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Minister of Trade & Regional Integration Kassahun Gofe, cuts the ribbons as Sebsbie Abafira Abajobir, president of the Ethiopian Chamber, officially opens the 15th Ethiopian Chamber International Trade Exhibition on February 4, 2026, at Mesqel Square, alongside other senior government officials and investors. The exhibition features participants from 20 countries, including 50 foreign companies and more than 300 domestic companies. Held under the motto “Buy from Ethiopia, Invest in Ethiopia,” the event brings together small and medium enterprises as well as high-profile companies. Participants represent sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, logistics, finance, and technology, and are engaged in both import and export activities. The exhibition is jointly organised by the Ministry of Trade and the Ethiopian Chamber.

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DIG ZONE

A fleet of heavy-duty excavators, bulldozers, and dump trucks lines the muddy banks of a river near the German Square area. The concentrated presence of machinery signals the scale and speed driving the city's Corridor Development Program. The aggressive infrastructure push is reshaping the capital's urban form, but the intensity of earthworks at the river's edge also exposes a fragile tension. Rapid transformation and environmental protection sit side by side, each pulling against the other...


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BROKEN LIN

A heavily damaged utility pole lies across a pedestrian sidewalk in the Gofa Camp neighborhood, with loose wiring exposed and a crushed metal sheet fence nearby. The scene points to a disrupted urban landscape where basic infrastructure repair has lagged behind visible damage. The lingering wreckage underscores growing concerns over delayed responses to hazardous public property failures...


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VEST WAIT

Revenues Bureau personnel, identifiable in branded vests and body cameras, stand in a dense commuter queue at the Qera taxi terminal. Their roles are rooted in field enforcement and policing the informal economy, yet their off-duty reality looks no different from the citizens they regulate. The capital's strained public transport system turns routine commuting into a shared struggle, where municipal employees and the wider workforce wait side by side, exposed to the same delays, congestion, a...