RESTING PAINS


RESTING PAINS

A road sign around the Bole area is used to hang wet mats after being knocked down during recent rennovations. While traffic accidents showed a positive trend in the first half of the year, decreasing by 532 to 23,280 incidents, here was a 54pc increase in third-party insurance claims due to property damages. The spike in the cost of spare parts for vehicles is partly to blame for the uptake of insurance claims to 689 million Br. Authorities have ramped up penalties on drivers over the past two years to decrease the amount of accidents. Nearly two million drivers were penalised for over nine million traffic violations in the first nine months of the year for close to 1.1 billion Br payments.


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GREEN STAGE

The former podium that was used for many public events in Meskel Square now is turned into a green balcony with various plants growing in cases. The country embarked on the Green Legacy initiative five years ago, planting trees in mass every rainy season. The initiative is primed for funding worth billions, with a bill proposing the establishment of a special fund, presented to parliament. If approved the fund is expected to provide sustainable domestic financing for green legacy initiatives and...


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SWING SHOP

A second-hand shoe store in the Abware neighbourhood suspends the offerings for easy inspection. The global secondhand apparel market continues to burgeon—a testament to the intrinsic value shoppers find in the secondhand experience and proof of the seismic shift towards a more circular fashion ecosystem. By 2028, the global secondhand market will reach 350 billion dollars according to Thredup, an online consignment and thrift store. ...


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PASSAGE RIGHT

Youth around Bole Medhanealem area capitalise on the faulty drainage system, putting stones and collecting 10 Br to cross the other side of the road. Addis Abeba experiences rainfall in two seasons, with the major one occurring between June and September, constituting nearly 70pc of the annual rainfall of about 1,400mm. It has witnessed intense flooding on two notable occasions recorded in history: in 1978, claiming the lives of 12 people and destroying nearly 56 homes, and later in 1994, render...


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