For the past few months, Addis Ababa has resembled a building site. Construction workers are tearing down old buildings, digging up roads and laying foundations, while machinery hammers through the ...

Addis Ababa — The ongoing mega projects underway in the capital city would transform the image of the future Addis Ababa and make it suitable for living, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said. The premier ...

Addis Abeba — A 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Awash area yesterday evening, ranking among the most significant seismic activities recorded in recent weeks. The earthquake, which occurred on 29 ...

The historic neighbourhood of Piassa, at the old heart of Addis Ababa, is being taken apart. Workmen are uprooting pipes, felling lampposts and chiselling at façades. One building is being dismantled ...

Fikir Getaneh Haile has previously received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. A spate of demolitions radically transformed one of the oldest parts of the Ethiopian ...

Addis Ababa, May 1, 2025 (ENA)— With a remarkable transformation being carried out in Addis Ababa over recent years, the city is growing fast, Denmark Ambassador to Ethiopia Sune Krogstrup said.

I leave you now, Addis, reluctantly and with a heavy heart; this love we share is too sweet, too obsessive, too consuming. Each time we meet, I lose my head, much like Tracy Chapman sings: lost to ...

The world is filled with buildings erected primarily as symbols. Some are impressive; others are not. When Em­peror Haile Selassie of Ethiopia inaugurated Addis Ababa’s Africa Hall in 1961, it hit the ...