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Every Encounter with the State Should Not Become an Invoice

May 9 , 2026

The Ethiopian state appears to have discovered a fiscal instrument that is politicall...

National Dialogue Has Everything But the Trust It Needs

May 2 , 2026

By the time Ethiopia's National Dialogue Commission (ENDC) reached the end of its fir...

Addis Abeba's Roads Reveal a Country Where the Powerful Drive Through the Law

Apr 25 , 2026

In a political community, official speeches show what governments want their citizens...

Ethiopia's New Diplomacy Essence Could Be About Shielding Sovereignty

For much of the past three decades, Ethiopia occupied a familiar place in the Western...

Sunday With Eden

The Silence That Leadership Can't Keep

A few days ago, I attended a virtual conference in Canada that stayed with me, not be...

Development That Redraws the Rent Line

Urban renewal is often sold as a promise: cleaner streets, safer neighbourhoods, bett...

Life Matters

Motivation Drops as the Day Begins in Sleepwear

We have all seen the aesthetic. The “work from home” dream usually comes packaged...

The Final Exam No One Prepared For

The first time I heard about the “Mesob” one-stop service initiative, relief came quickly. It sounded like a promise to citizens worn do...

Agenda

Period Poverty Crisis Forces Women to Pay For Dignity

May 9 , 2026 . By HELINA HADGU and MASTEWAL ZEMENE

Luladay Abraham treats the arrival of her menstrual cycle less as a private inconveni...

The Building Boom That Rans Out of Fuel

Two unfinished buildings owned by Roman Tahir on Omedla Street near a roundabout in t...

Transport Squeeze Leaves Commuters Paying the Price

Apr 25 , 2026 . By MASTEWAL ZEMENE and DAGIM SEIFE

Before sunrise reached the outskirts of Addis Abeba, Demelash Assefa was already on t...

Addis Abeba's Makeover Leaves Cooperative Workers Counting the Cost

Apr 18 , 2026 . By DAGIM SEIFE

Awoke Tezera remembered how abruptly his life turned at the end of last year. A forme...

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

The Geopolitical Battle Over Monetary Infrastructure

The development of payment infrastructure in emerging-market economies (EMEs), from i...

Making Roads Pathways of Progress, Not Corridors of Grief

For decades, Ethiopia's roads have been described through the language of fate. The d...

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

FED'S COSTLY TURN FROM MONEY PRINTING PILES PRESSURE ON BUDGET

May 9 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE

Finance Minister Ahmed Shide entered the last quarter of the fiscal year with a budge...

A Fuel Corruption Case Opens with Officials, Businesspeople in the Dock

May 9 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE

At the Federal High Court's Lideta Division, on Dejazmach Bekele Weya Street, one of...

Addis Abeba Turns to Federal Coffers as Housing Debts Strain City Finances

May 9 , 2026 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

Mayor Adanech Abiebie's cabinet has approved an additional 9.9 billion Br budget, a m...

Upper House Freezes Cosmo Asset Battle Testing Commercial Courts

May 9 , 2026 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

The fight over Cosmo Trading Plc has outgrown the courtroom where it began. What star...