Tomato prices in Addis Abeba have surged to unprecedented levels, with retail stands charging between 85 Br and 140 Br a kilo, nearly triple last year's rates. Premium varieties such as Gelila fetch 90 Br a kilo, driven upward by escalating input cos...
Oct 12 , 2025
A sweeping change in the vehicle licensing system has tilted the scales in favour of electric vehicle (EV) owners and public transport operators, while levying heavier costs on drivers of fuel-powered...
Oct 12 , 2025
The Brewed Buck slipped again last week, exposing the quiet tension between official oversight and the underlying market forces that have shaped the foreign exchange scene for months. Between Octob...
Oct 12 , 2025
Desalegn Banksira sits behind the counter of Tsione Bar & Restaurant, near the Lancha area, thumbing through slips of paper that pass for proof of payment. More and more of his customers prefer to...
Aug 30 , 2025
A simmering dispute between the legal profession and the federal government is nearing a breaking po...
Oct 12 , 2025
A violent storm that ripped through the flower belt of Bishoftu (Debreziet), 45Km east of the capita...
Oct 12 , 2025
An evolving joint venture between Etihad Airways and Ethiopian Airlines is shaping up to be a force...
Oct 12 , 2025
The sun rose unsteadily over Addis Abeba last week, its pale light muted by dust and exhaust, flickering off tomato crates stacked on narrow streets in the Haile Garment neighbourhood. For 32-year-old Semira Adem, the amber flash of ripening skins...
Oct 12 , 2025
Ladislas Farago, a roving Associated Press (AP) correspondent, arrived in Ethiopia in 1935 expecting the war between Ethiopia and Italy, provoked by skirmishes at Wal Wal, would have started earlier than his arrival. What he found, he later wrote in...
Oct 11 , 2025
Abe's conversation with Tamrat G. Giorgis, our managing editor, was as much about the future as it was about recovery. His vision, rooted in digital transformation, disciplined risk management, and a rejection of short-term fixes like high-cost fixed deposits, was counterbalanced by a candid acknowl...
Sep 6 , 2025
Ethiopia's external financing requirement over the five-year period through 2027/28, a substantial sum showing structural current account deficits. The current account deficit (excluding official transfers) alone accounts for 49pc of the total requirement, a persistent external imbalance driven by import dependency and modest export growth.
Oct 11 , 2025
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 media, showcasing what polling stations will look like during the upcoming national elections; and they took the...
Oct 3 , 2020
Tsadikan Gebretensay (Lt. Gen.), a veteran military leader, told the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), while promoting his new initiative, the Movement for Change in Tigray.
By encouraging the discovery of truth, philosophy can provide the intellectual foundation for development and illuminate paths toward more cohesive and prosperous societi...
Oct 11 , 2025
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