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The Fighter Against All Odds

The Fighter Against All Odds

November 16 , 2019

Most people who want to bring radical change to their community want to start a revolution. Bogaletch Gebre went at it in a different way. She knew it is evolution that works. So the first thing she did was approach the elders of her community for a meeting. She addressed them in perfect Kembat...

Star Businessman Laid to Rest

Star Businessman Laid to Rest

October 5 , 2019

A hard-working man." That is the most common description people who knew him, whether friends, colleagues or family, use to describe the late Menwyelet Atnafu. He was one of the founders of Star Business Group (SBG), a trading company he established in 1997 with his business partner Abebaw...

Ambachew: Gone Too Soon

Ambachew: Gone Too Soon

July 6 , 2019

Meaza Ambachew tried to stay up and wait for her father to come home late from a meeting on June 19, 2019. His busy schedule often cuts into his family time so much so that she tries to snatch whatever little time she can get with him. That usually means staying up late. By around 11:30 pm, she...


Editorial

Transparency Bakes the Cake Even Better

January 18 , 2020

Addressing questions from members of parliament a few months after ascending to the O...

Fractured Political Environment Tests Bureaucracy's Loyalty

January 11 , 2020

If there is anything about the current development in the political arena, it is not...

Without Redlines, Political Power Contestations Risk State Unraveling

January 4 , 2020

The announcement came without much fanfare. But Jawar Mohammed’s decision to join t...

The Ethiopian Army at a Conceptual Crossroads

December 28 , 2019

A one-of-a-kind, if not curious, seminar was held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel late las...

Sunday With Eden

Children Need Freedom to Escape Generational Poverty

Ethiopia has been grappling with the deeply rooted problem of seeing children merely...

Work Hard, Envy Less

It can be frustrating to lead our lives in constant comparison of ourselves with people who are more successful, talented and wealthier. Try...

Life Matters

Forbidden Distraction

An old friend of mine once told me how fascinated he has always been by the concept of adultery. I did not understand him at the time, altho...

It's Not Just the Atmit

My husband and I often admire and rejoice at the fact that in Ethiopia the community is strong. We often debate weather communal values stil...

Agenda

Dam Deal: The Devil in the Details

January 18 , 2020 . By FASIKA TADESSE

When about 5,391 households, who had been residing in Guba, a village located 17Km from the Sudanese border, were told to resettle to new re...

Banks Use Prizes as Magnet for Forex Mobilisation

January 11 , 2020 . By TEMESGEN MULUGETA

On the eve of Gena, aka Ethiopian Christmas, the capital was bustling with the holiday spirit as the Chri...

New Excise Tax Accelerates Car Prices

January 5 , 2020 . By TEMESGEN MULUGETA

On the road from Agona to Qera, daily labourers are washing cars along the side of the road, while broker...

Poor Productivity, Large Money Stock Produce Galloping Inflation

December 28 , 2019 . By TEMESGEN MULUGETA

Around the middle of the business day on Wednesday, December 18, 2019, Merkato, the largest open market i...

Commentaries

The Romance in Good ol' Professionalism

In this age of disruption, we can no longer expect things to be the way they are supp...

Traditional Public Project Governance WiIl Miss the Mark, Again

Parliament will soon discuss yet another vastly important bill. This one concerns the...

Fineline

The relationship Lady Birtukan has with the Prime Minister...

A few months from what will be the most anticipated national elections, one of the we...

The post-EPRDF politics began last week...

The post-EPRDF politics began last week, with the highest political body of the Prosp...

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