Only 26 African countries had achieved independence when, in February 1961, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie ascended a sloping staircase to inaugurate Africa Hall in Addis Ababa, which he gifted ...

But it may surprise many to hear that another city that has been branded the "capital of Africa" over the years. Addis Ababa is the capital of Ethiopia and is home to 5.4 million people.

The World Bank and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) conducted a CityStrength Diagnostic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in February 2015 at the request of the city. A team of ...

Others include poor waste management, unstable power supply and governance issues at City Hall. But the Global Cities Index by American research firm AT Kearny named Addis Ababa and Nairobi as the ...