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Jun 21 , 2026

FUEL REALITY

A gas station attendant in Addis Abeba's Lideta District on Chad Street stands between stacks of empty oil drums directing a steady stream of vehicles, while another man stands in front of him hands b...

Jun 21 , 2026

GREEN WHEELS

A row of electric scooters stands ready for commuters at Bole Brass, Cameroon Street, attracting the attention of curious young onlookers that pay 300 Br per hour. Sleek, silent and requiring little m...

Jun 21 , 2026

CORN CHORUS

A young vendor grips a handheld microphone, calling out prices over a towering pile of freshly harvested maize at a roadside tent market in Gofa Sefer. His amplified voice cuts through the noise of tr...

Jun 14 , 2026

HEART STRINGS

Perched on a concrete curb in 4kilo, a one-man orchestra strapped to his shoulders, this street musician seems determined to prove that romance does not need a luxury venue, just an instrument, a loya...

Jun 14 , 2026

STREET ECONOMY

Rows of sneakers dangle like tropical fruit from improvised racks, while stacks of jeans, scarves, and second-hand treasures compete for attention along the busy Mexico square. What looks like an ordi...

Jun 14 , 2026

AUTOMATIC SHADE

Passengers waiting for public transport at the Qera transit point located at Dej Beyene Merid street, navigate the daily challenges of the city's transport ecosystem. Some commuters shield themselves...

Jun 7 , 2026

BLACK & WHITE

While informal traders and passionate Arsenal fans turn a bustling public transit corridor into a sea of red following a 2026 championship victory, a parallel conversation unfolded online. Despite the...

Jun 7 , 2026

CART JAM

At Jemo Michael traffic lights, a white horse pulls a wooden cart stacked with yellow jerrycans through a busy intersection, as city traffic flows around it under an overcast sky. At the pulse of t...

Jun 7 , 2026

LIQUID EMERGENCY

A man climbs a wooden ladder to inspect a massive overhead water storage tank while an Isuzu water truck sits parked below on a muddy street in Gofa camp. As municipal water infrastructure faces growi...

May 31 , 2026

DIG ZONE

A fleet of heavy-duty excavators, bulldozers, and dump trucks lines the muddy banks of a river near the German Square area. The concentrated presence of machinery signals the scale and speed driving t...

May 31 , 2026

BROKEN LIN

A heavily damaged utility pole lies across a pedestrian sidewalk in the Gofa Camp neighborhood, with loose wiring exposed and a crushed metal sheet fence nearby. The scene points to a disrupted urban...

May 31 , 2026

VEST WAIT

Revenues Bureau personnel, identifiable in branded vests and body cameras, stand in a dense commuter queue at the Qera taxi terminal. Their roles are rooted in field enforcement and policing the infor...

May 23 , 2026

CITY NAP

Along the busy Wello Sefer roundabout, a small pack of street dogs finds a slice of quiet sanctuary on a narrow strip of green. Lined up along the grass, they rest, groom, and stretch in the warm afte...

May 23 , 2026

ROLLING ADVERT

Urban movement meets street-level marketing in this vivid slice of life at Meskel Square. Mobile billboard carts line the roadside, their makeshift frames carrying bursts of advertising energy, while...

May 23 , 2026

HALF AWAKE

At Somali Tera, narrow street-side stalls with grey corrugated metal doors line a freshly paved cobblestone walkway in a tidy sequence. Most of the shops are still shut, their silence broken only by t...

May 17 , 2026

SHINE VS GRIND

In the place where once stood a building owned by the Ethiopian Shipping & Logistics, echoes of nostalgia linger yet, the company's symbolic, elevated, glass-fronted tower topped with a distinctiv...


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Editorial | Aug 14 , 2026

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