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Jul 13 , 2024

RUSTY WHISTLES

An old railway track around Adey Abeba stands the test of time in an increasingly cosmopolitan city. When it was completed in 1917, the railway track ordered by Emperor Menelik II and constructed by t...

SLEEPLESS CAPITAL

A street fence around Saris provides residents with an alternative to hang washed clothes for drying. New regulations from the Addis Abeba City Cabinet Buildings must be at least 10m from the leading...

Jul 8 , 2024

FERTILE FANCIES

A corrugated tin fence is painted over with greenery and trees around Arat Kilo as the corridor development project snaking through the neighbourhood nears its end. The high fences have become ubiquit...

Jul 8 , 2024

RESTING PAINS

A road sign around the Bole area is used to hang wet mats after being knocked down during recent rennovations. While traffic accidents showed a positive trend in the first half of the year, decreasing...

Jul 8 , 2024

PERILOUS PROFESSIONS

A street vendor is offering mats with kaleidoscopic designs around the Gofa neighbourhood. The thousands of agile vendors scattered about the capital conduct their businesses, evading the watchful eye...

Jun 30 , 2024

Parking Prowess

Carts used to haul jerrycans on the cobblestone roads of the Bole neighbourhood are parked on a late Thursday afternoon. Acute water shortages in the capital have spawned several informal businesses o...

Jun 30 , 2024

Novel Detours

After a months-long beautification campaign, a refurbished roundabout around the Olympia area has adorned a new look. The Addis Abeba City administration has been busy over the past three months as pa...

Jun 30 , 2024

Slippery Locks

Rows of slippers are hung in the locker rooms of employees at a horticulture farm in Koka, Oromia Regional State. Ethiopia has experienced significant success in flower exports, doubling in eight year...

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...


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