Fortune Staff Writer
Jun 21 , 2025 . By BEREKET BALCHA
As we walked down the road from Mexico (then Maychew Square) to AU (then OAU), the four of us munched on what we called Nechu Qolo, properly...
Jun 14 , 2025 . By BEREKET BALCHA
At a weekend bazaar hosted at the Zobras Olympiakos Greek Club, I stumbled upon a Frenchman with a ponyta...
Jun 7 , 2025 . By BEREKET BALCHA
I was barely 18 in 1994 and just beginning my freshman year at Addis Abeba University when a friend asked me to accompany her on an errand...
May 31 , 2025 . By BEREKET BALCHA
A recent BBC documentary spotlighted a familiar face in war-torn Port Sudan—a city now bearing the scar...
May 24 , 2025 . By BEREKET BALCHA
A three-legged cat loiters at the gates of the Louvre, not the Parisian Museum, but a high-end French restaurant in Addis Abeba where I have...
May 17 , 2025 . By BEREKET BALCHA
A leisurely Sunday afternoon at a coffee shop near Mekanisa Abo Mazoria turned into a spontaneous adventure. Over coffee, my friend mention...
May 10 , 2025 . By BEREKET BALCHA
Two years ago, to the day, a Joy Hack event organised by iceAddis brought together young coders in a creative sprint to design computer game...
May 3 , 2025 . By BEREKET BALCHA
A haunting painting of St. George at the Armenian Church by Selam Amsalu lured me toward an unlikely expl...
Apr 26 , 2025 . By BEREKET BALCHA
You don't need to travel to Old Jerusalem to know that its quarters are clearly marked: Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and Armenian. The last, w...
Apr 20 , 2025 . By BEREKET BALCHA
Passing through the grand foyer of the Sheraton Addis, I expected “The Art of Ethiopia” to be a premium event. But what I saw exceeded a...
Apr 13 , 2025 . By BEREKET BALCHA
Once in a while, even the most efficient services falter. That's what happened the day my host in the small German city of Heilbronn accompa...
Apr 6 , 2025 . By BEREKET BALCHA
A 90's music clip kicks off with a fast-paced electronic beat, instantly taking you to a nightclub. Berhanu Tezera - one-half of the legenda...
May 9 , 2026
The Ethiopian state appears to have discovered a fiscal instrument that is politicall...
May 2 , 2026
By the time Ethiopia's National Dialogue Commission (ENDC) reached the end of its fir...
Apr 25 , 2026
In a political community, official speeches show what governments want their citizens...
For much of the past three decades, Ethiopia occupied a familiar place in the Western...
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