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ROBERA GETACHEW

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ROBERA GETACHEW's Articles

U.S. AID FREEZES, LEAVING RECIPIENTS COUNTING

Feb 9 , 2025 . By ROBERA GETACHEW

The abrupt funding pause of American aid has left the humanitarian world reeling, spa...

USAID Funding Suspension Triggers Crises, Hits Health Sector, Leaves Thousands Jobless

Feb 9 , 2025 . By ROBERA GETACHEW

Demelash Tekesete, a consultant for an NGO, was stunned by the sudden halt of US Agen...

Economic Slowdown, Instability, Tax Burden Bang Small Businesses

Feb 2 , 2025 . By ROBERA GETACHEW

Tesfaye Hora, a former Bajaj (three-wheeled vehicle) driver from Gebre Guracha in Oro...

MOTORISTS HIT BRAKES ON TOUGHER FINES

Jan 25 , 2025 . By ROBERA GETACHEW

Many motorists face new and stricter traffic regulations introduced by the Council of...

New Traffic Rules Add Financial Strain on Addis Abeba Drivers

Jan 25 , 2025 . By ROBERA GETACHEW

Binyam Tesfaye, a 31-year-old father of two, is struggling under the weight of Addis...

Leather Industry Falters, Quality Declines, Factories Shutter

Jan 12 , 2025 . By ROBERA GETACHEW

Daniel Megersa, a butcher in Addis Abeba's northern Asko area, has watched his in-hom...

Traffic Management Overhaul Digitises Fines, Parking Fees

Jan 5 , 2025 . By ROBERA GETACHEW

City transport authorities have launched a new digital traffic management system that...

Escaping Underemployment, Facing Low Wages at Home, Scam Factories in Myanmar

Dec 29 , 2024 . By ROBERA GETACHEW

Shikur Naser, a 25-year-old civil engineering graduate, left for Bangkok, Thailand, i...

Commentaries

Climate-Driven Hunger Fuels the Next Migration Crisis

In the first half of this year, nearly 20,000 people crossed the English Channel to t...

The Scramble for Critical Minerals

The world's superpowers have developed a seemingly insatiable appetite for the critical minerals that are...

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

Teaching Hospitals Shoulder the Burden While Administrators Count the Beans

Jul 26 , 2025

Teaching hospitals everywhere juggle three jobs at once: teaching, curing, and discov...

In Taxing Aggressively, Fed's Fiscal Reckoning Arrives

Jul 19 , 2025

Parliament is no stranger to frantic bursts of productivity. Even so, the vote last w...

Legal, Policy Volatility Turns Promises into Headwinds

Jul 12 , 2025

Political leaders and their policy advisors often promise great leaps forward, yet th...

Civil Society Feels the Squeeze as Reform Era Unravels

Jul 5 , 2025

Six years ago, Ethiopia was the darling of international liberal commentators. A year...

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

Rogue Accountants Bleeding Businesses

In recent months, a troubling pattern has emerged across Ethiopian businesses: a wave...

The Invisible Bias Against Caring Fathers

Last week, I was in the hospital, sick and out of commission. While I focused on reco...

Life Matters

The Law, the Guards, and the Doghouse

A recent incident in my residential compound reinforced a growing sense of unease: ou...

The Manual-Less Revolution

Across the world, and certainly in Ethiopia, new devices arrive fresh from the box while their instruction manuals remain untouched. Shiny a...