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Nov 29 , 2025

In Cattle Markets, Old Rituals Buckle Under New Tax Demands

The Qera livestock market, on Alexander Pushkin St., wakes before sunrise. Beneath a pale sky, cattle traders in felt hats tease reluctant bulls with twists of rope, boys chase bleating goats through...

Nov 22 , 2025

A Night Under the Stars Became the Price of Leaving

Anyone who threads their way along Churchill Avenue towards the hulking Immigration & Citizenship Services (ICS) soon hears the commotion before they see its cause. A restless mix of individuals s...

Nov 19 , 2025

From Fuel Pumps to Plug Points, Wired Ambitions Meet Weak Current

The late-afternoon sun slants across Tewodros Square, on Churchill Road, gilding the dust that rises from the cracked asphalt. On the left side of the square behind the fountain, Michu Corner, a charg...

Nov 8 , 2025

Addis Abeba Bike Riders Fight to Keep Moving

The motorcycle leans against a dusty wall on a street in the Qera neighbourhood, its frame a battered cushion for Seleshi Tadesse with a marketing degree. As he chatted with a circle of shoeshine boys...

Nov 2 , 2025

Central Bank Lifts Lending Limits on Sharia-compliant Banks

The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has reversed a policy that had weighed on the four fully Sharia-compliant banks, lifting a credit growth cap that had been in place for more than two years. Foll...

Oct 26 , 2025

Pay Penalty, Convert Lease Hold, or Cease Business

The clang of metal shutters has gone silent on Addis Abeba's commercial corridors across Bethel, Alem Bank, Salite Mihiret, Ayat, and Qality neighbourhoods for a few weeks now. Storefronts that once o...

Oct 18 , 2025

Traders Count the Cost as Officials Sweep Through Mercato

Last Tuesday, long before dawn, Mercato was awake but not to haggle. Around Mierab Hotel, traders pulled down stalls, stacked timber on Isuzu trucks and pickups, while sawdust and sweat hung in the ai...

Oct 12 , 2025

TOMATOES TASTE OF INFLATION

Tomato prices in Addis Abeba have surged to unprecedented levels, with retail stands charging between 85 Br and 140 Br a kilo, nearly triple last year's rates. Premium varieties such as Gelila fetch ...

Oct 12 , 2025

Tomato Squeeze Guts Kitchens

The sun rose unsteadily over Addis Abeba last week, its pale light muted by dust and exhaust, flickering off tomato crates stacked on narrow streets in the Haile Garment neighbourhood. For 32-year...

Oct 13 , 2025

Textbook Shortages Mount as School Year Advances

The school year in Addis Abeba began almost a month ago, yet across the capital, thousands of students still turn up to class without a single textbook. A four-year curriculum overhaul launched by the...

Sep 27 , 2025

Addis Abeba's Transport Gridlock Wears Commuters Thin

Crowds swell before dawn at some of Addis Abeba's busiest intersections, and the tension hangs in the cool air long before the sun has fully risen. Around Haile Garment Roundabout, Saris Abo, and A...

Sep 21 , 2025

After the Exam Shake-Up, a Generation Left Behind

Haimanot Yonas discovered her exam result at dawn last week, squinting at a flickering phone outside the chemistry lab of Bisrate Gebriel International School, off South Africa St., near the church be...

Sep 13 , 2025

Student Tax ID Push Triggers Logjam

The yellow flush of Aday Abeba flowers has returned to Addis Abeba, heralding the arrival of the Ethiopian New Year. In streets criss-crossed by horse-drawn carriages and honking minibuses, the famili...

Sep 7 , 2025

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 the capital's crowded stalls, tradition collides with economic reality as families brace for another festive se...

Aug 30 , 2025

School Bells Ring as Wallets Snap Shut

The rainy season was losing its grip on Addis Abeba. Patches of pale sky opened between bruised clouds, and streets that had been rivers only days earlier now carried the damp smell of wet soil. Child...

Aug 23 , 2025

Torn Tarps, Fractured Hope

Around dusk during the first week of August this year, dark clouds blew over the craggy ridges of North Wollo, in Amhara Regional State, where more than 8,500 people squeezed into the makeshift Jara c...

Columns

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Ethiopia Needs a Peace Premium the IMF Cannot Supply

At a market stall, reform arrives without a communique. It comes as a higher transport far...

Editorial | Jul 11 , 2026

A Sweet Name Returns, on Machinery from the Past

For generations of Ethiopian children, the crackle of a colourful wrapper and the sweet ta...

Featured | Jul 12 , 2026 . By GEBRU KAHSAY and WORKINEH DIRIBSA

Production Soars While the Feed Sellers Go Under

At his stall around Ferensay Legasion, Mastewal Tekuye has decided to leave a business he...

Agenda | Jul 12 , 2026 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

Decades In, CCD Keeps the Keys, Sends the Invoices

When a WhatsApp notice told about 60 households at a gated community on the outskirts of A...

Fortune News | Jul 12 , 2026 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER