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Power Rationing Propels Cement Prices Higher

Abraham Ebisa, general manager of AHZ Construction Plc, was in Gurd Shola cement and building materials market in the middle of last week to buy cement. Abraham, a 2017 graduate in civil engineerin...

Jun 15 , 2019

Paying Traffic Fines Makes Turn for the Worse

On the morning of June 2, 2019, Hassen Mujib, a curtain shop owner near Piassa, Addis Ketema District, stood in a long queue at the main branch of the Addis Abeba City Government Driver, Vehicle Licen...

Jun 8 , 2019

Power Outages Ignite Generator Business

Since last month, Addis Abeba has been unusually besieged by the sounds of generators, including one that thunders from the vicinity of Oboda Bore Barber Shop around Adey Abeba on Sierra Leone Street...

Jun 4 , 2019

Legal Battles Rage in Flight 302 Crash Aftermath

It has been almost three months since Konjit Shafi lost her younger brother, 31-year-old Sintayehu Shafi, on the fateful crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 Max 8 that plunged into a...

May 25 , 2019

Low Wages Cast Shadow on Industrial Parks

In her mid-20s, Tizita Eyamo is one of 25,172 workers at the nation's flagship industrial park in Hawassa, capital of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, & Peoples' Region. Originally from W...

May 18 , 2019

Got Milk? Not Lately in Addis

Samson and Kidus Belayneh, 12 and nine years old of Biret Dildy, in Yeka district, were out looking for milk on a Wednesday afternoon right after school. They were sent out to buy milk by their aunt f...

May 11 , 2019

Medical Interns Past Compromise

For Abel Temesgen, 24, an incident that took place at Jimma University Specialised Hospital a month ago was one in a long line of abuses the medical field has been inflicting on practitioners. The...

May 4 , 2019

Private Colleges in Web of Violation of Accreditation and Permit Rules

Mebruk Mohammed,in her early 20s, is a second-year nursing student at Kea-Med Medical College. Having graduated from a private secondary school in her neighbourhood, it was her placement in Dilla Univ...

Apr 26 , 2019

Hopes, Aspirations of Addis Residents

Aklilu Wolde was born and raised in Addis Abeba. A seventh child for his parents, he grew up around Taiwan Market in Merkato, officially known as Addis Ketema District. He had to leave the city in...

Apr 20 , 2019

Laid Off Contract Workers Wrangle with State Power Utility

A 2002 graduate of Neqmet Technical & Vocational Education Training College and an advanced diploma holder in electronics and electricity, Sileshi Simahunde, 38, was full of hope and optimism aft...

Apr 13 , 2019

Fasting Season, No Longer Boon for Fish Industry

Yaqob Workneh, 42, a legal expert, has been a connoisseur of fish for the past 15 years, especially during fasting seasons like Abiy Tsome, the Ethiopian Orthodox Lent. He visits Seble Fish Resta...

Apr 6 , 2019

Forex Crunch Marginally Improves, while Businesses Teeter

Amrin Ahmed, who is in her early 20s, is a self-described businesswoman. Growing up in the culture of a family-owned business, she started selling cosmetics and women's products while she was still in...

Apr 6 , 2019

Political Challenges, Chief Agenda in Current Ethiopia

In an opinion piece in this publication headlined, “PM Abiy Should Look at Economic Problems as Well,” it is suggested that the Prime Minister's administration needs to focus on transitioning the...

Mar 30 , 2019

Recurrent Water Shortage Exasperates Consumers

For Hana Tilahun, 28, who lives in Bethel, close to Balcha Aba Nefso Street, water shortages are a common occurrence. But she is anguished that her house did not receive a single drop of water for the...

Mar 23 , 2019

Unplanned Rehabilitation Project Comes Unglued

The earliest childhood memory of Dawit Gezahegn, who is in his early 20s, is being in an orphanage. Adopted at a young age, he never knew who his biological parents were. He was fortunate enough to...

Mar 16 , 2019

Prices of Secondhand Cars Race Ahead

Last Tuesday, March 12, 2019, 20-something Selam Tadesse was in Haya Hulet with a cousin and her younger brother to purchase a new car. For the last four years, she has been sharing a car with her fat...

Columns

Commentaries | Jun 13,2026

Logistics Reform Should Deliver More Than Market Entry by Foreign Capital

The recent policy decision to fully open freight forwarding to foreign capital may become...

Editorial | Jun 13 , 2026

Addis Abeba Pours a New Story in Every Cup, Where Tradition Meets Global Influence

Customers settle into a carefully curated space of dark wood, black accents, muted green f...

Featured | May 31 , 2026 . By HELINA HADGU

THE PRICE OF MISTRUSTING THE TAP

Bottled water, once a symbol of convenience and safety for most residents, has become a sm...

Agenda | Jun 14 , 2026 . By HELINA HADGU

Parliament Receives Biggest Budget Bill, Debt Already First in Line

Finance Minister Ahmed Shide walked into Parliament on Thursday, June 11, 2026, with the l...

Fortune News | Jun 14 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE