FORTUNE+ VIDEO SPONSORED CONTENTS ADVERTORIALS FORTUNE AUDIO Fortune Careers TRADE AFRICA Election 2026 New TIME REMAINING UNTIL ETHIOPIA’S NATIONAL ELECTION 0Days 0Hours 0Minutes 0Seconds

Fortune Logo

MEHRET OKUBAY

FORTUNE STAFF WRITER

MEHRET OKUBAY's Articles

THE VOTES ARE IN

Sep 11 , 2020 . By MEHRET OKUBAY

On the morning of September 9, 2020, four hours before the Tigray Regional State opened polling stations, volunteers were busy making sure e...

TIGRAY STATE DEFIES

Sep 6 , 2020 . By MEHRET OKUBAY

Banners flying high, speakers blaring campaign slogans and cafes abuzz with conversations about politics, Meqelle is in election fever as th...

Despite Controversy, Spirits High for Tigray Election

Sep 6 , 2020 . By MEHRET OKUBAY

The sunny city of Meqelle, the seat of Tigray Regional State, is overrun with campaigns, posters and adve...

Election During a Pandemic: A Reporter’s Memoir of Covering Elections in Tigray

Sep 6 , 2020 . By MEHRET OKUBAY

Travelling to the Tigray Regional State feels like flying to an oversees destination — even worse in th...

Home-based Healthcare Services Survive Rough Patch

Aug 22 , 2020 . By MEHRET OKUBAY

Belay Kahsay, 84 years old and the father of four daughters, served as a finance officer until his retire...

Tigray State Digitises Land Management System

Aug 22 , 2020 . By MEHRET OKUBAY

Tigray Regional State has invested 2.5 million Br to digitise its urban land management system, which ena...

Tigray Election Commission Unveils Election Schedule

Aug 16 , 2020 . By MEHRET OKUBAY

Tigray's Election Commission has announced that it will start registering voters starting from the end of...

NGO Calls for Reexamination of Donkeys’ Economic Role

Aug 16 , 2020 . By MEHRET OKUBAY

The Donkey Sanctuary, a nonprofit based in the United Kingdom, has called for the economic role of donkey...

Private Healthcare Facilities Start COVID-19 Treatment

Aug 8 , 2020 . By MEHRET OKUBAY

Private healthcare service providers can now provide treatment to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients,...

Arena Shies Away from Tigray Regional Election

Aug 1 , 2020 . By MEHRET OKUBAY

While five political parties including the ruling Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) registered for...

Teff Disruption Pushes Tigray State Switch to Sorghum

Jul 25 , 2020 . By MEHRET OKUBAY

Due to the supply disruption and price hike of teff, Tigray Regional State is considering increasing the...

Council Mandates Regional Cassation Bench Preside over Elections Appeal

Jul 13 , 2020 . By MEHRET OKUBAY

The newly legislated regional election law of Tigray Regional State has stipulated that the highest body...

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...