When Abiy Ahmed became Ethiopia’s prime minister in 2018, he offered a clean slate for Africa’s oldest uncolonized nation, which had been suffocated by decades of strict state control.

Flying between African cities forces many travelers to transit outside the continent, through London, Paris or Dubai. But a $12.5 billion airport under construction in Ethiopia could help change that.

Addis Ababa, April 24, 2026 (ENA) —The major American multinational news channel Cable News Network (CNN) revealed that Ethiopia wants its planned 12.5-billion-U.S.-dollar mega-airport to be for ...

From its first flight 80 years ago to a network that now spans five continents, Ethiopian Airlines has emerged as one of aviation’s most compelling success stories, bringing a distinctly African ...