Covid-19

IMF Foresees Over 90m Falling into Extreme Poverty Worldwide due to COVID-19

October 13 , 2020

The global pandemic is set to cause a disturbing slide to extreme poverty and inequality, leading over 90 million people across the world fall below 1.90 dollars daily income...

Income Inequality, Poverty Fuels Social Discontent, Warns Credit Agency

August 8 , 2020 . By GELILA SAMUEL

Ethiopia's sovereign credit rating received a negative outlook by Moody's Investors Service, a credit rating firm, due to the country's existing fiscal and external peril, com...

Private Healthcare Facilities Start COVID-19 Treatment

August 8 , 2020 . By MEHRET OKUBAY

Private healthcare service providers can now provide treatment to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, according to a mandatory manual drafted by the Ministry of Health. ...

COVID-19 Worsens the Digital Divide, Delivers Blow to Women's Health

June 13 , 2020 . By Metsehate Ayenekulu

As soon as the first COVID-19 case was reported in Ethiopia, I started working from home in Addis Abeba, because the company I was working at insisted on it. Our internet bills were paid, and we were...

As soon as the first COVID-19 case was reported in Ethiopia, I started...

Transport Ministry Starts COVID-19 Safety Inspection

June 7 , 2020 . By HAGOS GEBREAMLAK

The Transport Ministry has deployed a team of professionals tasked with ensuring the consistent implementation of health standards across the transport sector of the country. The professionals were...

The Transport Ministry has deployed a team of professionals tasked wit...

Ethiopia Grapples with Flood Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

May 31 , 2020 . By HAGOS GEBREAMLAK

On a Friday afternoon, April 24, 2020, the bodies of two individuals, 19 and 45, were discovered in Hamdael area, Dire Dawa City, following a flood caused by heavy rainfall. The bodies were found by l...

On a Friday afternoon, April 24, 2020, the bodies of two individuals,...

COVID-19, As Much Illness of Mind as Body

May 31 , 2020 . By Mhraf Worku

Recently, I received a text from a friend living on the outskirts of Rome, Italy. She reached out to me to ask for advice on what I thought were the best ways to resume social interaction without expo...

Recently, I received a text from a friend living on the outskirts of R...

COVID-19, Friend to Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

May 31 , 2020 . By Michael Getachew

Since the first few months of the year, the focus of much of the healthcare apparatus in Ethiopia has been on the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This is understandable since the virus poses an...

Since the first few months of the year, the focus of much of the healt...

May 31 , 2020 . By Eden Sahle

There has never been a great time to be a woman. The Novel C...

May 31 , 2020 . By Halima Abate (MD)

In the sphere of public health, the effectiveness of monitor...

May 31 , 2020

Oxfam Ethiopia has developed a Novel Coronavirus (COVID–1...

May 23 , 2020 . By MAYA MISIKIR

Employees from the East Addis District of Bank of Abyssinia...

Columns

Editorial

Not to Undo Abiy Ahmed's Pledge for Credible National Elections

January 9 , 2021

There is something curious about elections that have been conducted in Ethiopia since...

To Millions Suffering, IGAD Continues to be a Disappointment

January 2 , 2021

One by one, Workneh Gebeyehu (PhD), executive secretary of the Intergovernmental Auth...

Economic Planning Needs to Learn the Cost of Indiscipline

December 26 , 2020

It is refreshing to see a publicised high-level government meeting become somewhat co...

When War Is Life, Peace Becomes Death

December 19 , 2020

There is no shortage of ironies in Ethiopia’s history. One of the cruellest, perhap...

Sunday With Eden

What It Takes to Not Repeat 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic, having seen over 126,000 cases reported across Ethiopia and leading to the deaths of around 2,000 people, had a silve...

January 9 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

To Find Inspiration, Look to the Most Personal

Five years ago, I met James and his family in Paris, near the Eiffel Tower. We were both taking pictures...

January 3 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

Life Matters

The Dangers of Nocturnal Taxi Service

Recently, a friend left his job, bought a car and registered to work for a taxi-hailing service provider...

January 9 , 2021 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

In Superstitious Universe, Keep to Oneself

Sometimes we are confident that things will work out for us. If we close our eyes, we can vividly see...

January 3 , 2021 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

Agenda

A Not So Merry Market

January 9 , 2021 . By MAYA MISIKIR

A myriad of loud sounds are competing to be heard over one another in Mercato, the largest open-air market on the continent. Multiple speak...

2020: A Series of Unfortunate Events

January 2 , 2021 . By MAYA MISIKIR

Every year, during the harvest season, a care package of barley grain makes its way from Adwa to Addis Ab...

Leather Industry Desperate to Save own Skin

December 26 , 2020 . By MAYA MISIKIR

Black and white markings on their legs and large semi-circular rimmed horns that stretch over a metre lon...

Tigray State: A Glance Through the Window

December 19 , 2020 . By MAYA MISIKIR

It was around midnight on November 3 when this 25-year-old was jarred wide awake by the sound of consecut...

Gallery

2020 in Posterity

January 5 , 2021

With an election initially expected to be held in 2020, the past year was supposed to be eventful. It did not disappoint. In fact, it outpaced expectations. Much of 2020 was talked about, analysed and debated. And thanks to technology, it was caught...