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Exports Need One Owner, Not a Dozen

For years, Ethiopia took a different path from its African peers when it comes to managing its export business. Where Ke...

Beyond Reasonable-Doubt Standard Takes Root in Criminal Proceeding

For years, few questions in the domestic criminal law have proved as contested or as...

Fineline

Leaders of the National . . .

Leaders of the National Election Board are in a charm offensive mood, of a sort. Last week, they organised a rare tour for members of the me...

When the country’s most. . .

When the country's most senior diplomats and envoys return back to their posts after two-week debriefings, they leave behind a point or two...

Editorial

Exports Record Worth Having. They Worth More as a Beginning

Aug 22 , 2026

A record is a strange thing to worry about. Federal trade officials have booked the b...

Listen to the Poets Before Bulldozers Narrow Addis Abeba's Memory

Aug 14 , 2026

Aschalew Fetene, known as “Ardi” and admired for his poetic depth, has built a ti...

In Going Digital, the State Designs for the Citizen It Wants to Have

Aug 8 , 2026

The World Bank asks readers to picture a mother in rural Ethiopia who has never held...

The Rains May Fail, Policy Dare Not

Jul 31 , 2026

Weldu Yiheysh has not read the Pacific temperature charts. He does not need to. In Shibta District of Enderta Wereda, in...

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Parliament Approves New Cabinet Members

Oct 6 , 2021

Parliament Approves New Cabinet, Incorporates Opposition Leaders Lawmakers have approved today the nominations of 22 ministers, including three opposition leaders. Two MPs have voted against, while 12 abstained...

2020 in Posterity

Jan 5 , 2021

TIGRAY VOTES DESPITE "NULL & VOID" THREAT

Sep 9 , 2020

IN-PICTURE: LAUREATE'S RECEPTION  

Dec 14 , 2019

PM Abiy Ahmed (PhD) at a Gala Dinner Called for the Awarding of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize

May 6 , 2019

Faces, Voices of Addis Abeba

Apr 26 , 2019

Sunday With Eden

Get Good First, Let the Passion Follow

Over coffee not long ago, a conversation about youth employment took an unexpected tu...

The Plate on the Screen Isn't the Plate on the Table

Last week, I listened to Dr Berry Dubiso, a podcast named after an Ethiopian doctor a...

Life Matters

Hyper-Connected. Rarely Together

A few days ago, a quiet realisation stopped me in my tracks. I had not seen one of my closest friends in nearly a year. It sounds absurd...

A Body Learns Itself from the Inside

Some experiences resist explanation. One can read volumes, hear them described, or watch them on screen,...