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Anna Positano, Addis Ababa, 2013. The largest construction site of the Light Railway, at Menelik II square

Anna Positano, Addis Ababa, 2013. Panorama over the Hilton Hotel and Bole. The green and yellow fences delimit a huge construction site, after an informal settlement was demolished

Anna Positano, Addis Ababa, 2013. Boys playing soccer at Meskel square. In the early morning there are runners undertaking their training on the tracks. During the Derg regime this square held parades and other political gathers

Anna Positano, Addis Ababa, 2013. The recordings of Ethiopia’s Got Talent at Desalegn Hotel

Anna Positano, Addis Ababa, 2013. Bathroom entrance in the room of the Empress Menen Asfaw, Haile Selassie’s wife

Anna Positano, Addis Ababa, 2013. Traditional tej bar at Old Airport, where Selassie’s military élite used to hang out. Tej is a homemade honey wine, sweet and with a high alcohol content

Anna Positano, Addis Ababa, 2013. Juventus Club near Meskel square. It is an Italian sport club established in the Fifties

Anna Positano, Addis Ababa, 2013. The redevelopment of Merkato - the largest open market in Africa. According to the plans the shacks will give way to the multi-storey shopping malls

Anna Positano, Addis Ababa, 2013. The redevelopment of Merkato - the largest open market in Africa. According to the plans the shacks will give way to the multi-storey shopping malls