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Aug 27 , 2022

Identify, Develop the Brave. Otherwise Become Athletics History

On one of the recent Saturdays, I went out with a friend for a walk. My plea for the rain heeded, we quickly paced the wet streets as though we were late from a very serious appointment. It was six o...

Aug 20 , 2022

Heed the Old Friend to Complex Geopolitics

Last Sunday, at Ras Hotel on Gambia Street, I was waiting for a friend that showed no hint of appearing. Incensed and fuming, I started to fiddle with my mobile phone. A man with horn-rimmed glasses I...

Aug 13 , 2022

Finding Be'alu Girma, Direction of Ethiopia's Literature

It was as though two people inside me were arguing with each other as I was heading to attend the monthly debates on the arts at the historic Hager Fikir Theatre. It was a Monday afternoon with an unu...

Aug 6 , 2022

Highs, Exhilarations of Churchill Avenue on Dreary Saturdays

The previous week's Saturday had a tempestuous morning under weather that was not ideal. Yet I had to get a move on. It was because I vowed to return to the good old days of frequenting Addis Abeba's...

Jul 30 , 2022

Qera: Sights, Sounds, Smell, Not to Mention Bulls

It was last Saturday. What would have passed as a routine morning turned into a reminiscence of the 1980s. I had to attend a graduation ceremony in Qera. It first brought some sweet memories with the...

Jul 23 , 2022

Software Won't Eat the Human Element. Not Yet

Last Saturday, I had a rendezvous with a longtime friend. Most of the time, we used to meet at the historic Ras Hotel for lunch on weekends. This was after our separate visits to the barber shops, the...

Jul 17 , 2022

Marshal Through Ethiopia's Muddy Art Scene

I left my house, last Monday, as the rain fell in torrents, to be on time for the monthly debate on the arts. It was being staged at Hager Fikir Theatre, the oldest such place in Ethiopia. It was as...

Jul 9 , 2022

Reading Remains King, Bookstores the Castle

There was a time when it used to take hours to download small megabyte-sized files from the internet. The urge to browse, back then, was screeched to a halt because of the slow internet connection. It...

Jul 2 , 2022

How 'Man from the Stars' Helps Navigate the Good, the Bad

It was a Thursday. It all started from the thought of having a tight schedule that day, as I complained about the list of items I had to attend to and my ineptness to follow some of them online, as so...

Jun 25 , 2022

The Internet Gives More than It Takes

It is not talked about as much. But the age we live in offers unprecedented access to a world of information. For those willing to learn, there is no shortage of knowledge. I recently attended a cl...

Jun 18 , 2022

The Arts, Windows to the Soul of Society

Last Monday, I had to rush to the historic Hager Fikir Theatre. It was almost as immediately as I noticed the notice on Facebook with a catching title that I left my home as I had only a few hours lef...

Jun 11 , 2022

Few Drive Traffic Accidents Like Minibus Drivers

It is not hard to find something to lament about these days. One glaring issue in Addis Abeba is what may bring such changes on our roads regarding road traffic accidents and attitudes towards safety...

Jun 4 , 2022

Run from Potemkin Village, Embrace the Parisian Path

In line with the vow we made six years back with my niece, I started to regularly walk in the evenings on the sidewalks of the areas under near-Manhattanisation and the roads leading to them here in A...

May 28 , 2022

Switch Off the TVs, Video Games. Bring on the Poetry

Some stories flow like poetry. It is reported that, to the amazement of many, “Happy Birthday to You” had been, till very recently, a copyrighted song that earns million of dollars a year; as it i...

May 21 , 2022

Times May be Hard but Fear, Resignation Does No Good

Distance is never an issue for people looking for new ideas. John Trudgen introduced the Trudgen stroke to Europe in 1893, after seeing it used in South America. The stroke, employing a double over ar...

May 14 , 2022

From Seoul to Kazanchis, Passion Pays Dividends

The 1992 World Junior Championships, for athletes aged 19 or under, and held in Seoul, South Korea, was one of the more dramatic sporting events of the past post-Cold War era. Josephat Machuka, a K...

Columns

Commentaries | Oct 11,2025

The Human Flight a Failure of Political Imagination, Not a Mere Economic Policy

Ladislas Farago, a roving Associated Press (AP) correspondent, arrived in Ethiopia in 193...

Editorial | Oct 11 , 2025

TRADITION THRIVES AS COSTS CLIMB

As dawn broke over Addis Abeba last week, the city's arteries pulsed not with the usual we...

Featured | Oct 5 , 2025 . By REDIET YARED

TOMATOES TASTE OF INFLATION

Tomato prices in Addis Abeba have surged to unprecedented levels, with retail stands charg...

Agenda | Oct 12 , 2025

Ministry Shifts Gears as Number Plate Change Fuels Debate

A sweeping change in the vehicle licensing system has tilted the scales in favour of elect...

Fortune News | Oct 12 , 2025 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

View From Arada

Identify, Develop the Brave. Otherwise Become Athletics History

Heed the Old Friend to Complex Geopolitics

Finding Be'alu Girma, Direction of Ethiopia's Literature

Highs, Exhilarations of Churchill Avenue on Dreary Saturdays

Qera: Sights, Sounds, Smell, Not to Mention Bulls

Software Won't Eat the Human Element. Not Yet

Marshal Through Ethiopia's Muddy Art Scene

Reading Remains King, Bookstores the Castle

How 'Man from the Stars' Helps Navigate the Good, the Bad