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Jun 20 , 2020

Onion Price Rises as Supply from Farmers, Sudan Falls

On the sunny Wednesday afternoon of May 17, 2020, the newly opened vegetable market in Jan Meda, which recently replaced the Atkilit Terra vegetable market, received few customers and fewer transactio...

Jun 14 , 2020

A Moment of Silence

The narrow streets of Gojam Sefer in Lideta wind and split into even narrower roads every few metres. The packed houses lined side by side barely leave any space from one gate to the next. It is not a...

Jun 7 , 2020

Hoteliers, Employees on the Outs as COVID-19 Proliferates

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 requested anonymity, received 50...

May 31 , 2020

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

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 capital, classes have cont...

May 23 , 2020

DAM CHRONICLES

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...

May 16 , 2020

City Struggles to Stay Vigilant as COVID-19 Cases Rise

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...

May 9 , 2020

Public in Dark as Mesqel Square Rehab Commences

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...

May 2 , 2020

COVID-19 Jeopardises Small Businesses' Daily Bread

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...

Apr 25 , 2020

Odd-Even Vehicular Decree Triggers Outrage

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 a...

Apr 17 , 2020

COVID-19 Casts a Shadow Over Easter Market

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...

Apr 12 , 2020

Quarantine Quandary

A 31-year-old businessman and father of two arrived in Addis Abeba on March 24, 2020, a day after the mandatory quarantine for travellers was enforced by the government. The businessman travels to an...

Apr 4 , 2020

Fears of COVID-19 Spread Locks Down Restaurants, Cafes

A mere week ago one of the 11 branches of Tomoca Coffee, this one located in Piassa, had hundreds of people walk through its doors every day. But this is no longer the case. Following the rising...

Mar 28 , 2020

Ethiopia's Flower Market at Dead End

It was such an outrageously windy and sunny day in March; the clouds on the horizon were shaded with blighted, glaring white. The day was both a majestic mixture of patches of clouds with the sun; it...

Mar 21 , 2020

COVID-19 Hits Some Businesses Hard, Yet Blesses Others

In the mid-afternoon of Wednesday, March 18, 2020, Kenema Public Pharmacy, located around the stadium near Ghion Hotel was busy serving people from all walks of life, from teenagers to the elderly. Th...

Mar 21 , 2020

Ethiopia Secures $500m for Reform Agenda

The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank approved half a billion dollars of financing to support the Homegrown Economic Reform Plan, which the government rolled out recently. Half of the...

Mar 14 , 2020

Root Cause Remains Puzzle, Yet Cost of Living Keeps Rising

In the late afternoon of Wednesday, March 11, 2020, Ehil Berenda (cereal crops floor), which is located in Merkato, the largest open market in the capital, was busy as usual. Daily labourers were unlo...

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