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Addis Ababa correspondent

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Addis Ababa correspondent

A man smokes a cigarette on a newly build terrace overlooking a building site in the historical Piazza neighbourhood of Addis Ababa. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)
ABIY AHMED PALACE

Abiy Ahmed’s palatial ambitions: Vanity project or the foundation for a grand satellite city?

The government argues that the palace will transform the environs of the capital city, but state-owned forests and farmland are being cleared and citizens evicted

  • Addis Ababa correspondent
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