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Nov 16 , 2019

New Autism Centre to Break Ground after Two Year Delay

Nia Foundation received a green light last week from the city's land administration office to start the construction of an autism centre. Expected to be completed in two years' time, the cost of th...

Nov 16 , 2019

Radisson Expands Hotel Business to Bahir Dar

Bahir Dar, capital of the Amahara Regional State, will be getting a Radisson Blu Hotel Group branded hotel. The hotel will be the fourth hotel under the Group's brand in Ethiopia. The international...

Nov 16 , 2019

Gov't Marks First Sunflower Import in Bid to Diversify Oil Market

Ethiopia's government will for the first time import sunflower oil to stabilise the market aside from its usual consignment of palm oil. The Ethiopian Industrial Inputs Development Enterprise is im...

Nov 16 , 2019

Car Imports Linger at Customs in Djibouti after Tax Hike

Car imports are languishing at Djibouti's ports as suppliers scramble to cover the import duty following a recent regulation that removes the 30pc tax deduction on second-hand cars. Importers that...

Nov 16 , 2019

Gonder University Expands to Streamline Science Offerings

The University of Gonder spent 900 million Br to complete the construction of eight buildings dedicated to engineering and technology studies. The buildings are part of the University's effort to brin...

Nov 16 , 2019

AG Connects Asaminew to Chief of Staff Assassination, Charges 68

In an investigation that took five months, the Attorney General held Asamnew Tsige (B.Gen) responsible for the assassination of Seare Mekonnen (Gen.), former army chief of staff, and his friend, Ge'za...

Nov 14 , 2019

Africa Doing More, Not Enough, to Finance Youth

The challenge is enormous. Close to 10 million young women and men join the labor market every year in Africa. Currently, there are 14 million unemployed in Ethiopia. Yet only less than one-third of t...

Nov 11 , 2019

Ethiopia Shirks 'Scale Up, Speed Up' Investment Forum

Six heads of state and high level delegates from 109 countries, of whom 48 are from Africa, were on hand when the second edition of the African Investment Forum opened today in the Sandton Convention...

Nov 9 , 2019

IN HOPE OF A MIRACLE

One of the hot campaign issues of the 2005 elections was the condominium apartment housing projects. It was a novel idea at the time that was forwarded by the EPRDF as a solution to the acute housing...

Nov 9 , 2019

Reppi On Track to Overflow within Year

Reppi, aka Qoshe, the capital's half-century-old landfill, is on track to run out of dumping space within six months to a year. It is exasperating residents living nearby as heaps of trash rise nea...

Nov 9 , 2019

Meqelle University Embarks on Largest Expansion

The almost two-decade-old Meqelle University finalised construction of its seventh campus. Opening its doors 10 days ago, the Meles Zenawi Institute of Science & Technology Campus cost 1.6 billion...

Nov 9 , 2019

City Administration to Allocate Land to Banks without Bid

Addis Abeba City Administration has started allotting land to all the banks in the country based on the lease proposals they provide. Upon an agreement with the City Administration, the banks will be...

Nov 9 , 2019

Addis to Get Two Overpasses for 2b Br

The Addis Abeba City Roads Authority will commence construction on two overpass projects to ease congestion in the capital. The projects, which will be inaugurated by Deputy Mayor Takele Uma on Novemb...

Nov 9 , 2019

Ethiopia, Djibouti Buttress Trade Routes

In an effort to strengthen the trade relationships between their countries, Ethiopia and Djibouti have built an 80Km road project that connects the port city of Tadjoura to the northeastern part of Et...

Nov 9 , 2019

Nation's First Centre of Excellence for Teff Sprouts Up

The nation's first centre of excellence for conducting research on teff, a fine grain indigenous to Ethiopia, will be established in Bishoftu, Oromia Regional State. Costing 40 million Br, it will...

Nov 9 , 2019

US Extends Diplomacy through Space in Meqelle

The United States Embassy will open a new public space in Meqelle, capital of the Tigray Regional State, in February. The America Corner will be the sixth one for the country. The space is intended...

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Commentaries | Jul 31,2026

The Rains May Fail, Policy Dare Not

Weldu Yiheysh has not read the Pacific temperature charts. He does not need to. In Shibta...

Editorial | Jul 31 , 2026

SMALL-NOTES SQUEEZE WORN, TORN, NEVER RETURNED

For Hirut Ayalew, a small shop owner around Ferensay Legasiyon, the shortage of usable sma...

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Tax Bills Outrun the Metre, Stalling Ride-hailing Drivers

Elbeletel Tilahun was among the ride-hailing drivers startled by this year's tax assessmen...

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Right-sizing Tests Addis Abeba University’s Promise for Autonomy

Addis Abeba University set out to win its institutional autonomy. Two years in, that freed...

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New Autism Centre to Break Ground after Two Year Delay

Radisson Expands Hotel Business to Bahir Dar

Gov't Marks First Sunflower Import in Bid to Diversify Oil Market

Car Imports Linger at Customs in Djibouti after Tax Hike

Gonder University Expands to Streamline Science Offerings

AG Connects Asaminew to Chief of Staff Assassination, Charges 68

Africa Doing More, Not Enough, to Finance Youth

Ethiopia Shirks 'Scale Up, Speed Up' Investment Forum