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Apr 17 , 2020

Divided We Fall, Together It's Possible to Make It

Language, studied properly, helps expose much of what is wrong with our world. Take the term “Third World” for instance. It was originally coined by Alfred Sauvy, a French historian, in the mid...

Apr 11 , 2020

The Bad, the Ugly of Society in Crisis

Several years ago, a friend explained the negative connotation of the word ferenji, a slang term used to refer to white people. I dismissed his sentiment in my mind even as I was trying to listen to h...

Apr 4 , 2020

Prevalence of Creativity, Near Demise of Creative Spaces

One of the unintended consequences of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been the closure of virtually every establishment that depends on people gathering in large numbers around a limited...

Mar 28 , 2020

Brace for Cultural, Socioeconomic Adjustment

The world is almost at a standstill as it grapples with an impending tragedy. What started out as the spread of an unknown respiratory virus in a Chinese city most of us had never heard of before has...

Mar 21 , 2020

Survival of the Considerate

It may have taken some time, but the global pandemic of the Coronavirus disease has reached Ethiopia. Unsettling feelings of panic are just beginning to hit home. As stated in the weeks before the...

Mar 14 , 2020

As Zoos Proliferate, Wildlife Heritage Suffers

The visit I made to the Addis Abeba Zoo, aka Anbessa Gebi, in Amist Kilo as a child is one of the most memorable events of my life. It was meant as a treat from my uncle to my sister and me. But it di...

Mar 7 , 2020

We Could Learn from Caleb’s Sense of Duty

I no longer want to celebrate holidays such as Adwa Victory, which honours values we no longer stand for, as we continue to fail young people. Until we can embody the sense of justice, independence,...

Feb 29 , 2020

Choice, Custom: Not Mutually Exclusive

I am lucky enough to have grown up in a happy home, but, more importantly, in a household that did not think divorce was unimaginable. I was taught that if one is in a miserable relationship, there is...

Feb 22 , 2020

Working, Trying, Expecting in Ethiopia: But Barely Succeeding

I refreshed my Facebook page over and over again, hoping it would work last Tuesday night. There was no internet, and my phone was unable to make any calls. I realised later that there was an interne...

Feb 15 , 2020

The Women in the Household

Self-help books will have us believe that time management is one of the major factors for success. If this is the case, then it is a tragedy for many Ethiopian girls and women in households. The less...

Feb 8 , 2020

Corona's Global Pandemic of Panic

I was away for months in the rural parts of Ethiopia before I returned to Addis Abeba a year ago. What I found on the streets of Addis shocked me. Syrian refugees had flooded the streets and mothe...

Feb 1 , 2020

Ethiopia : A Home with Hope

My neighbour was in a drunken state when he proclaimed “miracles” about Ethiopia that bordered on the non-sensical. “Ethiopia is the beginning and the end,” he repeated at the end of his ra...

Jan 25 , 2020

Predatory Religious Leaders Hurt the Disadvantaged Most

A close friend recently shared with me the scariest moment in his life. “My sister had breast cancer,” he said as his voice shook at the end of the sentence, as if he was saying it as much to...

Jan 18 , 2020

Look Within, Unite - In No Particular Order

A scene at my local district office recently became a symbolic expression of the anger and exasperation many feel at the level of poverty in Ethiopia. A young man waiting to be given service at th...

Jan 11 , 2020

TRICKLE-DOWN KNOWLEDGE Only Way to Get Ahead

I was sitting in a room for a discussion that was held as one of the representatives for the contemporary movements in performance arts in Ethiopia. As we shared stories of frustration, a knowing smil...

Jan 4 , 2020

Reflecting on Time

A group of men surrounded our young Ride driver, threatening his livelihood. “You're working with the car your father gave you!” one of the men screamed in between the profanity he slurred. These...

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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