Sagged Holiday Market Grips Capital
One of the largest open markets, Shola Gebeya near the Megenagna area, was not radiating its usual ora. Shola is one of the largest trade hubs in Addis Abeba, hosting thousands of traders selling food and non-food items. The traders are in sorrow as a fire started at a boutique last Monday night had expanded to different corners, leaving some partially burned while destroying corners that sold butter.
Most are shattered by the event, while some try to toughen up, huddling around the butter corner. The fire burned close to 80 shops, and the accident caused a loss of an estimated 50 million B...