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PM Abiy to Attend Economic Forum in Beijing

PM Abiy to Attend Economic Forum in Beijing

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) will be travelling to Beijing, China next week to participate in the second Belt & Road Forum for International Cooperation. The Forum will be held for two days starting April 26, 2019. Prime Minister Abiy will be among the 40 heads of state and governments to attend the Forum. Back in 2017 former Prime...

== Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) will be tra...

Shimelis Moves to Head Oromia State

Shimelis Moves to Head Oromia State

The Oromia Regional State Council has named Shimelis Abdisa as a vice president of the regional government who will also be serving as head of the region. Shimelis will also be replacing the former President Lemma Megersa, who was appointed Minister of Defence at the federal level earlier today. The Council, which is holding an urgent me...

== The Oromia Regional State Council has nam...

Fed Police Arrest 61 Government Officials

Fed Police Arrest 61 Government Officials

April 12 , 2019

Federal Police have arrested Yigezu Daba, director general of the Public Procurement & Property Disposal Service and 60 other government officials on suspicion of corruption and economic sabotage. Officials from the then Ministry of Finance, Economics & Cooperation, the Public Procurement & Property Disposal Service, the Food & D...

Federal Police have arrested Yigezu Daba, dir...

Jobs, Jobs and Jobs

Jobs, Jobs and Jobs

Under pressure from a youth bulge and demographic dynamics, Ethiopia's foremost preoccupation is "jobs, jobs and jobs," Ahmed Shide, minister of Finance, told a panel in Washington, DC. Leading his country's delegation to attend the biannual joint meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, Ahmed spoke on mega global trends that...

Under pressure from a youth bulge and demogra...

Scale, Quality of Humanitarian Response Inadequate, Says UN

Scale, Quality of Humanitarian Response Inadequate, Says UN

The response from the international community in addressing humanitarian crises in Ethiopia remains inadequate both in scale and quality, the UN warns. There are no less than 8.3 million people in urgent need for emergency assistance, of whom close to one third are internally displaced largely due to inter communal conflicts. The national humanit...

The response from the international community...

Slowing Growth, Precarious Recovery: IMF Warns

Slowing Growth, Precarious Recovery: IMF Warns

April 9 , 2019

The global economy is heading to a slowdown in growth while economists project recovery in the coming years will be "precarious". An escalating trade tension between the US and China; economic distress in emerging markets; and, risks associated with Brexist shadow the economic outlook for the year 2020, which is expected to drop by three percent...

The global economy is heading to a slowdown i...

Sugar Corporation Gets New CEO

Sugar Corporation Gets New CEO

April 8 , 2019

Weyo Roba, who has previously been serving as Deputy CEO of the operations division of the state-owned Sugar Corporation, has been named the new CEO of the Corporation as of April 5, 2019. Weyo, who was acting CEO for the past three months, succeeded Endaweq Abite, who has moved to the Addis Abeba City Administration as a deputy mayor. The ne...

Weyo Roba, who has previously been serving as...


March 23 , 2019

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) has defended his administration`s record in several fronts today, including reforms in political and economic affairs, while claiming “enormous” achievements in the diplomatics front. He had a surprise appearance on Saturday late afternoon at the Sheraton Addis, and addressed a conclusion of a two-day panel dubb...


March 22 , 2019

The Ethiopian public should reflect in a calm and sober manner on the process of change, based on knowledge and understanding, President Sahle-worq Zewdie told an audience gathered at the Sheraton this morning. Dubbed "Addis We'g", translated to new dialogue, the forum is one of a series of events organized by the Prime Minister's Office, in comme...


March 21 , 2019

Hailemariam Assefa, former CEO of Nib Insurance, has been nominated to chair the board of directors of the Ethiopian Reinsurance S.C (Ethio-Re), the lone local re-insurance firm. The Board of Directors met last Tuesday, March 19, 2019, to agree on his nomination before sending it to the National Bank of Ethiopia (aNBE), for approval. If appro...


March 14 , 2019

Businesses, public offices and schools closed doors in Hawassa, the seat of southern egional state, following the three-day strike called by a group of people, who calls for Sidama State. Since in the morning, all of the businesses, institutions and schools were made to shut doors by the group of people who self-describe themselves "Ejitto". For...


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Sugar Corporation Looks for Private Partners

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Audit Gap of 10b Br at Revenues Ministry

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Editorial

Protect Free Speech, Tolerate Hate Speech

April 13 , 2019

Years after a contested election, the former Prime Minister Meles Zenawi defended bef...

Minority Investors’ Rights as Crucial as Boards’ Rule

April 6 , 2019

With high national debt levels, double-digit inflation and disappointing domestic tax...

Should Public Demonstrations Turn into Platforms for Intimidation?

March 30 , 2019

There was a demonstration - of sorts - held in the city of Bahir Dar, the seat of the...

The Foundation for a State in Peace with Itself

March 23 , 2019

On March 14, 2018, 107 of the nation’s political parties reached a milestone. They...

Sunday With Eden

Poor Human Resources Frustrates Tourism Sector

Institutions dedicated to encouraging the growth of the tourism sector lack the skill...

Productivity, Ethiopia’s Achilles Heel

Last weekend, I met a car importer who has sent his only daughter to study neuroscien...

Life Matters

Hate under Suppression

Hate is a strong emotion, often manifested through actions or words. It is a popular opinion that hate, if not a completely factual one, is...

Till Death Do Us Part

Social media was recently flooded with the untimely death of Nipsey Hussle, aka Ermias Asghedom, an Eritrean American rapper who was shot an...

Agenda

Fasting Season, No Longer Boon for Fish Industry

April 13 , 2019 . By TEMESGEN MULUGETA

Yaqob Workneh, 42, a legal expert, has been a connoisseur of fish for the past 15 yea...

Forex Crunch Marginally Improves, while Businesses Teeter

April 6 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

Amrin Ahmed, who is in her early 20s, is a self-described businesswoman. Growing up i...

Recurrent Water Shortage Exasperates Consumers

March 30 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

For Hana Tilahun, 28, who lives in Bethel, close to Balcha Aba Nefso Street, water sh...

Unplanned Rehabilitation Project Comes Unglued

March 23 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

The earliest childhood memory of Dawit Gezahegn, who is in his early 20s, is being in...

Gallery

Mourning Nation, Grieving World

March 17 , 2019

Family members of the passengers and crew who perished aboard Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 gathered to mourn their loved ones at the crash site in Tulu Fara Wereda, some 40Km south of the capital...

THE FINISH LINE

March 16 , 2019

Pizza Hut Triples Branches

February 2 , 2019

IN PICTURE: Betty G.

January 10 , 2019

Passport Tease: New Requirements For Passports Create Outrage

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Commentaries

The Rights of Victim’s Families of Flight 302

There are already misunderstandings surrounding the unfortunate crash of Ethiopian Ai...

The Affordable, Kenyan path to housing

Nairobi and Addis Abeba have a great deal in common. Found in the same region, they a...

Fineline

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) has marked his first year in office...

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) has marked his first year in office with a speech mad...

It is not normal for the good old Ethiopian state...

It is not normal for the good old Ethiopian state to leave one of its crucial cabinet...

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FISH ON THE SLIDE

April 13 , 2019

Abiy Tsome, the major Ethiopian Orthodox fasting season that lasts for nearly two months, is usually a boon for the fish industry, but not t...

Sugar Corporation Looks for Private Partners

April 13 , 2019 . By BERHANE HAILEMARIAM

The government has begun the process of privatising 13 sugar factories that are operational or under cons...

Audit Gap of 10b Br at Revenues Ministry

April 13 , 2019 . By BERHANE HAILEMARIAM

An audit gap of over 10.7 billion Br was discovered in the accounts of the Ministry of Revenues for the ...

Ethiopia Promises Rebalancing to a Bullish World

April 13 , 2019 . By TAMRAT G. GIORGIS

WASHINGTON, DC - The prospect of the world economy appears to be grim this year. The talk among leaders o...

In-Picture

CAR HAULER TRAFFIC JAM

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Busy Street

March 2 , 2019

Welcoming Dance

February 16 , 2019

Pizza Hut Triples Branches

February 2 , 2019

TRAFFIC HICCUP

January 26 , 2019

PARKED

April 6 , 2019

One of Ethiopian Airlines’ Boeing 737 Max 8 models can be seen parked at the Bole International Airport, in Addis Abeba, near the hangers. The engines are covered with a red tarp. All 737 Max 8 planes were grounded in Ethiopia after the same model...

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