Opposition Parties Poised to Stumble Again

MERKATO: Pulsating, Throbbing and Mesmerising the Soul

MERKATO: Pulsating, Throbbing and Mesmerising the Soul

April 6 , 2019 . By Ambessaw Assegued (assegued@anfilo.com).

A trip to the labyrinth world of Merkato has been planned by two friends and then postponed so many times that the fact that it took place recently is no small miracle. â...

RIVERS, SOULS OF A CITY

RIVERS, SOULS OF A CITY

March 16 , 2019 . By Ambessaw Assegued (assegued@anfilo.com).

An American visitor recently confined his confusion and dismay about the state of affairs in Ethiopia to his local colleague. Conversing on the proposed Riverside Revitalisation Project proposed for Addis Abeba, he was perplexed and mystified. The visitor  should...

Whose Land is This, Any Way?

Whose Land is This, Any Way?

March 9 , 2019 . By Ambessaw Assegued (assegued@anfilo.com).

The arrival of a Land Cruiser in the centre of the sleepy hamlet of Aleyu Amba in Northern Shoa stirred quite a commotion as children scramble from a nearby market, gleefully gawking and staring at the occupants. A lone passenger, an American of Ethiopian origin...

Conservation, A National Duty

Conservation, A National Duty

March 2 , 2019 . By Ambessaw Assegued (assegued@anfilo.com).

A hearing at the Federal High Court in Ledeta involves a quarry operator who has been negatively impacted by a road contractor that dumped excavated waste material from a nearby highway construction...

A hearing at the Federal High Court in Ledeta involves a quarry opera...

Time to Examine the Sino-Ethiopian Relationship

Time to Examine the Sino-Ethiopian Relationship

February 16 , 2019 . By Ambessaw Assegued (assegued@anfilo.com).

At the central courtyard of the immigration office on Churchill Road, a group of Chinese labourers in khaki, tunic suits that appear a bit too large on them, and tacking oversized flip-flops of consid...

At the central courtyard of the immigration office on Churchill Road,...

The Failures of the Ethiopian Professional Class

The Failures of the Ethiopian Professional Class

February 9 , 2019 . By Ambessaw Assegued (assegued@anfilo.com).

The contrast between what boils outside the trimmed walls of a medical clinic compound in Cherkos and the clean, swept and manicured landscape inside is a jolt of reality that is hard to shake. Inside...

The contrast between what boils outside the trimmed walls of a medical...

Ethiopians Leave Morality, Decency up to Individuals

Ethiopians Leave Morality, Decency up to Individuals

February 1 , 2019 . By Ambessaw Assegued (assegued@anfilo.com).

The toddler is inconsolable, irate that he be fed immediately and insistent on removing the delicate netela, white shawl, that his mother modestly tries to cover her body with. The child grapples at t...

The toddler is inconsolable, irate that he be fed immediately and insi...

City Mired in Gridlock, Mismanagement

City Mired in Gridlock, Mismanagement

January 26 , 2019 . By Ambessaw Assegued (assegued@anfilo.com).

The gridlock of Addis Abeba’s traffic is a gruelling experience on any ordinary day, but early last month the situation changed into a virtual nightmare. A sea of stopped and idling vehicles morphed...

The gridlock of Addis Abeba’s traffic is a gruelling experience on a...