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Mar 18 , 2023 . By Eden Sahle

Healing Societal Wounds through Clemency

I met Solomon Desta a couple of years ago. He lives and works in a religious institution as a guard, greeting everyone with a smile so genuine that it puts us at ease. The elderly man has no family or children but seems content with his life. He...

Sep 10 , 2022 . By Eden Sahle

Hire at One's Own Risk, Sometimes Tragedy

Last week, there was a tragic murder of children that became major news. It is impossible to comprehend the agony their parents must be feeling. Although most criminal cases do not become this publicly talked about, they are not rare. Many people have paid a painful price for the housemaids and the hired guards. Some housemaids and guards often co...


Oct 9 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

Young Peacemakers Assemble as the Elderly Fail Their Communities

Ethiopia is experiencing a nationwide social crisis unlike any other the young generation has seen before in their lives. It is escalating people's suffering and upending communities. People are deeply divided, and the social fabric is being torn apart. We see this in our daily lives. I have witnessed this calamity play out in a couple from diff...


Oct 2 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

The Rise of Intoxicated Minibus Drivers, Public's Complicity

A few weeks ago, around mid-day, a strange car accident took place near Bole Medehanialem. A white minibus taxi full to the brim with passengers slammed onto five vehicles one after the other. Suddenly, the road turned into a chaotic scene while people started shouting. As some passengers opened the door and jumped out of the moving taxi, the dr...




Sunday With Eden

COVID-19: Hard on Society, Crueler on Women

Sep 18 , 2021      |      By Eden Sahle      |      5195 Views

When a challenge comes that affects everyone, such as a global pandemic, it hurts lower-income groups and minority group...

Thou Shalt Not Steal the Unbanked's Savings

Sep 10 , 2021      |      By Eden Sahle      |      4587 Views

A few months ago, I met a veteran daily labourer, Ambachew, who carried out renovation for our house. A father of two d...

Ethiopia's Not Administering Jabs, but Public Apathy

A few months back, when my family went to get the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, they were turned back although the vaccine was available. The reason was that at least seven individuals were needed to administer one packaged-bottle shot or else the vaccine risks spoilage. B...

Sep 4 , 2021      |      By Eden Sahle      |      5410 Views

Don't Resign to Tragedy, Protest It with Compassion

Recently, I began taking a course on behavioural science with about 10 people in my class. It took only a few minutes to introduce ourselves to one another and to our young and energetic instructor. Not long after the lecture started, our instructor jumped right into the grim...

Aug 28 , 2021      |      By Eden Sahle      |      5246 Views

Children that Sniff Glue, Beg's Generation Lost

A couple of weeks ago, on their morning walk, my father and his friend ran into a woman begging on a sidewalk in Bole with her infant. Seeing her and the newborn girl, they wanted to do a little more than give her a few coins. They offered her a part-time job and a family home f...

Aug 21 , 2021      |      By Eden Sahle      |      5032 Views

Low-cost Labour's Costly to Employees, Nation

Last Tuesday, I was asked by a friend to support a private international company in an interview process. They wanted to hire a general manager shortlisted after passing oral and written examinations. The company, which started operations in Ethiopia not long ago, was impressed w...

Aug 14 , 2021      |      By Eden Sahle      |      3006 Views

Ethiopia's Not Administering Jabs, but Public Apathy

A few months back, when my family went to get the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, they were turned back although the vaccine was available. The reason was that at least seven individuals were needed to administer one packaged-bottle shot or else the vaccine risks spoilage. B...

Sep 4 , 2021      |      By Eden Sahle      |      5410 Views

Don't Resign to Tragedy, Protest It with Compassion

Recently, I began taking a course on behavioural science with about 10 people in my class. It took only a few minutes to introduce ourselves to one another and to our young and energetic instructor. Not long after the lecture started, our instructor jumped right into the grim...

Aug 28 , 2021      |      By Eden Sahle      |      5246 Views

Children that Sniff Glue, Beg's Generation Lost

A couple of weeks ago, on their morning walk, my father and his friend ran into a woman begging on a sidewalk in Bole with her infant. Seeing her and the newborn girl, they wanted to do a little more than give her a few coins. They offered her a part-time job and a family home f...

Aug 21 , 2021      |      By Eden Sahle      |      5032 Views

Low-cost Labour's Costly to Employees, Nation

Last Tuesday, I was asked by a friend to support a private international company in an interview process. They wanted to hire a general manager shortlisted after passing oral and written examinations. The company, which started operations in Ethiopia not long ago, was impressed w...

Aug 14 , 2021      |      By Eden Sahle      |      3006 Views

The Fourth Estate of the Information Apocalypse

Frehiwot Tamiru, CEO of Ethio Telecom, sat for an interview on TV with a journalist that left a great deal to be desired in the aspect of professionalism. Her charming smile, confidence, and humble answers even to inappropriate questions were most inspiring, nonetheless, and exhi...

Aug 7 , 2021      |      By Eden Sahle      |      3436 Views

The Birds Chirp No More. But Addis' Robbers Do

Gone are the days where my family and I used to wake up to the singing of the birds nested at our house's old olive tree. Last Friday, I was woken at around 3AM by the sound of a bunch of strangers trying to jump the fence of our house. They were there to rob us. In desperation,...

Jul 31 , 2021      |      By Eden Sahle      |      3201 Views

Society that Lacks Reading Culture Bound to Fail, on Repeat

It is not unheard of for adults to proudly declare that they never read books or articles of any length. There is, of course, a high rate of illiteracy, where nearly half the adult population can neither read nor write. But ironically, the culture of reading is held in apparent c...

Jul 24 , 2021      |      By Eden Sahle      |      3327 Views

Dare Converse on Politics, But with Reason, Open Mind

A group of us, friends, met over the weekend. Unsurprisingly, the conversation soon veered into politics. What was unexpected was when a friend who has never followed Ethiopian politics started talking about it passionately. We were further shocked over the uninformed conclusions...

Jul 18 , 2021      |      By Eden Sahle      |      3444 Views

Abebech's Mortal, Her Legacy Lives Immortally

The way we see ourselves shapes us, influencing how we invest our time and money, use our talents, and value others. For Abebech Gobena, a woman of grace and unwavering generosity, it was to put her life in the dedication of the benefit of others. The personal story of Abebech...

Jul 10 , 2021      |      By Eden Sahle      |      2893 Views

People Go Through Lots, It Helps to Listen Before the Rush to Judge

A few weeks back, a man I knew from previous work asked me to connect him with someone else I knew for his project. Later on, we called one another, and I informed him that the person would assist him with his project request. While I was giving him the contact address of the pe...

Jul 3 , 2021      |      By Eden Sahle      |      2917 Views


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Editorial

Confronting the Axis of Threat: Diminished Assets, Inflation, and Trade Imbalance

Mar 18 , 2023

Ethiopia's economy once hailed as a paragon of growth and development, now faces a co...

Is Ethiopia Insolvent? Or Just Illiquid?

Mar 11 , 2023

Ethiopia is rapidly emerging as one of China's top African debtors, second only to An...

Nature May Cause Drought; Famine Results from Political Failure

Mar 4 , 2023

Once again, Ethiopia has claimed international attention in the past few weeks for re...

What Internet Shutdown Posit about Ethiopia’s World Standing?

Feb 25 , 2023

Millions of people in Ethiopia have continued to be deprived of access to information...

Sunday With Eden

Healing Societal Wounds through Clemency

I met Solomon Desta a couple of years ago. He lives and works in a religious institu...

Women Thrive Against All Odds

International Women's Day was celebrated on March 8th last week. However, for Ethiopia, it should be another reminder of how far behind the...

Life Matters

A Week without Our Three-wheeled Allies

A comedian made a joke about how citizens' wishes are not granted but rather what government thinks is ou...

A Longevity Quest to Parenting

As an only child, I did not experience life with siblings and I do not remember arguing with my parents. Perhaps when I became a teenager I...

Agenda

Rainy City Calls for Running Water

Mar 18 , 2023 . By BERSABEH GEBRE

Water is a vital utility for Dawit Assefa, a contractor and father of two who lives on the second floor of a condominium building. The natur...

Fed Broadens Tax Base Despite Mounting Inflation

Mar 11 , 2023 . By MUNIR SHEMSU

A series of discussion panels were summoned a couple of weeks ago at the Ministry of Finance headquarter...

Lost in Transportation: Teff Prices Spike Up

Mar 4 , 2023 . By BERSABEH GEBRE

Injera is a luxury food item for Birtukan Mengesha, a waitress at Addis Abeba University student's lounge...

Despite Wane Production Fish Market Blooms in the Capital

Feb 25 , 2023 . By DANIEL METAFERIA

As the sun sets and the cold wind starts to breeze, Birhanu Shambel, 29, goes out to work where he makes...

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

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TIGRAY VOTES DESPITE "NULL & VOID" THREAT

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IN-PICTURE: LAUREATE'S RECEPTION  

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PM Abiy Ahmed (PhD) at a Gala Dinner Called for the Awarding of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize

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Faces, Voices of Addis Abeba

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Commentaries

Confronting the Global Water Crisis

The world's water crisis can no longer be ignored. Unless we manage water properly, w...

Why Ethiopia’s Budding Startups Appeal to Global Capital?

Ethiopia has been overshadowed by its African counterparts, as 92pc of total tech inv...

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

Quenching Addis Abeba's Thirst

Mar 18 , 2023

Residents in the capital are all too familiar with the rationing of running water supply as the 0.48 million cubic meters of water pumped ou...

Benishangul-Gumuz State Most Expensive to Reside

Mar 18 , 2023 . By MUNIR SHEMSU

Consumers in the Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State feel the pinch of a high cost of living, exacerbated by...

Korean Firm Takes the Helm to Consult Bus Transit Corridors in Addis Abeba

Mar 18 , 2023 . By AKSAH ITALO

A Korean-based consultancy firm, DONG IL Engineering Consultants bagged the contract to conduct a detaile...

Price Thresholds for Horticulture Exports Rise Despite Quality Issues

Mar 18 , 2023 . By AKSAH ITALO

Authorities raise the minimum price threshold for horticultural products on vegetables and fruits exporte...