A Transport Hub of (In-) Convenience
For some reason, Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, is the transport hub of intra-Africa flights. The country’s flag carrying Ethiopian Airlines host flights across the continent, bringing visitors of the continent to the city’s smallish but comfortable airport. Aside from the usual assortment of foreigners (backpackers on their way to safaris, mid-level managers of commodity firms, sprinkled with a few diplomats), the demographic of the airport’s transit population says much about the state of the continent’s political economy.