25 results for Addis ababa

8 July 2015

Matt Alagiah reporting from Addis Ababa: Once a byword for all that ailed African nations, Ethiopia is again playing to its eclectic strengths – and its booming capital is at the centre of the resurgence. Photographer Ben…

15 March 2012

Nothing represents the shifting sands of global politics better than the African Union’s gleaming new HQ in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A gift from the Chinese, it’s proof of the Asian giant’s growing clout. But the Germans are…

8 January 2010

Thanks to substantial foreign investment and its status as the home of the African Union, the Ethiopian capital is positioning itself as Africa’s diplomatic hub. As the AU divides over how to expand its mandate, Addis is…

17 May 2012

Kenenisa Bekele is a superstar in his home nation of Ethiopia – an Olympic gold-winning distance runner who has risen from poverty to the top of his sport. Yet he remains a humble man who eschews the limelight.

13 August 2015

Once a byword for all that ailed African nations, Ethiopia is again playing to its strengths – and its booming capital, Addis Ababa, is at the centre of the resurgence.

9 August 2018

Celebrations have been erupting in Ethiopia and Eritrea as their 20-year conflict comes to an end. We board the first flight between Addis Ababa and Asmara since 1998 to capture the mood as friends and families are finally…

17 February 2014

The flight path from Addis Adaba to Washington DC (via Rome), a new constitution in Yemen and representing Malians abroad.

21 March 2013

We find out what's in the wardrobe of the first woman to chair the African Union and how the Lebanese are cracking down on corruption.

14 April 2015

How the Democratic Republic of Congo got an airport back and Tunisia's road to the truth.

17 October 2007

Borrowed tiaras and Lebanese couture: we decipher the dress code of Queen Rania, plus why Africa wants to teach the French president a lesson.

15 March 2012

This issue Monocle has visited seats of power around the globe – from the African Union’s HQ to Burma’s fledgling capital via Liechtenstein’s new parliament building. Each has a very different vision.

8 January 2010

Do too many diplomats and NGOs spoil a city? Brussels, Ottawa, Canberra and even DC have a lot to answer for in the dull stakes, but what’s a capital city to do? Become both an economic and administrative hub? Or simply…

17 August 2017

Army recruitment tactics in France, Djibouti’s new friendship with China, Israel’s tank innovation and North Korea’s escalating missile tests.