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US Can Still Salvage GERD Negotiation

March 14 , 2020 . By Fasil Yenealem

Late last month, the United State’s Department of Treasury released a statement that brought the diplomatic wrangling over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) to new heights. It urged Ethiopia to refrain from “final testing and filling” of the Dam before an agreement took place. The...

It Takes a Village, Mindset Change to Adopt

March 14 , 2020 . By Etenat Awol

A friend of mine adopted a five-year-old child. I was curious to know what the meaning of life was to him. He said that, by adopting her, he is taking care of himself as a human being and finding some sense of purpose in the responsibilities he chooses to pursue. To him, life was about connection...

Hydro Hegemony: Linchpin of the GERD Dispute

March 7 , 2020 . By Dejen Yemane

In Case of Stock Exchange Market, Protect Against Insider Trading

March 7 , 2020 . By Lea Mehari

Ethiopia Could become 21st Century Colony of Egypt

February 29 , 2020 . By Jesse Jackson

Ethiopian Needs To Empower Its ‘Paid Robots’

February 29 , 2020 . By Yeshiwas Fentahun

Othering: Virus More Dangerous than COVID-19

February 22 , 2020 . By Andrew DeCort

Free, Fair Election, but also Peaceful

February 22 , 2020 . By WUBESHET TIRUNEH

With Fewer Children Comes Development

February 15 , 2020 . By Clay Webster

Much of the well-trod terrain is covered on the dangers of unconstrained population growth in a recent piece headlined, “Marshall Plan for Africa Now or Doom by 2050,” [Volume 20, No 1026, December 29, 2019], by Yonas Biru, a former World Bank official. Unmitigated population growth will plac...

Beware the Secret Weapon of Desensitisation: Repetition

February 15 , 2020 . By Etenat Awol

It is fascinating how conditioned human beings can become to accepting their fate. This becomes possible through constant propaganda, which in the long term shapes our views in a certain way. Through repetition, the way we think and act can be carefully determined. That is the secret weapon in polit...

The Abysmal History of Political Transformations

February 8 , 2020 . By Shewangezaw Seyoum

The Cost of the Breakdown of Rule of Law

February 8 , 2020 . By Sileshi Yilma Reta

Subtler Censorship through Discrimination

February 1 , 2020 . By Sileshi Yilma Reta

The Good 'Us', the Bad 'Them'

February 1 , 2020 . By Etenat Awol

The New Norms that Blight the Nation

January 25 , 2020 . By Sileshi Yilma Reta

Ethiopia's Politics in the Rabbit Hole

January 25 , 2020 . By Hintsa Andebrhan

Postponement of Election at Our Peril

January 18 , 2020 . By Habtamu Girma

The political reform, as the sociopolitical and economic changes under Prime Minister Abiy...

Opaque Gov't Fails at Democracy

January 18 , 2020 . By Sileshi Yilma Reta

The political reform, as the sociopolitical and economic changes under Prime Minister Abiy...

‘Academic Racketeering’: Thorn in Quality Education’s Side

January 11 , 2020 . By Hunduma Gari

The political reform, as the sociopolitical and economic changes under Prime Minister Abiy...

Beyond Wax and Gold

January 11 , 2020 . By Ayalew Teshome

The political reform, as the sociopolitical and economic changes under Prime Minister Abiy...


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In the Absence of Fair Play, Radicalism Crowds Out Moderation

August 1 , 2020

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) had an audience with leaders of the opposition bloc ...

Hunger Spectre Casts Long, Ominous Shadow. Time to Get Ready

July 25 , 2020

The economic indicators for Ethiopia this fiscal year are less than encouraging, even...

In Fight to Win Narrative, State Needs to Remain Impartial

July 18 , 2020

In the past two years, it was perhaps the events of the first week of this month that...

A Federal Budget Between a Rock and a Hard Place

July 13 , 2020

Last week might have appeared an ordinary moment for an annual event in parliament. L...

Sunday With Eden

Underrated Country Fares Terribly in the Eyes of Its People

A friend has a daughter who married an Egyptian man a decade ago. Since she moved to...

Biases Start in Household, Contribute Negatively to National Discourse

It is not easy to rescue ourselves from the prejudices and biases that are a part of...

Life Matters

The Baton of Sacrifice

A little girl is reading a letter she wrote to her dad in a television advertisement. "My dad is the smartest. My dad is the cleverest....

What Works for Trees Applies to Country

A group of 20 to 25-year-olds stand in the centre of a courtyard to the Bole Bulbula condominium complex...

Agenda

As Cases Surge, Contact Tracing Falls Behind

August 1 , 2020 . By MAYA MISIKIR 

A lot of work goes into making a simple shirt, pants or a bag in a textile factory....

Exports Rebound Amidst Decline in Global Trends

July 25 , 2020 . By MAYA MISIKIR 

They say, fortune favours the bold and the brave. But that is not necessarily the cas...

Coffee Prices more Unpredictable than Ever

July 18 , 2020 . By GELILA SAMUEL

“Should I kill myself or have a cup of coffee?" said Albert Camus, the late French...

No internet! No Business

July 13 , 2020 . By MAYA MISIKIR 

Taxi?" asks Abdulmunin Mohammed, peeking his head out from his grey Toyota Vitz at passersby he thinks look like they are waiting for a rid...

Gallery

IN-PICTURE: LAUREATE'S RECEPTION  

December 14 , 2019

President Sahle-Work Zewde hosted a state dinner reception to congratulate and welcome the Prime Minister on his return home from Oslo, Norway, where he accepted the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize two days earlier...

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

May 6 , 2019

Faces, Voices of Addis Abeba

April 26 , 2019

Mourning Nation, Grieving World

March 17 , 2019

THE FINISH LINE

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Pizza Hut Triples Branches

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Commentaries

Marshall Plan for Africa - the Strategic Imperative for the West

The story of Africa is a study in contradiction. For some, the continent is poised to...

COVID-19 Workplace Protocol: Irresponsive, Myopic

The Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, more than any crisis in recent history, ha...

Fineline

Getachew Reda . . .

Getachew Reda, the increasingly combative spin doctor of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), says he is no longer optimistic about...

There were a series of meetings by almost all the chiefs of the regional states in...

After they made a portentous decision last week in passing a resolution at the House of Federation where...

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COVID CROSSROAD

August 1 , 2020

Veiled in face masks, Health Minister Lia Tadesse (MD), Nigussu Tilahun, head of the press secretariat at the Prime Minister’s Office, and...

Ministry to Form New Entity to Absorb Residual Debts

August 1 , 2020 . By FASIKA TADESSE

The Ministry of Finance is in the  process of establishing a new entity to absorb state-owned enterprise...

Ethiopia to Introduce Inflation-Adjusted Interest Rate Regime

The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) will introduce a new policy that establishes a benchmark for lending...

Central Bank Relaxes Cash Withdrawal Limit

August 1 , 2020 . By GELILA SAMUEL

The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has fully removed the cash withdrawal limit rule for government insti...

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PEACOCK GATES

April 4 , 2020

GOOD SAMARITAN

April 4 , 2020

PART RECREATION

March 14 , 2020

BUS STOPS

March 7 , 2020

To the Brim

February 22 , 2020

Sanctioned Graffiti

June 20 , 2020

Yonas Berehe and Andualem Moges, artists of Ya Studio, are painting street art for the city in Megenagna, after getting the green light from Yeka District. They are painting portraits of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD), Lia Tadesse (MD) and Deputy Ma...

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