When Western powers see a city like Addis Ababa awash with Chinese influence, there is the knee-jerk reaction that “China has an ulterior motive,” says Benebdallah.

With an estimated population of more than 3.7 million people, Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, is home to about a quarter of Ethiopia’s urban population.The city generates well above 29% of ...

Addis Ababa, May 21, 2025 (ENA) -- Visitors have expressed enthusiastic admiration for the dramatic transformation of Ethiopia’s capital, particularly praising its modern infrastructure and ...

A World Bank study in 2010 found that 37 percent of Addis Ababa's residents were internal migrants, the vast majority of whom were drawn by the city's educational or employment opportunities.

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 ...

Addis Ababa looked like a city under siege as mobs of youths clashed violently with police, creating anarchy all over the capital. Shops were looted in the Piassa and Mercato areas, cars smashed to ...

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When asked how he feels about the Chinese molding Addis Ababa in their country’s own image, Amdeberhan says: “I once went to China and noticed that they have this way of building city centers ...