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YITBAREK GETACHEW

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Security-Driven Road Closures Squeese Motorists, Heavy Vehicles Drivers

Feb 28 , 2026 . By YITBAREK GETACHEW

The expansion of Addis Abeba as a diplomatic centre means that there is an increase i...

Addis Abeba Wants Roof-top Farms But Its Growers Need Clean Water First

Feb 28 , 2026 . By YITBAREK GETACHEW

On the edge of Addis Abeba's expanding suburbs, 29-year-old Abnet Melaku has built wh...

Bag Ban Backfires as Factories Stall, Markets Flail

Feb 14 , 2026 . By YITBAREK GETACHEW

At Patina Bakery & Cake on Gabon Street, Muluken Hailu faced uncertainty because...

Shipping Company Consolidates Market Amid Dollar Targets Slip

Feb 14 , 2026 . By YITBAREK GETACHEW

The state-owned shipping company has become one of the standout enterprises, but its...

Power Utility Hits Targets as the National Grid Falls Behind

Feb 8 , 2026 . By YITBAREK GETACHEW

The push toward mass electrification is colliding with limited finance, infrastructur...

New Bill Targets Chaos in the Spice Trade

Jan 31 , 2026 . By YITBAREK GETACHEW

The spice sector, long defined by informality and a lack of regulatory oversight, ent...

Foreign Chambers Close Ranks as Reform Promises Face Moment of Truth

Jan 31 , 2026 . By YITBAREK GETACHEW

A lofty experiment in business diplomacy is quietly taking shape behind glass doors,...

A Digital Fix Becomes a Bureaucratic Trap

Jan 24 , 2026 . By YITBAREK GETACHEW

In recent months, traders have flocked to the Berhan ena Selam Printing Enterprise, o...

Chaltu Pushes to Modernise Infrastructure Ministry

Jan 10 , 2026 . By YITBAREK GETACHEW

Chaltu Sani, minister of Urban & Infrastructure Development, has launched a compr...

Costly Christmas Reveals Holiday Fault Line

Jan 3 , 2026 . By YITBAREK GETACHEW

As the festive season descends upon Addis Abeba, the city flickers to life. Markets o...

Ride-hailing Drivers Hit Roadblock in Addis Abeba's Urban Overhaul

Jan 4 , 2026 . By YITBAREK GETACHEW

Ride-hailing drivers in Addis Abeba are increasingly finding themselves on the wrong...

Left to Starve in Silence, Aid Fails the Displaced

Dec 27 , 2025 . By YITBAREK GETACHEW

In the war-scarred northern regions, a humanitarian emergency is unfolding in slow mo...

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...