGIST MEKONNEN

Shematera Weavers' Chain Meets the VAT Line

The footsteps, bargaining voices and rustle of cotton cloth that once filled Shematera in...

Agenda | Jul 25 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE

Global Bank Board Suspends 18 as Deposit Probe Widens

Global Bank's Board of Directors have overhauled top management, after suspending several...

Fortune News | Jul 25 , 2026 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER