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Jul 20 , 2025

New Tax Code Draws Cheers from Officials, Cries from the Streets

During a soft and steady rain that soaked the narrow lanes around Ghana Street, near St. Uriel Church on the edge of the Uriel School campus, pedestrians shuffled along under umbrellas, hoods, or bare...

Jul 13 , 2025

Brewing Trouble as Tella Bars Go Dry

The sweet-sour scent of "tella" still lingered in the cramped compound off Tunisia Street, close to Addisu Gebeya, even though the drink itself is gone. Days ago, 200Lts of the home-brewed beer were p...

Jul 6 , 2025

When Pepper Burns the Purse

The late-morning sun cuts through Addis Abeba's usual haze and lands on Haile Garment, an industrious pocket of the capital's Nifas Silk-Lafto District where sewing workshops crowd narrow lanes. Fr...

Jun 29 , 2025

As School Fees Soar in Addis, Families Choose Between Education, Survival

Late June in Addis Abeba brings its first curtain of rain, a grey veil that slows the minibuses and muffles the usual din of the capital. It is the season when schools close, children tumble into the...

Jun 21 , 2025

Addis Abeba's Messy Taxi Overhaul Leaves Riders Waiting, Veterans Sidelined

Around 5:00pm, a time when most civil servants spill out of office towers and scramble for rides home, Mexico Square was oddly hushed. On Mozambique Street, in the Genet Hotel area, only a few batt...

Jun 15 , 2025

A Promise Signed, A Silence Kept

Mekdes Nebro remembers the moment silence crept into her life. Raised in Merhabete, a hill town in North Shewa of the Amhara Regional State, she imagined university as a bright step forward, crowded l...

Jun 8 , 2025

A Crisis Hidden in Plain Sight

Meseret Mulle rises before dawn in the crowded quarter around Golagol Tower, waking her two sons, aged 13 and eight, in the single “kebele” house they share. At 35, she cleans homes in Gerji, a tw...

May 31 , 2025

Elite Schools Raise Fees Sharply as Parents Cry Foul Over Legal Wrangling

Parents at Flipper International School received a jolt on May 23, 2025, when a letter confirmed that next year's “Category 1” tuition will increase to 178,558 Br, a 76,525 Br leap equivalent to r...

May 24 , 2025

When the Rains Come for the Poor

Yohannes Geta spent two years watching the Wyen Amba River trickle past his home in Bole District, Wereda 11, on the southeastern outskirts of the capital. The river sometimes carried soil and constru...

May 17 , 2025

Milk Prices Soar as Dairy Chain Buckles Under Strain

Azeb Asamen sat in the modest living room of her small home near Haile Garment Square, in the southern outskirts of Addis Abeba, her brow furrowed as she stared at the empty milk container beside her...

May 11 , 2025

Debt Deadlines Test the Promise of Addis Abeba's Makeover

Tsiriha Biru, 45, had never imagined that her rhythm of life in Adissu Gebeya, a northern Addis Abeba market hub she had known for three decades, could be broken in a single July afternoon. The mother...

May 4 , 2025

They Worked for Decades, Now They Struggle to Survive

In Addis Abeba's crowded southern quarter, the hum of traffic fades behind SarisAboChurch, where a narrow alley leads to a mud-plastered compound. Inside, 68-year-old Welesh Gessese tucks her belongin...

Apr 27 , 2025

In the Shadows of Renewal, a Generation Struggles to Find Its Place

Hana Melaku, a mother of two, had never imagined life outside Cazanchis. One of the historic neighbourhoods of Addis Abeba, it had been her world from birth, a place stitched together by familiar face...

Apr 19 , 2025

A Holiday of Uneasy Choices

As dawn broke over Addis Abeba mid last week, a convoy of rumbling trucks swung into a market in Qera neighbourhood, each vehicle stacked high with restless oxen. Men in bright jackets dart among the...

Apr 13 , 2025

Trenches of Tax Turmoil

In Merkato, a troubling quietness dominated the usually lively market last week. Shoppers stroll slowly, pausing briefly to inquire about prices but rarely making purchases. Merchants, once busy atten...

Apr 6 , 2025

FLUSHED WITH TROUBLE

Residents gathered anxiously two weeks ago in a parking lot nestled within Noah Real Estate's community, in the rapidly expanding Bole Beshale neighbourhood on the northern outskirts of Addis Abeba. U...

Columns

Commentaries | Oct 25,2025

The Rules Multiply. So Does the Confusion, and Uncertainty

The regulatory machinery is on overdrive. In only two years, no fewer than 35 new proclama...

Editorial | Oct 25 , 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

Pay Penalty, Convert Lease Hold, or Cease Business

The clang of metal shutters has gone silent on Addis Abeba's commercial corridors across B...

Agenda | Oct 26 , 2025 . By NAHOM AYELE

Addis Abeba Education Bureau Rolls Out Cluster Classes

Officials of the Addis Abeba's Education Bureau have embarked on an ambitious experiment t...

Fortune News | Oct 25 , 2025 . By YITBAREK GETACHEW