It has withstood economic stagnation and the rapid population growth that replaced its once-patrician neighbors with a rabble of shacks. AFP-JijiADDIS ABABA (AFP-Jiji) — From its hillside overlooking the Ethiopian capital, Berhanu Mengistu’s century-old, gabled family home has seen emperors and governments rise and fall. That cosmopolitanism was upended in 1974 with the arrival of the Derg military junta, which dismantled the Ethiopian empire. The Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), which evicted the Derg in 1991 and continues to rule today, has presided over an economic boom. This has seen contractors from China and elsewhere set to work on half-built skyscrapers that give the capital’s skyline a jagged, unfinished feel.Speech

Source: Ethiopian News December 26, 2018 04:07 UTC