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Apr 4 , 2020

PEACOCK GATES

Past the cars waiting in traffic, two huge sculptured peacocks can be glimpsed at the entrance to the Prime Minister's Office in Arat Kilo. Situated close to parliament, the peacocks are part of the o...

Apr 4 , 2020

GOOD SAMARITAN

A Good Samaritan is using his motorbike to contribute to the fight against the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (CoViD-19) in Mesqel Square. Providing free soap and water to passersby who want to wash...

Mar 14 , 2020

PART RECREATION

Part of the sculpture on Mexico Square was used by Bekele Mekonnen, assistant professor and lead artist on the project, to create a replica of the whole. Presented at the compound of Addis Abeba Unive...

Mar 7 , 2020

BUS STOPS

Some streets in Addis Abeba have recently added road surface markings to indicate bus stops and to be used by such large public transportation services only. But not everyone is paying attention to th...

Feb 22 , 2020

To the Brim

Makeshift public trash cans are placed across the streets of Meqelle, capital of the Tigray Regional State. This one, placed right next to a bus stop, is full to the brim and has flipped backwards, wi...

Feb 22 , 2020

Street Books

Despite the onslaught of electronic books, paperbacks are still popular in parts of the capital. A customer is checking out the paperbacks at this street-side book store, which offers a variety of, mo...

Feb 22 , 2020

Plastic Hat

Street vendors in Bole, right outside the Millennium Hall, are wearing on their heads open-top plastic containers to protect from direct sunlight. Plastic containers, mostly for washing clothes and cu...

Feb 15 , 2020

Sign of the Times

This traffic light pole at Mesqel Square is leaning on the tree right next to it and is no longer functional. Meant to manage traffic north of Africa Avenue Street, the light pole was a victim of car...

Feb 15 , 2020

Fallen Fence

In Kazanchis, this steel sheet fence built around one of the construction sites has fallen down. Equipment used in the construction of buildings in Addis Abeba have garnered criticism as a result of t...

Feb 15 , 2020

Ghanian Cornerstone

Nana Akufo-Addo, president of Ghana, took time off his attendance of the annual African Union Summit of Heads of State and Government to attend the cornerstone placing ceremony for the construction of...

Feb 8 , 2020

Bob 75

Left to right, Desta Meghoo (PhD), former managing director at the Bob Marley Foundation, traditional dancer Sis. Chipo Chemoyo and musician and producer Teddy Mack gave a press conference in anticipa...

Feb 8 , 2020

Salvageable Waste

The river behind the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), as is characteristic of many of the rivers in Addis Abeba, is polluted. If one gets close enough, it also emits a terrible s...

Feb 8 , 2020

Grown Saplings

Addis Abeba's roads are increasingly being humbled by saplings. Some, as in the case of these along Jomo Kenyatta Street in front of Marriott Executive Apartments, have grown around five or six metres...

Feb 1 , 2020

Logistics Opportunities

Participants are listening to discussions at a meeting organised by the Ethiopian Freight Forwarders & Shipping Agents Association at the Sheraton Addis on January 30, 2020. The over two-decade-ol...

Feb 1 , 2020

Cartoonish Mannequin

Advertising discounts in Gotera condominium, this boutique is displaying new clothes for sale on mannequins arranged outside the shop. But some of the mannequins are not the regular human-shaped ones...

Feb 1 , 2020

Sponge Vendor

This street vendor in Sar Bet is carrying a large bundle of sponges on his back. Although the item is available in kiosks, they are also ubiquitously sold on the streets throughout the city. They usua...


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