A public health expert recalled a time when hospitals were so overwhelmed with HIV patients that there were no beds available for mothers to give birth. That was two decades ago when HIV/AIDS was officially considered a public health threat, during which the widespread transmission of the virus triggered a massive nationwide response. Policymakers, the […]| The Reporter Magazine
Debt, once viewed as a necessary instrument to build roads, dams, railways, and other ambitious development projects, has now become a weight dragging Ethiopia’s economy into deeper uncertainty. The latest joint Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) has formally classified Ethiopia’s debt as unsustainable, placing it in […]| The Reporter Magazine
In a bid to rein in spending and free up cash for infrastructure, the Addis Ababa City Administration has barred its offices—including the 11 sub-city administrations—from holding meetings, trainings, evaluations, and workshops in hotels. The directive, issued in July in a letter signed by Abdulkadir Redwan, head of the city’s Finance Bureau and deputy mayor, […]| The Reporter Magazine
When a bride married a teacher in Ethiopia, there was once a song to celebrate her choice: “የኛሙሽራኩሪኩሪ፣ወሰዳትአስተማሪ” — roughly, “Our bride, be proud, be proud, the teacher took her away.” The anonymous teacher who recalled the lyric has spent more than a decade in an elementary classroom. He invokes it wistfully, as a marker […]| The Reporter Magazine
In August 2025, the heads of the central banks of Somaliland and Ethiopia held talks in Addis Ababa with a focus on strengthening financial and economic cooperation, including cross-border trade and banking ties. Somaliland’s Central Bank Governor, Abdinasir Ahmed Hersi, and Mamo Esmelealem Mihretu, former governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE), met at […]| The Reporter Magazine
Given its reliance on the Port of Djibouti for 95 percent of its foreign trade, Ethiopia is actively seeking alternative access to the sea to mitigate its economic and geopolitical vulnerabilities. Government officials have used rhetoric that frames this quest as an “existential issue” for the country, making it a dominant topic in their public […]| The Reporter Magazine
Stroll through the capital today and one sees the unmistakable dominance of “bonda” – second-hand clothes stacked high, from branded jackets to jeans that once hung in European wardrobes. Affordable, durable, and ubiquitous, these garments have quietly captured more than half of Ethiopia’s apparel market. Yet their very success exposes a policy dilemma: should Ethiopia […]| The Reporter Magazine
The Moon, once a symbol of Cold War rivalry, is again the stage for a new contest, this time between the United States and China. The focus is no longer the equatorial plains where Apollo astronauts planted flags in 1969, but the deep, shadowed craters of the lunar south pole. At the heart of this […]| The Reporter Magazine