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Monocle on Design - On Design 50: Asmara: Africa’s best-designed city?

20 July 2017

Unesco recently added the Eritrean capital Asmara to its World Heritage list for its Italian colonial architecture and odd mix of pleasantly preserved modernist buildings. To find out more about the capital of the troubled…

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The Urbanist - Tall Stories 359: The Fiat Tagliero Building, Asmara

29 May 2023

Isabella Jewell explores how colonialism shaped the distinctly Italian architecture of the Eritrean capital.

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Ethiopia and Eritrea: blue skies ahead

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…

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The Monocle Daily - Monday 10 July

10 July 2017

We take a closer look at the allegations surrounding previously unknown meetings between Donald Trump’s son and a Russian lawyer in the run-up to last year’s election. Plus: modernism in Asmara, Ukraine’s Nato ambitions and…

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Isolated case

15 April 2010

Having fought with most of its neighbours, Eritrea has few friends. And offers of help from the West are turned away as the president believes aid does more harm than good. But meanwhile people starve and flee abroad.

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Firm beliefs

23 April 2020

How do you measure a company’s success? We think it goes beyond revenue or profit, as important as they are. It’s also about creating jobs, solving problems, staying relevant and being innovative. Those skills are now more…