Two years after the handover to local control, the China-built railway is not done transforming the region.

Addis Metro, the first light-rail transit line in sub-Saharan Africa opened on Sunday in Ethiopia. This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read ...

Ethiopia, which almost by stealth climbed to the top of the economic growth list in Africa, announced yesterday that is has added a new feather to its national hat when a brand new commuter rail netwo ...

The Ethiopian Railway (ERC) has started passenger services on Addis Ababa Line 1, the first modern urban commuter rail service in the country and sub-Saharan Africa. The $470m Addis light rail project ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Taking advantage of its expanding hydropower and other renewable energy capacity, Ethiopia is building an extensive system of electric railways to ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 13, 2017 (ENS) – Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, a city of at least 3.4 million residents, is poised to build the first bus rapid transit line in east Africa. Construction ...

Commuters in Addis Ababa, the booming capital of Ethiopia, now have an option to rise above the notoriously congested streets of the city with the opening of a new metro – the first of its kind in Sub ...

In Addis Ababa, a city of over 4 million people, the more traditional way of getting around has been in mini vans – a cross between a bus and a taxi, that picks people up and drops them wherever they ...

Time is ticking to repay Ethiopia’s light rail debt, which is not going to be easy without making sufficient profit. There are numerous examples of the successful and tangible manifestations of ...

GETTING around African cities is famously stressful. Whether in Nairobi, Lagos or Johannesburg most journeys involve negotiating roads clogged with honking cars and choked with fumes. This is also ...