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Mar 23 , 2020 . By TAMRAT G. GIORGIS

ON THE FRONT LINE

Jostling through heavily congested roads worsened by ongoing construction, there is just off to the side an unassuming, depressing, cobblestone alleyway through a cemetery. Several ambulances haphazardly negotiate the route almost every hour on their way to the place that is now a battleground in Et...

Mar 13 , 2020

Inforgraph: Coronavirus Already Infecting Ethiopian Economy

China has sneezed and dozens of countries around the world have caught a cold. The Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), a respiratory illness that began in the Wuhan District of China, has infected over 100,000 people across the world and has claimed its first victim in Ethiopia - the economy. A relatively new and tiny player in the global economy, Ethiopia has been hit as a result of restrictions and delays in the shipping of goods and travel of people. Local businesses that rely on raw materials, goods and skilled human power exported from China, Ethiopia's biggest trade partner, ha...


Apr 1 , 2020

Antonio Guterres: COVID-19 is ‘most challenging’ Crisis Since World War II

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned late Tuesday that the world faces the "most challenging crisis" since World War II with the coronavirus pandemic. ...


Mar 17 , 2020

Infographic: Root Cause Remains Puzzle, Yet Cost of Living Keeps Rising

The latest figures from the Central Statistical Agency show that food inflation has marked a 3.1-percentage-point increase to reach 25.1pc, year-over-year. This has pushed a quintal of white teff to more than 4,000 Br. As consumers struggle, experts blame agricultural productivity, long supply chains and a growing monetary base for the increase in food prices, writes TEMESGEN MULUGETA, FORTUNE STAFF WRITER.  Under normal circumstances, February is an amiable month to consumers of food items. Supply increases and inflation stabilises, offering a breath of fresh air in an economy where...





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