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Trump Good for Africa

August 31 , 2019 . By Hintsa Andebrhan

Politicians, no matter what they did or promised to do, just shine when they stand on a rostrum and deliver a speech. Most of us cannot help ourselves but support and clap for them. The former President of the United States, Barack Obama, is one good example of this. I will not forget the welcoming...

Making Migration Work for Everyone

August 24 , 2019 . By Md. Shahidul Haque

In a globalised world, migration is a fact of life that should be governed accordingly. To that end, it is time to establish what I call “Migration Order 3.0,” a new framework that would make migration work for everyone. Until World War II, transnational human mobility was subject to Migratio...

Responsible Emancipation

August 24 , 2019 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

How Africa Can Adapt to the Digital Revolution

August 17 , 2019 . By Kartik Akileswaran and Georgina Hutchinson

Change is Inevitable. Embrace it, Ethiopia

August 17 , 2019 . By Asseged G. Medhin

Mind Your Language

August 10 , 2019 . By Etenat Awol

The High-Growth Promise of an Integrated Africa

August 10 , 2019 . By Landry Signé and Ameenah Gurib- fakim

Private Sector Solutions for Infrastructure Problems

August 3 , 2019 . By Getachew Yilma

Next Business Challenge for Ethiopia

August 3 , 2019 . By Asseged G. Medhin

The Ethiopian government, following the developmental state economic model, has registered impressive economic growth in the past decade. There is broad agreement on this fact by scholars, business analysts and international organisations like the World Bank and the IMF. Though this growth may ha...

How Africa Measures Up on Governance

July 27 , 2019 . By Marie Laberge

Data on governance, like any other official statistics, are a public good and should be accessible to all. Otherwise, the true scale of violence, exclusion and discrimination will remain hidden, and the potential of carefully collected information to improve life for ordinary citizens will not be fu...

Robust Science Diplomacy for Africa

July 27 , 2019 . By Mekonnen Teshome

Populism, Radicalism Feeds on Constant Coverage

July 20 , 2019 . By Christian Tesfaye

Ethiopia; Embrace Business Process Outsourcing

July 20 , 2019 . By Haben Mehari

Getting African Women into the Boardroom

July 13 , 2019 . By Marcia Ashong

Easy Way to Keep Healthy

July 13 , 2019 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

No Condition is Permanent

July 6 , 2019 . By Teodros Kiros (PhD)

Grow Up, EPRDF!

July 6 , 2019 . By Hintsa Andebrhan

I travel around the world as a freelance science writer and communicator to attend semina...

Women, Not Baby Factories

June 29 , 2019 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

I travel around the world as a freelance science writer and communicator to attend semina...

Bad News for the World’s Poorest

June 29 , 2019 . By Ceyla Pazarbasioglu

I travel around the world as a freelance science writer and communicator to attend semina...

Africa’s Gig Workers Opportunity

June 22 , 2019 . By Olga Morawczynski and David Porteous

I travel around the world as a freelance science writer and communicator to attend semina...


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Columns

Commentaries | Nov 02,2019

Meditating about leaders: Quintessentially Indifferent

Life Matters | Nov 09,2019

Memes: Not Funny Sometimes

My Opinion | Nov 09,2019

Federation not Confederation

Sunday with Eden | Nov 09,2019

Ethiopia: Valuing Life for Peaceful Coexistence

Agenda | Oct 12,2019

Pension Fund Mismanagement Sends Billions of Birr Down the Drain

Editorial | Nov 09,2019

Logistical Challenges Underestimated for the Upcoming Elections

Editorial

Regrettable Hate Speech Law Devoid of Enlightenment

November 16 , 2019

The time now compels one to recall an instructive observation Edmund Burke, the 18th...

Logistical Challenges Underestimated for the Upcoming Elections

November 9 , 2019

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD), in his address to members of parliament last month,...

Official Complacency in the Face of Terrifying Savagery

Yet again, Ethiopians in many parts of the country have endured unspeakable cruelty a...

Capital Punishment: an Overkill, Irreversible

October 26 , 2019

The Council of Ministers has recently endorsed a bill and tabled it for parliament th...

Sunday With Eden

Saving the Next Generation

One of the horrific street scenes of Addis Abeba is children sniffing glue. I always wondered what the children on the street are inhaling t...

Ethiopia: Valuing Life for Peaceful Coexistence

An occasional outburst of respect, compassion and unity from society and its leaders is not enough to mak...

Life Matters

Solitude not Same as Loneliness

Growing up with a significant age gap with my siblings, I found solace in being alone. I somehow crafted a whole universe in my own room. My...

Memes: Not Funny Sometimes

How far can funny pictures on the internet go? And how much of them are socially conscious? The internet has officially become a middle-aged...

Agenda

Locust Invasion: Since June, Pests Threaten Farm Livelihoods in North, East

November 16 , 2019 . By TEMESGEN MULUGETA

Saturday was not a good day for Chekol Mestet, 50, a farmer and father of five in Gir...

City Launches New Housing Projects as Enthusiasm for Condos Wane

November 9 , 2019 . By TEMESGEN MULUGETA

Solomon Tafese, a resident of Addis Abeba in his early 50s, always wanted a house of...

Unrest Scares Businesses Away, Rouses Humanitarianism

November 2 , 2019 . By TEMESGEN MULUGETA

Fikre Seifu, a resident of Adama, received a phone call in the early morning hours of...

Water Crisis Triggers Rationing Schedule in the Capital

October 26 , 2019 . By TEMESGEN MULUGETA

Hanna Desta, in her mid-30s, lives at Semen Mazegaja, the capital. Born and raised in...

Gallery

PM Abiy Ahmed (PhD) at a Gala Dinner Called for the Awarding of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize

May 6 , 2019

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) took selfies, shook hands with admirers and had his hands kissed by an adoring fan on his way out of the Sheraton Addis Hotel, after addressing the international media corps at a gala dinner called for the awarding of...

Faces, Voices of Addis Abeba

April 26 , 2019

Mourning Nation, Grieving World

March 17 , 2019

THE FINISH LINE

March 16 , 2019

Pizza Hut Triples Branches

February 2 , 2019

IN PICTURE: Betty G.

January 10 , 2019

Commentaries

The Growing Threat of Water Wars

The dangers of environmental pollution receive a lot of attention nowadays, particularly in the developing world, and with good reason. Air...

Violence May Be Norm for This Era

Another week was marred by a disturbing case of violence. This time students at Woldia University were injured during a clash that followed...

Fineline

The last executive committee meeting of the EPRDF...

The last executive committee meeting of the EPRDF, as it has been known for the past three decades, was h...

Leaders of the parties in the ruling coalition are playing chicken...

Abiy Ahmed (PhD), chairman of the ruling coalition, is determined to go full speed ahead in forming a uni...

Fortune news

PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS

November 16 , 2019

June is the month that ushers in the rainy season in Ethiopia. This year, rain is not the only thing it brought. The feared desert locust in...

Gov't Prepares to Boost Excise Tax on Alcohol, Tobacco

November 16 , 2019 . By GELILA SAMUEL

A new bill has been introduced by the Finance Ministry to amend the nation’s excise tax law in an effor...

Executive Committee Approves EPRDF Merger

November 16 , 2019

The executive committee of the EPRDF has approved the merger of the Front against six votes in opposition...

CETU Calls Out ET Management for Labour Union Interference

November 16 , 2019 . By MESAY BERHANU

The state-owned aviation conglomerate, Ethiopian Airlines Group (EAG), is at loggerheads with the nation...

In-Picture

THE PLASTIC HOUSE

November 16 , 2019

BAG TIME

October 26 , 2019

UNITY IS POWER

October 26 , 2019

POWER UP

October 19 , 2019

HEALTHY COOKING

October 19 , 2019

SHOP ON WHEELS

November 16 , 2019

In the town of Weldia, you do not necessarily have to go shopping. The shop comes to you. Carts with a full complement of clothes and accessories like bags and belts roam the streets in search of customers...

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