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Address Inflation Before It Breaks the Economy's back

April 9 , 2022      |      By Asseged G Medhin      |      921 Views

Several reforms in the economic front have been employed over the past three years. They range from liberalisation efforts to tax reform and monetary policy reorientation. However, none have shielded the econom...

The Infrastructure of Recovery

April 9 , 2022      |      By Riccardo Puliti      |      426 Views

Physical infrastructure has a critical role to play in supporting the post-pandemic recovery and in laying the longer-te...

Roll Up Sleeves to Fight Back TB, or Face Perpetual Plague

As countries around the world - from Kenya to Canada, South Africa to Sweden - relish the prospect of an unofficial transition of COVID-19 from pandemic to endemic and start to ease pandemic-related restrictions, many of us in the tuberculosis (TB) community find it hard to relat...

April 2 , 2022      |      By Morounfolu (Folu) Olugbosi (MD)      |      831 Views

War and Peace: Echo of Russia-Ukraine Crisis Heard in Ethiopia

Leo Tolstoy famously wrote that every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. The great Russian writer would agree that all warring nations survive wars in their own ways as well. There are several vital facts about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that are notable. The number...

April 2 , 2022      |      By Mikael Alemu      |      813 Views

Comprehensive Peace Plan Can Usher New Era of Prosperity

Earlier this month, Prosperity Party (PP) concluded its maiden congress with pertinent decisions. Arguably, its most important decision has been to restore and achieve peace by "employing every possible alternative." For a country that has seen one of its darkest chapters due to...

March 26 , 2022      |      By Mihretu Becherenetu      |      1002 Views

Promoting Gender Equality Starts by Valuing Women's Labour

There are both biological and gender differences between a man and a woman. For sociologists and anthropologists, socialisation and cultural values determine gender differences. In most developed societies, parents initiate gender differences by offering dolls to girls and toys o...

March 26 , 2022      |      By Tigist Solomon      |      633 Views

Roll Up Sleeves to Fight Back TB, or Face Perpetual Plague

As countries around the world - from Kenya to Canada, South Africa to Sweden - relish the prospect of an unofficial transition of COVID-19 from pandemic to endemic and start to ease pandemic-related restrictions, many of us in the tuberculosis (TB) community find it hard to relat...

April 2 , 2022      |      By Morounfolu (Folu) Olugbosi (MD)      |      831 Views

War and Peace: Echo of Russia-Ukraine Crisis Heard in Ethiopia

Leo Tolstoy famously wrote that every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. The great Russian writer would agree that all warring nations survive wars in their own ways as well. There are several vital facts about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that are notable. The number...

April 2 , 2022      |      By Mikael Alemu      |      813 Views

Comprehensive Peace Plan Can Usher New Era of Prosperity

Earlier this month, Prosperity Party (PP) concluded its maiden congress with pertinent decisions. Arguably, its most important decision has been to restore and achieve peace by "employing every possible alternative." For a country that has seen one of its darkest chapters due to...

March 26 , 2022      |      By Mihretu Becherenetu      |      1002 Views

Promoting Gender Equality Starts by Valuing Women's Labour

There are both biological and gender differences between a man and a woman. For sociologists and anthropologists, socialisation and cultural values determine gender differences. In most developed societies, parents initiate gender differences by offering dolls to girls and toys o...

March 26 , 2022      |      By Tigist Solomon      |      633 Views

Energy Independence Won't Come from Renewables Soon

The devastating Russian invasion of Ukraine has captured global attention. While the world’s focus is rightly on the human toll and suffering, the crisis has highlighted the need to end reliance on Russian oil and gas. To achieve that ambition, we must be pragmatic and invest i...

March 19 , 2022      |      By Bjorn Lomborg      |      929 Views

Environmentalism After Ukraine

Russia’s war in Ukraine is tragic, infuriating, and unspeakably sad. It is also an unexpected turning point for environmentalism. Until a few days ago, climate change topped the global agenda, with science-based targets pointing the way to a cleaner, more sustainable future. Bu...

March 19 , 2022      |      By Giulio Boccaletti      |      387 Views

Entrepreneurialism Benefits Universities, not Commercialisation

Ethiopia has 51 public universities and hundreds of private ones, not all operational, that work around the hour to afford millions of youth across the country with the necessary know-how before they enter the labour market. But as the number of students exploded, the universi...

March 12 , 2022      |      By Shewangezaw Seyoum      |      875 Views

Risky Times Necessitate Dynamic Financial Sector

Ethiopia has been observing emerging risks for over half a decade, from political uncertainty to the COVID-19 pandemic. The broad spectrum of risk has mainly been affecting the financial sector. The relevance of the insurance sector for the overall stability of the financial syst...

March 12 , 2022      |      By Asseged G Medhin      |      715 Views

Child Labour's the Stain on African Countries

Presently, there are 218 million children around the world engaged in child labour, with over half of them involved in hazardous work, according to Save the Children. Almost half of those engaged in child labour are in Africa, followed by Asia, with many of them in the agricultur...

March 5 , 2022      |      By Tigist Solomon      |      945 Views

Will Sanctioning Russia Upend the Monetary System?

The savage fighting in Ukraine has led many to wonder whether Russian President Vladimir Putin’s supposed strategic brilliance is all that it was chalked up to be. Though Putin anticipated that NATO would not respond militarily to his war, he seems to have underestimated the We...

March 5 , 2022      |      By Jim O’Neill      |      648 Views


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Editorial

The Local Elections Everybody Forgets About

June 25 , 2022

It is not the best of times to be in charge of governance in Ethiopia, whether at the...

Central Bank Shoots Itself in the Feet. Again!

June 18 , 2022

Some of Ethiopia's economic policymakers may take solace from realising that inflatio...

What Agenda the Budget Bill Serves?

June 11 , 2022

The stereotype many people have of parliamentarians is as clueless seat fillers who exist to rubber stamp legislative bi...

Ethiopia Sleeps at the Wheel in the Race for Regional Integration

June 4 , 2022

It was an institution confident in its mission, capabilities and progress that was on...

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Life Offers No Graduation Party

Last year, I met a young and charming medical doctor through a mutual friend. Our friendship quickly grew. She told me about her engagement...

Marriage Doesn't Fix Abusers. Leaving Them Does

Last year, I met a young and charming medical doctor through a mutual friend. Our friendship quickly grew...

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In Polite Society, Split the Bill

Some live in a distant universe where they are oblivious to norms. There are unspoken rules. For instance, if two friends dine together, unl...

Good Shopping Requires Etiquette

I consider myself lucky when it comes to many things. But my luck runs out during shopping. I often end up buying clothes I do not like or w...

Agenda

Sunday Markets Fleeting Success Battling Inflation

June 25 , 2022 . By RAHEL BOGALE

It was a cloudy Sunday two weeks ago, not ideal for outdoor events. The grey sky quic...

Metal Industries Plighted Despite Prospects in Domestic Reserve, Demand

June 18 , 2022 . By TSION HAILEMICHAEL

Half a dozen workers were lounging on a bench outside a factory shed on the outskirts...

Crime on the Rise in Addis Abeba

June 11 , 2022 . By TSION HAILEMICHAEL and RAHEL BOGALE

The Addis Abeba Police Commission headquarters on Dejazmach Belay Zeleke St., appear rather serene from t...

Dairy Industry in Troubled Waters

June 7 , 2022 . By TSION HAILEMICHAEL

On the road to Debre Berhan lies the small town of Chacha. Bordering the Oromia Regional State with the Amhara Regional States, Chacha is h...

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Parliament Approves New Cabinet Members

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Parliament Approves New Cabinet, Incorporates Opposition Leaders Lawmakers have approved today the nominations of 22 ministers, including three opposition leaders. Two MPs have voted against, while 12 abstained...

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Commentaries

When Corruption Meets Instability, the Fight Needs to be Holistic

The effects of corruption, likely to be fuelled by the country's prevailing political...

Fact-Checking the Deglobalisation Narrative

The Chilean poet Nicanor Parra claimed, “the left and the right united shall never...

Fineline

Leaders of the National . . .

Leaders of the National Election Board are in a charm offensive mood, of a sort. Last week, they organised a rare tour for members of the me...

When the country’s most. . .

When the country’s most senior diplomats and envoys return back to their posts after two-week debriefings, they leave behind a point or tw...

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Cement Industry Shake Up Leaves Regional States, Agents Unimpressed

June 25 , 2022 . By TSION HAILEMICHAEL

Regional state officials and cement distribution agents are in an uproar over new rul...

Mayor Adanech Receives Cabinet Approval to Compensate Farmers

June 25 , 2022 . By BERSABEH GEBRE

Mayor Adanech Abiebie has won the approval of the Addis Abeba City Cabinet to give re...

Addis Abeba City Admin Under Extensive Restructuring, Reshuffle

The Addis Abeba City Administration is undergoing an extensive reshuffling leading th...

Inside Dashen's 230m Br Data Centre

June 25 , 2022 . By RUTH TAYE

Dashen Bank has rolled out a data centre for nearly a quarter of a billion Birr. Installed by two local firms, the centr...