Ethiopia’s middle class rises, with western diseases in tow
Ten years ago, Tamrat Bekele would have been lucky to find 25 customers a day. Today, his medical laboratory in Addis Ababa tests 10 times as many.
The Ethiopian entrepreneur is surprised less by...
Ethio-Djibouti railway resumes operations
The Ethio-Railway Enterprise has resumed operations after a week of being halted due to the controversy that erupted among the enterprises and Metals and Engineering Corporation (MetEC).
According...
Through the glass ceiling: from Newham to Eton on a scholarship
Fifteen-year-old Ishak Ayiris grew up in one of the country's poorest boroughs, but now he's off to Eton. [Photograph: Frantzesco Kangaris for The Guardian]
Ishak Ayiris didn't really know much...
Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam 32 pct completed, efforts ‘intensifying’: Ethiopian spokesman
Some 32 percent of construction of the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam has been completed, with efforts intensifying to complete the rest, a spokesman of the government-owned Ethiopian Electric Power...
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