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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...

Oct 10 , 2020

Demonetisation Revives Gold Demand, Black Market

The streets of Piassa in Arada District, the heart of old Addis Abeba, are known for their jewellery shops. One bedazzled gold shop window follows another down the road from Cinema Empire to the Greek...

Oct 3 , 2020

School in Session: Education Next Front of COVID Era

A typical working day in Teferra Sileshi's life may look like it starts with him and his wife heading to their respective jobs in the morning. In reality, it starts much earlier than that. There is br...

Sep 27 , 2020

Restaurants Wither as Government Hits Tax Target

A large green cedar tree, a symbol of the Lebanese flag, is displayed on the wall behind where the band plays in Allebnany Restaurant, located in the neighbourhood commonly known as haya-arat. The en...

Sep 19 , 2020

Heavy Rain Pelts Down Lives, Animals with Flash Flood

If someone was to visit the huts located in Amibara Wereda at night during the rainy season, that person would find themselves occupied with mostly women and children. The men and young boys, who live...

Sep 11 , 2020

New Year's Market Lurks in Shadow of Virus, Inflation

There is a small two-by-three-metre shop right in the heart of Semien Shola Market where Solomon Addis has been selling butter and honey for close to a decade. The shop is small, but there is plenty t...

Sep 6 , 2020

Despite Controversy, Spirits High for Tigray Election

The sunny city of Meqelle, the seat of Tigray Regional State, is overrun with campaigns, posters and advertisements. Large boards tower over the city about to hold its election in less than a week's t...

Aug 29 , 2020

Condominium Crisis, Yet Again

A pool of stagnant rainwater is the first thing that greets someone making their way into the branch office of the Addis Abeba Housing Development Bureau located at the Bole Bulbula condominium site...

Aug 22 , 2020

Cement Runs Dry, Many Out of Commission

When Yilikal Atnafu stepped into that bus taking him from the town of Amanuel in Gojam to Addis Abeba nearly 16 years ago, he had just a faint idea of where his life was heading. What he did know was...

Aug 16 , 2020

Weak Disaster Preparedness Washes Away Livelihoods

When the floods from the Awash Rivers came rushing during the night nearly two weeks ago in Asaita, Afar Regional State, Ahmed Abdulkedir and his neighbors did not have time to grab any of their belon...

Aug 8 , 2020

Essential Healthcare Continuity During COVID-19: A Juggling Act

Shemsu Hussien was transported in an ambulance from his hometown in Worabe, Silte Zone to Addis Abeba while he was fasting for Ramadan in June. The 38-year-old farmer who lives with his wife in thi...

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

Agenda

Instability Casts Shadow on Sesame Market

The Tide of Turnover: Occupational Hazards of an Industrial Worker

Inconsolable Present, Uncertain Future for Restive Nation

Doctors Desperate for Jobs as Capacity Falls Behind

FDI Flow Grapples with Political Instability, COVID-19

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

Demonetisation Revives Gold Demand, Black Market

School in Session: Education Next Front of COVID Era

Restaurants Wither as Government Hits Tax Target

Heavy Rain Pelts Down Lives, Animals with Flash Flood

New Year's Market Lurks in Shadow of Virus, Inflation

Despite Controversy, Spirits High for Tigray Election