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May 12 , 2024

FOOTBALL FERVOR

Fans of Arbaminch Kenema, one of the contenders in the premier league, have gathered in a jubilant atmosphere around the Arat Kilo area. Ethiopia boasts a rich footballing heritage and has been a...

Apr 30 , 2024

CURVY CORRIDORS

Rows of metal cups offer liquid solace for mourners going to the cemetery around Yeka Michael Church. An eerie optical illusion occurs as the row of cups seem to curve alongside the winding road. Trad...

Apr 30 , 2024

SLEEK SLABS

A street food vendor around the Stadium area pockets his inventory on a cosy corner wall. The area is being renovated as the eponymous soccer field's protracted construction nears completion. Bicycles...

Apr 30 , 2024

CERAMIC SILHOUETTES

A new statue with emblems of the African Union hoisted atop traditional Ethiopian warriors casts a towering shadow across city hall near the Adwa Zero Kilometer Museum. The gargantuan project, spannin...

Apr 21 , 2024

SIDELINED STRIKES

The 'Vintage' bowling alley at the historic Genet Hotel near the Le Gare Railway Station remains vibrant after nearly six decades. Recent evaluations of 64 hotels nationwide had surprising results, wi...

Apr 21 , 2024

MYSTICAL NOTATIONS

Orthodox Christian scribes etch religious writings on traditional parchments (Birana) at the Ghion Hotel on Ras Desta Damtew St. The 10 day exhibition by the Hamere Berhan Institute featured various p...

Apr 21 , 2024

PANORAMIC PEEKS

An all-white building peaks across the street around the Flamingo area after renovations conclude on the main road. Addis Abeba's roads have broadened as the high-profile corridor development project...

Apr 15 , 2024

SURREAL SAUNTERS

The Big Art Sale in Hilton attracts notable dignitaries like Minister of Labor & Skills Muferiat Kamil. During its 18th rendition this year, thousands of visitors showed up to see the works of ove...

Apr 15 , 2024

BOHEMIAN MORPHEMES

A 123-year-old newspaper adorns a cafe around Bole, inspiring the inquisitive gaze of its sole customer on a late afternoon. "Aimro" was the first government newspaper published in Ethiopia in 1901, a...

Apr 15 , 2024

SOFT SLOUCH

A road sign around Zewditu leans into the main road as if desperately reaching to remind passers of road safety. The Addis Abeba Transport Bureau has recently started to issue tickets to transgressing...

Apr 9 , 2024

TIERED TROLLEYS

An eerie optical illusion appears as the city bus passes under a crossing bridge below a row of cross-country jitneys. Multi-tiered transportation infrastructure is rare in the capital as most roads a...

Apr 9 , 2024

LIBERAL LEAN

An infrastructure pole around Bole is being moved on a busy afternoon. The first telephone infrastructure was extended from Harar to the capital city in 1894, during the reign of Emperor Menelik II. T...

Apr 8 , 2024

COSMETIC CRESCENDO

A city at the cusp of an aesthetic reformation is laid bare from the top floor of a high-rise in the capital. The contours of an old city trace the edges of an emerging metropolis as Addis Abeba sheds...

Apr 1 , 2024

OMNI OUTDOORS

Various sports are played late afternoon at the Stadium near Mesqel Square. In a country where soccer reigns as the epicentre of most athletic energy, finding sporting avenues for team activities is o...

Apr 1 , 2024

MINOR NUISANCES

Urbanites patiently queue up for taxis around the Casanchis area drenched in heavy rainfall. Addis Abeba's acute transportation ails have created a resolute populace capable of enduring the harshest o...

Apr 1 , 2024

CONCRETE CHIAROSCURO

Arat Kilo area is poised for an aesthetic makeover as a massive corridor construction pulverises through what some consider urban landmarks, and others regard as antiquated vestiges of a bygone era. A...


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