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Tracks in the Sky Hopes on the Ground

Jun 14 , 2025
By Ahmed T. Abdulkadir

The electric-blue trains that once glided across Addis Abeba's skyline promised a leap into the future. I remember stand...

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Tracks in the Sky Hopes on the Ground

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Aid Retreat Signals a Broader Collapse of Global Compassion

The Curious Case of Barking Dogs

Tracks in the Sky Hopes on the Ground

Before Help Can Be Summoned

A Promise Signed, A Silence Kept

Desire to March to the Sea Should Spill Reason on the Way

State Enterprises from Oracles to Apprentices

Rising Costs, Inflation Threaten Insurance Industry

BREWING DISCONTENT

Electric Vehicle Push Leaves Investors in the Lurch

Aid Retreat Signals a Broader Collapse of Global Compassion

Can the Conference on Financing for Development Succeed?

Leaders of the National . . .

When the country’s most. . .

Desire to March to the Sea Should Spill Reason on the Way

Where the Roof Overhead Comes with a Ceiling on Hope

Courting Foreign Buyers of Properties While Land Remains State-Owned

A Country on Life Support Must Not Neglect Its Healers

Parliament Approves New Cabinet Members

Before Help Can Be Summoned

Tainted Trust Behind White Lies

The Curious Case of Barking Dogs

A Dangerous Beam in a Childs Hand

KEGNA BEER POURS INTO COMPETITIVE MARKET

Fed Unleashes Record Budget as Spending Priorities Draw Fire

Billions Unaccounted as Auditors Watch Recovery Rates Stall in Bureaucratic Quagmire

Environmental Authorities Turn to Water Fees as Ecological Strains Deepen

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