Letter To The Editor

March 16 , 2019

Dear Editor, A week after celebrating a great national triumph, we witnessed an international tragedy on Ethiopian soil. It is always difficult to respond to catastrophic events, but plane crashes are uniquely shocking. Their suddenness, violence and magnitude are impossible to imagine, leavin...

The Part Bar Associations Can Play in Rule of Law

March 2 , 2019

Dear Editor Chief Justice Meaza Asheafi’s commentary headlined “Constitutional Rights, Meaningless without Independent Judiciary” [Vol.19, No. 982, February 24, 2019] that ran in this publication is interesting, educating and much appreciated. All the activities undertaken up to now within...

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

January 26 , 2019

Editorial

Regional Fiscal Perfidy Stems from an Indulgent Fed. Alarming!

April 10 , 2021

It is not often the case for regional states' leaders to swallow their vanity and dec...

Bailout Needs to Contend with Original Sin of Political Corruption

April 3 , 2021

As an Auditor General, he was not the most conspicous of officials in the mainstream...

At Odds with Dev't Partners, Ethiopia Could Miss Out on Improving World Economy

March 27 , 2021

In an unprecedented turn of irony, just as Ethiopia began an attempt to open up to th...

With Limited Room for Maneuver, Gov't Should Tread Carefully with Oil Supply

March 20 , 2021

There is never a dull moment in the tense and combative relationship between regulato...

Sunday With Eden

Everyone Needs to Answer for Ethiopia Predicaments

A few days ago, a friend told me an unnerving story – highly illustrative of Ethio...

April 10 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

COVID Makes Comeback: This Time Without Kidding Around

Over the weekend, among the people who lost their lives due to the Novel Coronavirus...

April 3 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

Life Matters

Don't Judge People by Their Tattoo

Do not judge a book by its cover, we say. But we still judge all the same. It is much worse when it comes to a living, breathing person. We...

April 10 , 2021 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

Forgive Some Debt in Time of Hardship

It is often people somewhere near the middle of the socioeconomic ladder who lend money and give the borr...

April 3 , 2021 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

Agenda

On Forex Front, New Rules Bring New Problems

April 10 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

For Fitsum Alemayehu (MD), general manager of Biotech Plc, an importer of pharmaceuti...

Ethiopia Lives Through the Worst of Times

April 3 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

A 59-year-old man, an actor by profession, fell severely ill about five months ago....

NO PLACE LIKE HOME: The Fate of Tigray’s Displaced

March 27 , 2021 . By MAYA MISIKIR

Merhawit’s days in the town of Mai Kadra, Tigray Regional State, were mostly calm a...

Mobile Money Pioneers Brace for Ethio Telecom's Entrance into Sector

March 20 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

It was a humid day out in Addis Abeba's streets where customers sat comfortably away...

Gallery

2020 in Posterity

January 5 , 2021

With an election initially expected to be held in 2020, the past year was supposed to be eventful. It did not disappoint. In fact, it outpaced expectations. Much of 2020 was talked about, analysed and debated. And thanks to technology, it was caught...

TIGRAY VOTES DESPITE "NULL & VOID" THREAT

September 9 , 2020

IN-PICTURE: LAUREATE'S RECEPTION

December 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

April 26 , 2019

Mourning Nation, Grieving World

March 17 , 2019

Commentaries

Done Right, Education System Can Extract Maximum Value with Limited Resources

Economic and political development go hand in hand with a good educational system. Th...

April 10 , 2021 . By Samuel Wolde-Yohannes (PhD)

Despite Friendly Labour Law, Employees Contend with Arbitration

Arbitration is a means of dispute settlement that has gained world-wide attention mai...

April 10 , 2021 . By Gidey Belay

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 tw...

Fortune news

MILKING THE MOMENT

April 10 , 2021

Jemal Ahmed (left), CEO of MIDROC Investment Group, hands Adanech Abiebie (centre), deputy mayor of Addis Abeba, the city that is home to a...

Ethiopia Spends Over $660m to Import 1.8m Tonnes Fertiliser

April 10 , 2021 . By NEJAT AHMED

Ethiopia is spending 27.2 billion Br (over 660 million dollars in the current exchange rate) on importing...

Winning Concession, Industrial Parks Fight against Transactions Cap

Companies operating in the country's industrial parks have raised concerns with the central bank's recent...

Education Agency Puts Heavy Hand on Unruly Colleges

April 10 , 2021 . By NEJAT AHMED

Half-a-dozen private higher learning institutions have been subject to regulatory action from the federal...

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