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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...

Nov 21 , 2020

Instability Casts Shadow on Sesame Market

He was a farmer who came to the city looking for international buyers for his crops. The plan was to come to Addis Abeba and sort out an export license and hopefully seal deals with interested buyers...

Nov 14 , 2020

The Tide of Turnover: Occupational Hazards of an Industrial Worker

Million Mekonnen was fired over a piece of cloth. The size of the cloth is in contention, but even she does not deny taking it. It happened one Tuesday morning back in March while she was still wor...

Nov 7 , 2020

Inconsolable Present, Uncertain Future for Restive Nation

The cold-blooded slaughter of dozens of community members in Gawa Qanga Kebele took place on what was once hopeful ground. A setting for the countrywide Green Legacy Initiative became the scene of sen...

Oct 31 , 2020

Doctors Desperate for Jobs as Capacity Falls Behind

Like so many children who grow up wanting to be a doctor, Tariku Hussen (MD) had his heart set on the medical profession from a young age. He had good grades and encouragement from his aunt who had su...

Oct 24 , 2020

FDI Flow Grapples with Political Instability, COVID-19

Chips are an essential part of Dawit Zemene's downtime. The 26-year-old, who drives for taxi-hailing service Ride to make money on the side, eats chips almost every day. When SUN Chips, a locally-m...

Oct 17 , 2020

Overwhelmed, Farmers Left Empty-Handed in Wake of Locust Invasion

It was the first time that 12-year-old Anisa Ali had ever seen desert locust swarms of this magnitude as they flew in over her neighbourhood. She had accompanied her father, Ali Jaaro, to their fiel...

Columns

Commentaries | Sep 06,2025

Ethiopians Celebrate Big Dreams, While Everyday Realities Cast Shadow

The dawn of a new year is more than a simple turning of the calendar. It is a moment heavy...

Editorial | Sep 6 , 2025

Holiday Bazzars Reveal a City Split by Price, Policy, and Public Mood

At the heart of the city, the Zemen Gebeya New Year bazaar inside the Exhibition Hall behi...

Featured | Sep 7 , 2025 . By AMANUEL BEKELE

As Holidays Near, Addis Abeba's Markets Thrum with Hope, Hardship

As the holiday nears, the markets of Addis Abeba thrum with anticipation and anxiety. In t...

Agenda | Sep 7 , 2025 . By AMANUEL BEKELE

Addis Abeba's Land Auction Spurs Bidding Frenzy During Affordability Concerns

Addis Abeba's sixth public land lease auctions after a five-year pause delivered mixed sig...

Fortune News | Sep 7 , 2025 . By NAHOM AYELE