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Authority Tightens Grip on Road, Industrial Construction

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Authority Tightens Grip on Road, Industrial Construction

January 23 , 2021

The Construction Works Regulatory Authority has announced that it will be more stringent in its follow-up, particularly with regard to delays at road...

Ministry Picks 10 Universities for PhD Programme

January 23 , 2021

The Ministry of Science & Higher Education picked 10 higher education institutions in the country to teach 5,000 PhD students in five years starting from this year. D...

Commission Warns of Humanitarian Crisis in Tigray

January 23 , 2021

The latest situation monitoring report of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) warned that a humanitarian crisis is looming in Tigray Regional State and surrounding areas. The Commission has carried out two investigative missions in Gonder, Dansha and Cherche...

Ministry Kicks off Ethiopia-Asseb Road

January 23 , 2021

The 71.7Km Melodoni-Manda-Bure road project that will connect Ethiopia to Eritrea's Asseb Port was kicked off late last week. Having a total cost of two billion Birr that...

AU Avails COVID-19 Vaccine for $10 a Dose

January 23 , 2021

The African Union (AU) and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have announced that African nations will pay between three and 10 dollars a dose to access 270 mil...

END OF ROAD

January 16 , 2021

There is no shortage of old and discarded cars on the streets. Some are not even standing on their four "feet." A good example is this truck on the road from Bishoftu (aka Debreziet), just outside Addis Abeba, which is lying on its side until the day comes when it is pr...

Emirates Commences Daily Flights to Addis

January 23 , 2021

Emirates, the flag carrier of the United Arab Emirates, has announced that it plans to increase the frequency of its flights between Dubai and Addis Abeba to a daily sche...

EU Bequeaths Vaccine Production Machinery

January 23 , 2021

The European Union (EU) donated two vaccine-producing machines worth over 800,000 euros to the National Institute of Animal Health in Bishoftu city earlier this week. ...

Tax Revenues Generate 22.4b Br in December

January 23 , 2021

Tax revenues have generated 22.4 billion Br in December, around five percent more than the targeted amount and over four billion Birr higher than what was collected over...

SNV, Dashen Team up to Support Youth

January 16 , 2021

SNV, a development organisation from the Netherlands, and Dashen Bank have signed a memorandum of understanding to promote youth engagement in micro and small-scale enter...

PARTNERSHIP FOR TRANSFER

January 16 , 2021

Lemi Guta (PhD) (left), president of Adama Science & Technology University, is shown by Shell H. Choo (right), CEO of Ekos Steel Mill, the facilities of the factory after signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on January 14, 2021. The agreement is on working to...

Construction Projects Evaluation Saves 19m Br

January 16 , 2021

The Ethiopian Construction Works Regulatory Authority has reported saving around 18.9 million Br in expenses on construction projects over the first half of the fiscal ye...

Ethiopia Pulls in $1.1b in FDI

January 16 , 2021

The Ethiopian Investment Commission has reported 1.1 billion dollars in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the agriculture, service and manufacturing sectors during the f...

REMEMBRANCE OF COMMUNICATION

January 16 , 2021

A visitor looks at one of the displays of the exibition by Efrem Beyene on "Branding and Communication in Ethiopia." It was opened at the Hilton Hotel on January 14, 2021, to exhibit various materials used for advertising and marketing purposes...

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...


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Columns

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...

Agenda

New Dawn, New Day, Less Pay

January 23 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

It was a quiet, bitterly cold morning atop Entoto, the tallest mountain in the capital and namesake of the recently opened Entoto Park. The...

Cement: Construction Industry's Catch-22

January 16 , 2021 . By MAYA MISIKIR 

His phone is tightly wrapped up in a plastic bag and tied around his neck. The bag is meant to keep dust...

A Not So Merry Market

January 9 , 2021 . By MAYA MISIKIR 

A myriad of loud sounds are competing to be heard over one another in Mercato, the largest open-air market on the continent. Multiple speak...

2020: A Series of Unfortunate Events

January 2 , 2021 . By MAYA MISIKIR 

Every year, during the harvest season, a care package of barley grain makes its way from Adwa to Addis Ab...

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

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...

Fortune news

TIMKET BLASTS

January 23 , 2021

With celebrants dressed in white, prominently carrying the flag of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, horns were blared and drums struc...

Ethio Telecom Hires Business Valuator

January 23 , 2021 . By FASIKA TADESSE

Ethio telecom, the lone telecom operator, hired KPMG East Africa to conduct its business valuation. Kicke...

Stock Exchange to be Operational through PPP

January 23 , 2021 . By FASIKA TADESSE

The first securities exchange, where traders can buy and sell securities such as company stocks and bonds...

Ministry Vitiates Oil Importer's Trade Name

January 23 , 2021 . By FASIKA TADESSE

The Ministry of Trade & Industry has ordered the cancellation of Muleg Oil Importer's trade name. The...

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