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Ahmed Shide, minister of Finance, and Ethiopia's special envoy Mahmoud Dirir visit the products display at the Ethio-Sudan Business Forum held at the Sheraton Addis Hotel on September 26, 2019.

Ahmed Shide, minister of Finance, and Ethiopia's special envoy Mahmoud Dirir visit the products display at the Ethio-Sudan Business Forum held at the Sheraton Addis Hotel on September 26, 2019. The delegation had discussions on investment opportunities in both countries.

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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

Editorial

Famine: Terrible Hole in Country's Conscience

January 23 , 2021

Usually, millions facing food insecurity in Ethiopia does not make headline news. Not...

How to Counter Rising, Unbridled Nationalism

January 16 , 2021

It was a sunny day on September 12, 1974. A machine gun mounted on top of a tank was...

Not to Undo Abiy Ahmed's Pledge for Credible National Elections

January 9 , 2021

There is something curious about elections that have been conducted in Ethiopia since...

To Millions Suffering, IGAD Continues to be a Disappointment

January 2 , 2021

One by one, Workneh Gebeyehu (PhD), executive secretary of the Intergovernmental Auth...

Commentaries

Far-sighted Policies, Down to Earth Planners Can Revitalise Agriculture

Agriculture, the major sector of the economy in terms of export promotion and intensi...

How to Tackle Vulnerable Countries’ Triple Crisis

The year 2020 changed everything. The world now faces interconnected health, economic...

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...

Editors' Pick

Editorial

How to Counter Rising, Unbridled Nationalism

January 16 , 2021

It was a sunny day on September 12, 1974. A machine gun mounted on top of a tank was...

Featured

CHRISTMAS TREES: A Tale of Two Markets

January 3 , 2021 . By ABDUREZAK LESMAN

Women wearing netela, a white cotton garment with woven coloured borders, and men in...

Agenda

Leather Industry Desperate to Save own Skin

December 26 , 2020 . By MAYA MISIKIR 

Black and white markings on their legs and large semi-circular rimmed horns that stre...

Exclusive Interviews

Rockstone's Dietrich Rogge Looks to Fit into Addis

December 12 , 2020

Dietrich Rogge, founder and CEO of Rockstone, a German-based real estate developer an...

Sunday With Eden

Kindness' Risk-Reward Ratio

A friend of a friend recently went into a series of difficult spells in his life. First, his wife left for another country, leaving him beh...

From the US to Ethiopia, the Need for Accountability

We witnessed hitherto unthinkable violence erupting in Washington, DC at Capitol Hill on January 06, 202...

Life Matters

Communication Breakdown, as Bad for Cooking Videos as Politics

It is not a new term. It is actually a quite common one, especially to those who have the experience of j...

Country of Negative Nellys

I was a month postnatal when I discovered a familiar way of communicating in Ethiopia. Many visitors came to see me, as they often do after...

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