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Feb 29 , 2020

Why the GERD Interests the US

Dear Editor, A piece published in the My Opinion section of Fortune, headlined, "Ignorance Isn't Bliss," [Volume 20, No1034, February 23, 2020], by Christian Tesfaye, contains a lot of valid observations about social media commentators who write o...

Nov 16 , 2019

Speed Limiter, GPS & Cargo tracking not the Same Thing

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter as a response to an article headlined “Mandatory GPS installation cheers importers, displeases truck owners”  that was published in Fortune on October 13, 2019 [Vol.20 No.1015]. This is written to better clarify the understanding of the various solutions, initiatives, directives and projects conveyed...


Aug 10 , 2019

Innocent Victims

Dear Editors, In her recent column headlined, "Discern Blame from Responsibility" [Vol. 20 No. 1005, August 4, 2019], Eden Sahle rightly calls all of us that suffered during the ugly Ethio-Eritrean war “innocent victims”. Moreover, her accepting the responsibility to take charge of her own life during childhood is highly commendable. She...




Letter To The Editor

Together in Tragedy

Mar 16 , 2019      |           |      273 Views

Dear Editor, A week after celebrating a great national triumph, we witnessed an international tragedy on Et...

The Part Bar Associations Can Play in Rule of Law

Mar 2 , 2019      |           |      113 Views

Dear Editor Chief Justice Meaza Asheafi's commentary headlined “Constitutional Rights, Meaningless without Independ...

Bulcha Demeksa: OLF Should Not Stand in the Way of Peace

Dear Editor, There is a saying in Amharic expressive of my feelings toward conflict in the Oromia Regional State. It roughly translates to, “the least loved inherits one's wealth,” alluding that one's worst fear sometimes come to pass. There have been reports for wee...

Jan 26 , 2019      |           |      196 Views


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Editorial

Banks Ride the Waves of Change Grappling with Growth, Risk

May 27 , 2023

Tauted as a somnolent giant, Ethiopia's financial scene now stirs, roused by favourab...

An African Paradox: Mediating Foreign Wars While Ignoring Homegrown Turmoils

May 20 , 2023

The pungent irony wafting from Pretoria last week was hard to miss. Cyril Ramaphosa,...

Ethiopia's Geopolitical Dance in a Tumultuous World

May 13 , 2023

In March this year, Kamala Harris, the United States Vice President, visited Ghana, T...

Ethiopia's Labour Movement Confronts a New Era. Will It Thrive?

May 6 , 2023

The history of the Ethiopian labour movement dates back to the 1940s, marked by perio...

Sunday With Eden

The Road to Success is Always Under Construction

A while back, I was asked to cover as a substitute teacher for a friend at her primar...

Optimism Despite Prevalence of Poverty

I met a new mother out on the rainy street of Addis Abeba with her infant. She was s...

Life Matters

Debt Trap Impacts Small Businesses Financial Stability

I was standing next to a lady at one of our neighbourhood shops. She was arguing with...

Distress of Digital Payment Penetration

I came across an older man who was complaining about the newly founded experience at...

Agenda

Moving Woes

May 27 , 2023 . By BEMNET TAFESSE

In the bustling streets of Addis Abeba, an undercurrent of unease shadows the necessary act of moving house. Siyoum Haile, a civil servant a...

Private Schools Price Accession, Repercussions of High Inflation

May 20 , 2023 . By BERSABEH GEBRE

On a rainy afternoon last week, Tesfalem Hailu, 48, was waiting by the door to pick his two children up f...

Sesame Farmers Confront War Consequences, Market Volatility, Trade Winds

May 13 , 2023 . By AKSAH ITALO

Asamirew Mekonnen, 49, has been a farmer all his life. He cultivated sesame on over half of his land in H...

Subdued Synergy Banes Infrastructures

May 6 , 2023 . By MUNIR SHEMSU

Yabets Zerihun drove a passenger from the Saris to the Laphto area around 3PM last week. As he passed...

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

Commentaries

A World of Debt

Recent headlines seem to augur a global debt crisis. The United States is teetering on the precipice of a self-inflicted default. Egypt,...

Growing Out of the Developing-Country Debt Crisis

The sovereign-debt crisis was high on the agenda at this year's Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the...

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...

Fortune news

ZEMEN`S SKYWARD AMBITION

May 27 , 2023

In a triumph over the trials of the pandemic, a rising tide of construction costs and inflation, Zemen Bank has opened a stunning 32-storey...

Meqelle Struggles to Reclaim EFFORT`s Control Amidst Post-War Saga

May 27 , 2023 . By BERSABEH GEBRE

Meqelle is in an animated bid to reclaim control of the management of companies under the Endowment Fund...

Addis Abeba Revamps Title Transfer Fees to Tackle Outdated Valuations

May 27 , 2023 . By BERSABEH GEBRE

Officials at the Addis Abeba City Administration have recently changed the title transfer fees following...

Slaughtered Husbandry Sector Poised for Reform under New Policy

May 27 , 2023 . By MUNIR SHEMSU

The absence of technological equipment to control the contraband trade near national borders and low-qual...