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Mar 13 , 2021

The Road to Square One: Health Services in War-torn Tigray

Discarded green camouflage military garb, distinct from the digital pattern of the Ethiopian National Defense Force, lies among the items strewn over the ground behind Frewoini Primary Hospital, two h...

Mar 6 , 2021

Shifting Gears

A father of two with another child on the way saved up 17,000 Br for half a year at one of the microfinance institutions and was provided with a loan of 400,000 Br to be paid off in three years. A ta...

Feb 27 , 2021

Galloping Cost of Living Bites Harder

Anybody who is familiar with Shola Market would know that the area is the scene of a constant flurry of activity any day of the week. As one of the prominent marketplaces in the capital, shoppers from...

Feb 20 , 2021

Crippling Fuel Shortage Leaves City Scrambling

At the end of last week, Abdi Addis, owner of an old, worn-out pickup truck, found himself stuck in the streets of Lancia when his car broke down after running out of fuel. He was filling his gas tank...

Feb 13 , 2021

A Rose in Winter: Revival of Flower Industry Takes Hold

Afri Flower lies in a secluded area five kilometres away from the main roads of Holeta, an area referred to as Wajetu Harbo Kebele by its inhabitants. There is barely any movement on the rough road le...

Feb 6 , 2021

The Banking Industry's Narrow Escape: A Look Back

The six-decade-old journey of Wallia Leather & Leather Products, one of the oldest leather establishments in the country, recently ended. Named after an endemic mountain goat, the company was know...

Jan 30 , 2021

COVID-19: The Price of a Clean Bill of Health

Last month, a very unlikely Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) patient walked through Yerer Hospital's halls. Yerer was the third private hospital licensed to provide treatment to the victims of the pandemi...

Jan 23 , 2021

New Dawn, New Day, Less Pay

It was a quiet, bitterly cold morning atop Entoto, the tallest mountain in the capital and namesake of the recently opened Entoto Park. The bone-piercing chill and the crisp mountain air will perhaps...

Jan 16 , 2021

Cement: Construction Industry's Catch-22

His phone is tightly wrapped up in a plastic bag and tied around his neck. The bag is meant to keep dust from getting in and damaging the phone, but after a full day's work, the thin plastic is no mat...

Jan 9 , 2021

A Not So Merry Market

A myriad of loud sounds are competing to be heard over one another in Mercato, the largest open-air market on the continent. Multiple speakers blare announcements and advertisements vying for the att...

Jan 2 , 2021

2020: A Series of Unfortunate Events

Every year, during the harvest season, a care package of barley grain makes its way from Adwa to Addis Abeba. The family of seven in Adwa, who send it to their kin in the capital, grow teff and wheat...

Dec 26 , 2020

Leather Industry Desperate to Save own Skin

Black and white markings on their legs and large semi-circular rimmed horns that stretch over a metre long are part of the endemic Walia Ibex's signature look. The Walia can weigh over 100Kg and is a...

Dec 19 , 2020

Tigray State: A Glance Through the Window

It was around midnight on November 3 when this 25-year-old was jarred wide awake by the sound of consecutive gunshots. He would be one of the first to witness the beginning of the armed conflict in th...

Dec 12 , 2020

Transport Disruptions to Tigray State See Light at End of Tunnel

The desk where the conductor issues tickets inside the office of Noah Transport, S.C., close to Estifanos Church and opposite Mesqel Square, takes up nearly half of the space inside the small room. A...

Dec 5 , 2020

Conflicts Exacerbate Food Security Threat

Kuyso Kuse resides in Fuchucha Kebele, Karat Zuria of Konso Special Zone in Southern Nations, Nationalities & People's Regional State, with his wife and six children. During better days, he grew c...

Nov 28 , 2020

Running on Fumes: Ethiopian Tourism in 2020

It has been over a decade since the auspicious day when Tariku Mulugeta met a French guide in Gonder. He had barely started his career as a tour guide himself at Fasil Ghebbi in the city where he was...

Columns

Commentaries | Oct 11,2025

The Human Flight a Failure of Political Imagination, Not a Mere Economic Policy

Ladislas Farago, a roving Associated Press (AP) correspondent, arrived in Ethiopia in 193...

Editorial | Oct 11 , 2025

TRADITION THRIVES AS COSTS CLIMB

As dawn broke over Addis Abeba last week, the city's arteries pulsed not with the usual we...

Featured | Oct 5 , 2025 . By REDIET YARED

TOMATOES TASTE OF INFLATION

Tomato prices in Addis Abeba have surged to unprecedented levels, with retail stands charg...

Agenda | Oct 12 , 2025

TOMATOES TASTE OF INFLATION

Tomato prices in Addis Abeba have surged to unprecedented levels, with retail stands charg...

Fortune News | Oct 12 , 2025