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Marriage Doesn't Fix Abusers. Leaving Them Does

Jun 18 , 2022      |      By Eden Sahle      |      1357 Views

Last year, I met a young and charming medical doctor through a mutual friend. Our friendship quickly grew. She told me a...

Art of Surviving a Wedding: Peace

Jun 11 , 2022      |      By Eden Sahle      |      1457 Views

Mine was many people's dream wedding, I was told by many. It was held at Sheraton Addis, where my high school graduation...

From the Pressure of Tragedy, Coal Can become Diamond

Since my father's passing, my health has been deteriorating. I was grieving deeply and unable to have proper sleep. I went without food for days. It felt like all my senses had disappeared. I did not feel hunger, thrust or get tired. I lived like this for over three months. I wea...

Apr 22 , 2022      |      By Eden Sahle      |      12084 Views

The 'Crime and Punishment' of Ethiopian Travellers

Last week, as I was travelling to Frankfurt, Germany, my country sent me to a foreign nation empty-handed. I had a visa and a plane ticket, all the documents banks required to sell Euros to me. But none of the banks I was directed to had euros or dollars to sell. Some of the bank...

Apr 16 , 2022      |      By Eden Sahle      |      18502 Views

Pay for Play, Police Investigators Dare Insist

Following our home robbery in broad daylight, we filed a case at the police station in our district. The police's handling of the case was equally as disturbing as the robbery itself. It also answered my question about why robberies thrive in the capital city. Despite many people...

Apr 2 , 2022      |      By Eden Sahle      |      10038 Views

'I Will Overcome.' Slogan in Tough Times

Since I have lost my father almost three months back, nothing seems to be right. Often it feels like being alone in experiencing tragedy while everyone seems to have their way in this world. I imagined that everyone who has their fathers next to them does not feel the dread that...

Mar 26 , 2022      |      By Eden Sahle      |      1818 Views

From the Pressure of Tragedy, Coal Can become Diamond

Since my father's passing, my health has been deteriorating. I was grieving deeply and unable to have proper sleep. I went without food for days. It felt like all my senses had disappeared. I did not feel hunger, thrust or get tired. I lived like this for over three months. I wea...

Apr 22 , 2022      |      By Eden Sahle      |      12084 Views

The 'Crime and Punishment' of Ethiopian Travellers

Last week, as I was travelling to Frankfurt, Germany, my country sent me to a foreign nation empty-handed. I had a visa and a plane ticket, all the documents banks required to sell Euros to me. But none of the banks I was directed to had euros or dollars to sell. Some of the bank...

Apr 16 , 2022      |      By Eden Sahle      |      18502 Views

Pay for Play, Police Investigators Dare Insist

Following our home robbery in broad daylight, we filed a case at the police station in our district. The police's handling of the case was equally as disturbing as the robbery itself. It also answered my question about why robberies thrive in the capital city. Despite many people...

Apr 2 , 2022      |      By Eden Sahle      |      10038 Views

'I Will Overcome.' Slogan in Tough Times

Since I have lost my father almost three months back, nothing seems to be right. Often it feels like being alone in experiencing tragedy while everyone seems to have their way in this world. I imagined that everyone who has their fathers next to them does not feel the dread that...

Mar 26 , 2022      |      By Eden Sahle      |      1818 Views

Consoling 101: Be Kind, Understanding

Over the past few months, as much as my father's death crushed me, what many people said was saddening over how many inconsiderate statements people make. It is unbelievable what comes out of the mouths of our closest allies, relatives, and acquaintances. Many told me they und...

Mar 19 , 2022      |      By Eden Sahle      |      1137 Views

Life: Series of Traumas to Confront, Survive

I have a close friend I look up to as a great role model and beloved sister. She is an air force pilot who served in Syria, among other nations. We met back in 2018, in a foreign country where I was attending university. We quickly bonded and became inseparable. We lived together...

Mar 12 , 2022      |      By Eden Sahle      |      4478 Views

Walk the Talk in Face of Adversity

A young couple has always been optimistic and resilient. When someone needs help, they offer a hand. They are givers, counsellors and comforters. They are not a regular couple but the exceptions who put others' needs first. They are also close to my family. When we recently lo...

Mar 5 , 2022      |      By Eden Sahle      |      1669 Views

When Community Fails, Homes Get Broken

Last week, our home was looted in broad daylight, clearing everything we treasured. The master bedroom door was broken, probably using an axe as the police handling the case described. My family lost property valued in the hundreds of thousands of Birr, including cash, jewelle...

Feb 26 , 2022      |      By Eden Sahle      |      1585 Views

Healing Comes on the Other Side of Relentless Grief

We do not know how to be strong until we are tested. The Sunday morning that my father passed away was and will always be the worst day of my life. It was the beginning of a different me. With grief comes forth the birth of our new selves on how we live and see things. I never...

Feb 19 , 2022      |      By Eden Sahle      |      1500 Views

No One Can Plan Life, Only Live It

I have not dated until a little over two years ago. I was raised to focus on education and building a career first. I did exactly that and became comfortable being a single woman. I used to tell my father I would be single for life and be happy about it. Although my father never...

Feb 12 , 2022      |      By Eden Sahle      |      1821 Views


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Editorial

Banks Ride the Waves of Change Grappling with Growth, Risk

May 27 , 2023

Tauted as a somnolent giant, Ethiopia's financial scene now stirs, roused by favourab...

An African Paradox: Mediating Foreign Wars While Ignoring Homegrown Turmoils

May 20 , 2023

The pungent irony wafting from Pretoria last week was hard to miss. Cyril Ramaphosa,...

Ethiopia's Geopolitical Dance in a Tumultuous World

May 13 , 2023

In March this year, Kamala Harris, the United States Vice President, visited Ghana, T...

Ethiopia's Labour Movement Confronts a New Era. Will It Thrive?

May 6 , 2023

The history of the Ethiopian labour movement dates back to the 1940s, marked by perio...

Sunday With Eden

The Road to Success is Always Under Construction

A while back, I was asked to cover as a substitute teacher for a friend at her primar...

Optimism Despite Prevalence of Poverty

I met a new mother out on the rainy street of Addis Abeba with her infant. She was s...

Life Matters

Debt Traps Destabilises Small Businesses

I was standing next to a lady at one of our neighbourhood shops. She was arguing with...

Distress of Digital Payment Penetration

I came across an older man who was complaining about the newly founded experience at...

Agenda

Moving Woes

May 27 , 2023 . By BEMNET TAFESSE

In the bustling streets of Addis Abeba, an undercurrent of unease shadows the necessary act of moving house. Siyoum Haile, a civil servant a...

Private Schools Price Accession, Repercussions of High Inflation

May 20 , 2023 . By BERSABEH GEBRE

On a rainy afternoon last week, Tesfalem Hailu, 48, was waiting by the door to pick his two children up f...

Sesame Farmers Confront War Consequences, Market Volatility, Trade Winds

May 13 , 2023 . By AKSAH ITALO

Asamirew Mekonnen, 49, has been a farmer all his life. He cultivated sesame on over half of his land in H...

Subdued Synergy Banes Infrastructures

May 6 , 2023 . By MUNIR SHEMSU

Yabets Zerihun drove a passenger from the Saris to the Laphto area around 3PM last week. As he passed...

Gallery

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Commentaries

A World of Debt

Recent headlines seem to augur a global debt crisis. The United States is teetering on the precipice of a self-inflicted default. Egypt,...

Growing Out of the Developing-Country Debt Crisis

The sovereign-debt crisis was high on the agenda at this year's Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the...

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...

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In a triumph over the trials of the pandemic, a rising tide of construction costs and inflation, Zemen Bank has opened a stunning 32-storey...

Meqelle Struggles to Reclaim EFFORT's Control Amidst Post-War Saga

May 27 , 2023 . By BERSABEH GEBRE

Meqelle is in an animated bid to reclaim control of the management of companies under the Endowment Fund...

Addis Abeba Revamps Title Transfer Fees to Tackle Outdated Valuations

May 29 , 2023

Officials at the Addis Abeba City Administration have recently changed the title transfer fees following...

Slaughtered Husbandry Sector Poised for Reform under New Policy

May 27 , 2023 . By MUNIR SHEMSU

The absence of technological equipment to control the contraband trade near national borders and low-qual...