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Addis Ababa en route to becoming cycle friendly

Addis Ababa is planning to build 200km of cycle tracks which will help to connect high density residential areas with commercial districts. The Safe Cycling Program aims to make the city a cycle-friendly city. In 2019, Addis Ababa adopted the Non-Motorized Transport Strategy following the commitment of the City Administration to invest in the development

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Train link between Ethiopia and Sudan to be studied

The African Development Bank has approved a $1.2 million grant to Ethiopia’s government to finance a feasibility study into a standard-gauge railway (SGR) link between Ethiopia and neighbouring Sudan. This grant from the African Development Fund, the Group’s concessional-rate lending arm, covers 35% of the total cost of the study, estimated at $3.4 million. The

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The Hyena Man of Harar

Among the locals of Harar, Yusuf is known simply as “Hyena man”– a title he inherited from his father, Yusuf Saleh who began feeding hyenas in the 1960s to protect his livestock. As a child I took the train from Le Gare in Addis Ababa down to Dire Dawa and Harar. It would have been

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