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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...

Jan 25 , 2020

City's Contrast

In the foreground is the shanty mud houses with dilapidated rooftops and deteriorating walls. In the background, visible from all the way from Cherkos, is the headquarters of Wegagen Bank which stands...

Jan 25 , 2020

Flowery Hearts

An ornamental statue in the shape of the symbolic representation of the heart is standing on Menelik II Avenue, close to the UN Economic Commission for Africa. Flowers are placed all around it, regula...

Jan 25 , 2020

Timqet Eve

Two girls, in traditional attire, dance at the centre of a group on Timqet (Epiphany) celebration, around Gofa condominium in Addis Abeba. The celebration was held on January 20, while the Tabot, mean...

Dec 14 , 2019

IN-PICTURE: LAUREATE'S RECEPTION  

President Sahle-Work Zewde hosted a state dinner reception to congratulate and welcome the Prime Minister on his return home from Oslo, Norway, where he accepted the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize two days ea...

Dec 14 , 2019

LIFTING THE CUP

Sahle-Work Zewde, president of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, receiving the GERD Memorial Cup from Somali Regional State head Mustefe Mohammed on the 14th Nations, Nationalities and Peop...

Nov 28 , 2019

IN-PICTURE: A Rare Moment

A rare and one of a kind moment took place at the Sheraton Addis, where individuals with diverse and contested backgrounds gathered today, November 28, 2019. They claimed the front row at a seminar...

Nov 28 , 2019

A Rare Moment

A rare and one of a kind moment took place at the Sheraton Addis, where individuals with diverse and contested backgrounds gathered today, November 28, 2019. They claimed the front row at a seminar...

Nov 16 , 2019

SHOP ON WHEELS

In the town of Weldia, you do not necessarily have to go shopping. The shop comes to you. Carts with a full complement of clothes and accessories like bags and belts roam the streets in search of cust...


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