Timqet, or Epiphany, features various musical instruments that enhance the celebration. The trumpet (or turumba) signals the presence of the Ark, prompting reverence from believers. Other instruments...

A street-side food stall, next to a Kenema Public Drug Store sign around German roundabout, caters to people inside an unfinished construction site with open walls. Such spots play a significant role...

Youth celebrating traditional new year celebrations, Gobe, are marching down Africa Avenue. September brings with it multiple Ethiopian holidays celebrated on the high street--including Meskel and Ire...

A digital advertising board of a previous age being overtaken by growing trees in front of National Theatre. The large-scale corridor development project being undertaken in Addis Abeba is mandating o...

A car owner is using the trank to display his products for sale around Lebu. With various small businesses being closed due to the corridor development project, those with alternative platforms and en...

A temporary blood donation centre occupies the sidewalk around Debrezeit Road. Ethiopia faces a marked blood shortage, with only 43pc of the annual requirement of 100,000 units being donated. It has t...

Young boys in the Adey Abeba neighbourhood are ushering in the season with a bang, crafting custom whips from recycled plastic that were traditionally made from tree barks. Ethiopia is currently engag...

A new public toilet stands in the Arat Kilo area around the Berhanena Selam Printing Press. Launched on April 26, 2024, the Prime Minister's "TSEDU-Ethiopia" campaign aims to improve sanitation and cr...

The dashboard of the Mexico-to-Qera taxi is not just for navigating streets but a mini-museum of world history. Coins featuring rulers from across the globe rest here, each a tiny testament to a leade...

Children search for sellable scrap metal in a demolition site around the Qera area. They usually sell the metals which were once a support material for the building columns for a meagre sum and use th...

Business is booming at bike shops in the Saris Adey Abeba area. A city-wide corridor development project, built with over 33 billion Br, has brought brand new bike lanes, making cycling an alternative...

Summer camp is bustling in a condominium housing project around the Gofa area as children take over a soccer field on a cloudy afternoon. Amid the proliferation of electronic gadgets and social media...

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...

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...

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...

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...