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Jun 22 , 2024

STALWART PROPELLERS

A used tyre dealer around Qera pushes a pile across the muddy streets undergoing rennovations. The neighbourhood typically attached to the expansive cattle market has a bustling informal sector for ve...

Jun 22 , 2024

TENDER TALISMAN

A strawberry moon peeks through the clouds above a half-finished building prepped for demolition. Native Americans coined the term for the red ambience that adorns the night sky during a full moon in...

Jun 22 , 2024

POLYMER ISLANDS

A reservoir in a horticulture farm in Koka Town, Oromia Regional State, is filled with black rectangular plastic shades to decrease the amount of sunlight that reaches the water. The shades help decre...

Jun 15 , 2024

CORRIDOR CONUNDRUMS

A three-month road around German Square confuses drivers and pedestrians following a hasty construction. Traffic accidents have become common in the area after the roundabout was removed to widen the...

Jun 15 , 2024

LIQUID ALLEGIANCES

Forum for regional integration and reasonable utilization of the Nile(Afri-run III) took place at the Skylight Hotel last week.(5th left to right)  Jafar Bedru , Executive director of Institute of Fo...

Jun 15 , 2024

NIMBLE COMMERCE

Street vendor lays out his merchandise at a bus stop around the Mexico roundabout. He looks to instigate impulsive purchases from pedestrians through a shifting marketplace. The Addis Abeba Trade Bure...

Jun 11 , 2024

RUSTY TREASURES

A truck around the German Square hauled metal debris on a sunny afternoon last week. The corridor project snaking through the capital has provided businesses that rely on collecting and selling metal...

Jun 11 , 2024

PRIME PUZZLES

A once-vibrant Edna Mall sits empty around the Bole Medhanealem area. The seven-storey complex spanning 2000Sqm has three cinemas, which used to attract hundreds daily for the latest movie releases. T...

Jun 11 , 2024

WELLS ON WHEELS

A man delivers jerrycans of water around the Ayat neighbourhood. Acute water shortages are ubiquitous in Addis Abeba, with most urbanites having grown accustomed to running water three days a week. Wh...

Jun 1 , 2024

SCRUFFY SCRATCHES

Construction workers are hard at work around the Welo Sefer area with street artwork in the background. It requires a permit from the Addis Abeba Arts, Culture & Tourism Bureau, which has welcomed...

Jun 1 , 2024

PIROUETTES & OVERTURES

Artists combine traditional Ethiopian music with Japanese dancers at the Moseb Cultural Center. Musical offerings combining Ethiopia's five-note scale, called 'Qignit,' with genres from other countrie...

Jun 1 , 2024

AUTO COLONY

A seemingly endless chain of cars surrounds the Bole area as corridor construction clogs detour routes. The massive undertaking closely supervised by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) will open up the r...

May 25 , 2024

SLIDING ROOFS

A makeshift cafe around Senga Tera caters to the coffee needs of the residents from a nearby building. The tilted corrugated roof masks cosy accommodations. Addis Abeba is home to a vibrant informal e...

May 25 , 2024

PAMPERED SIDEWALKS

Sidewalk turfs around the Flamingo area are getting nursed as the corridor project edges closer to completion. The City Administration's massive undertaking includes new 100Km of bicycle lanes, 96Km o...

May 25 , 2024

PASTEL PLUMES

The iconic 70 Dereja stairs around Ras Mekonen Bridge are undergoing thorough renovations along with the neighbourhood—a structure built by Armenian architects during Emperor Menelik's reign. Ra...

May 18 , 2024

SHIFTING PAVEMENTS

Fresh pavements are laid around the Bole area, partly suited for pedestrians and bicycles. This lays the ground for a grand corridor development project 10Km long and 47.5hct wide by the Addis Abe...


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