Bulldozers have knocked much of the Piassa area of Addis Ababa, erasing centuries of history that Ethiopians built there, starting with Menelik II in the late 1800s. It is now nearly unrecognisable.

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 ...

The most prominent of the new, Chinese-backed buildings in Addis Ababa is the headquarters of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, which became the tallest building in East Africa when it opened in 2022.

Since 2019 the Addis Ababa Urban Age Task Force (AAUATF) has worked with the City of Addis Ababa in advancing its strategic development agenda. The Task Force’s work builds upon the Addis Ababa City ...

Workers are pictured at the Entoto Park in the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on September 22, 2020. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP. For 10 years, Daniel, Bizayehu, Getachew and others have been boycotting ...