A puddle forms amidst a block of apartment buildings around the Cassanchis area. Poor urban planning has been the source of several of Addis Abeba's woes, ranging from overcrowding to misplaced transport infrastructures and poor utilities. The Infrastructure Development Coordination Agency, which was supposed to coordinate projects between several public institutions, was absorbed by the Ministry of Urban & Infrastructure with limited success in the past few years. Around 80pc of infectious diseases in Ethiopia result from unsafe water supply and unsanitary waste disposal.
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