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Justices Overrule Favouring Ghion Hotel over Disputes with Filmmaker's Company

Oct 16 , 2021 . By BAMLAK FIKADU

Justices at the Supreme Court have ruled in favour of the Ghion Hotels Enterprise ove...

Exhibition Centre Deals Exceed 100m Br Threshold

Oct 16 , 2021 . By BAMLAK FIKADU

Betahon Special Events Plc, a new entrant in the event organising industry, has grasp...

Flavoured Beverages Frenzy Takes Over Bar Scene

Oct 16 , 2021 . By BAMLAK FIKADU

It is a small but cosy establishment dubbed "Beer Lovers" located in the Ayat neighbo...

Donkey Slaughterhouse Opens After Seven-Year Deadlock

Oct 9 , 2021 . By BAMLAK FIKADU

A donkey slaughterhouse has resumed operations in Assela town, in the Arsi Zone of th...

Ministry Requests $600m for Crude Palm Oil Imports

Oct 2 , 2021 . By BAMLAK FIKADU

Officials of the Ministry of Trade & Industry have placed a request for the centr...

Compulsory Workers' Compensation Insurance Policy Surfaces to Safeguard Seasonal Labourers

Oct 2 , 2021 . By BAMLAK FIKADU

A new directive is on the horizon to make workers' compensation insurance policies ma...

Vehicle Security Market Crops Up as Car Thefts Climb

Sep 18 , 2021 . By BAMLAK FIKADU

On an ordinary day last month, Dawit Eshetu, 26, parked his Toyota Hiace minibus half...

Businesswoman Takes Charge of Hoteliers Lobby Group

Sep 10 , 2021 . By BAMLAK FIKADU

The Addis Abeba Hotel Owners Association has elected a new chairperson, the second pe...

Pandemic, Forex Crunch Hits Cross-Border Trade Hard

Sep 10 , 2021 . By BAMLAK FIKADU

The temperature was almost 30 degrees celsius on a Tuesday afternoon last month. Moto...

Nib Bank Finds Home in Hive

Sep 4 , 2021 . By BAMLAK FIKADU

Nib International Bank has inaugurated a 37-storey headquarters in the Sengatera area, known as the Wall Street of Addis Abeba, 22 years aft...

Visa on Arrival Resumes, Signals Hope for Hospitality Industry

Sep 4 , 2021 . By BAMLAK FIKADU

Ethiopian immigration authorities announced the resumption of electronic and on-arrival visas last week,...

Hotels See Light at End of Tunnel, Tourism Continues to Languish

Sep 4 , 2021 . By BAMLAK FIKADU

It is a windy morning, and the sun is rising over Lake Hawassa, 272Km away from the capital. The birds ar...

Commentaries

The Geopolitical Battle Over Monetary Infrastructure

The development of payment infrastructure in emerging-market economies (EMEs), from i...

Making Roads Pathways of Progress, Not Corridors of Grief

For decades, Ethiopia's roads have been described through the language of fate. The d...

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

Every Encounter with the State Should Not Become an Invoice

May 9 , 2026

The Ethiopian state appears to have discovered a fiscal instrument that is politicall...

National Dialogue Has Everything But the Trust It Needs

May 2 , 2026

By the time Ethiopia's National Dialogue Commission (ENDC) reached the end of its fir...

Addis Abeba's Roads Reveal a Country Where the Powerful Drive Through the Law

Apr 25 , 2026

In a political community, official speeches show what governments want their citizens...

Ethiopia's New Diplomacy Essence Could Be About Shielding Sovereignty

For much of the past three decades, Ethiopia occupied a familiar place in the Western...

Gallery

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

The Silence That Leadership Can't Keep

A few days ago, I attended a virtual conference in Canada that stayed with me, not be...

Development That Redraws the Rent Line

Urban renewal is often sold as a promise: cleaner streets, safer neighbourhoods, bett...

Life Matters

Motivation Drops as the Day Begins in Sleepwear

We have all seen the aesthetic. The “work from home” dream usually comes packaged...

The Final Exam No One Prepared For

The first time I heard about the “Mesob” one-stop service initiative, relief came quickly. It sounded like a promise to citizens worn do...