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The statue of Menelik II is encircled with marchers and performers as Ethiopians celebrate the victory at the Battle of Adwa on March 02, 2021 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The day commemorates the victory of Ethiopian forces over Italian invaders during the First Italo-Ethiopian War on March 1, 1896. (Photo by J. Countess/Getty Images)
ADDIS ABABA

The complex history of Addis Ababa’s Piassa is being erased

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s bulldozers are destroying the cobbled streets and old buildings to turn the capital into an East African Dubai

  • Maya Misikir
3 min read