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Focus - Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa gets a facelift, but at what cost?

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 133 words · By Tom CANETTI
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Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa gets a facelift, but at what cost?

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Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa gets a facelift, but at what cost?

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Common ground

The clearest point to anchor on is this: With his "corridor project", launched in 2024, he wants to modernise the capital Addis Ababa and other cities.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “With his "corridor project", launched in 2024, he wants to modernise the capital Addis Ababa and other cities.”
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The 'corridor project' launched in 2024 is mentioned in a specific web search result from 'Focus', but the other search results for this claim were irrelevant (Amazon Prime Video) or general biographies. Only one distinct news source provided corroboration for this specific project name and date.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Abiy Ahmed Ali (Oromo: Abiyi Ahmed Alii; Amharic: ዐቢይ አሕመድ ዐሊ; born 15 August 1976) is an Ethiopian politician who is the current Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018 and the leader of the Prosperity…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiy_Ahmed
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Council of Ministers of Abiy Ahmed is the cabinet of the government of Ethiopia during the premiership of Abiy Ahmed since early 2018.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_of_Abiy_A…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The prime minister of Ethiopia is the head of government and chief executive of Ethiopia. Ethiopia is a parliamentary republic with a prime minister as head of the government and the commander-in-chie…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Ethiopia
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Claim 2: “Ahmed, who has been in power since 2018”
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Both Wikipedia and the official FDRE Office of the Prime Ministers confirm that Abiy Ahmed has been the Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Abiy Ahmed Ali (Oromo: Abiyi Ahmed Alii; Amharic: ዐቢይ አሕመድ ዐሊ; born 15 August 1976) is an Ethiopian politician who is the current Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018 and the leader of the Prosperity…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiy_Ahmed
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Abiy Ahmed is currently the third serving prime minister of Ethiopia. In 2018, he became the first ever Oromo descent to assume the role of prime minister in the history of Ethiopia. He won the Nobel …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premiership_of_Abiy_Ahmed
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Prosperity Party (Amharic: ብልጽግና ፓርቲ, romanized: Bilits’igina Paritī; Oromo: Paartii Badhaadhiinaa) is a political party in Ethiopia that was established on 1 December 2019 as a successor to the E…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosperity_Party
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Claim 3: “the project has led to the mass eviction of over 10,000 people in Addis Ababa alone.”
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The claim that the corridor project led to the mass eviction of over 10,000 people is reported by the same source ('Focus') as claim 2. No other independent sources in the provided evidence corroborate this specific number or event.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Addis Ababa University (Amharic: አዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲ; AAU) is a national university located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is the oldest university in Ethiopia. AAU has thirteen campuses. Twelve of these are…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addis_Ababa_University
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Addis Ababa ( AD-iss AB-ə-bə; Amharic: አዲስ አበባ [adˈdis ˈaβəβa] , lit. 'new flower'; Oromo: Finfinnee, lit. 'fountain of hot mineral water') is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. With an estima…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addis_Ababa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (IATA: ADD, ICAO: HAAB) is an international airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is in the Bole district, 6 km (3.7 mi) southeast of the city centre and 65 km (4…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addis_Ababa_Bole_International…
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Claim 4: “Ethiopians are heading to the polls for general elections that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party is expected to win.”
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Multiple independent news sources (Al Jazeera, France 24, and another news report) confirm that Ethiopia is holding elections and that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party is expected to dominate or win a landslide victory.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Amhara Democratic Party (ADP) (Amharic: አማራ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ, romanized: āmara dēmokirasīyawī paritī), formerly known as the Amhara National Democratic Movement (ANDM), was a political party in Ethiopi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amhara_Democratic_Party
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Oromo Democratic Party (Oromo: Paartii Demokraatawaa Oromoo, ODP), formerly known as the Oromo People's Democratic Organization (OPDO), was a political party in Ethiopia, and part of the alliance …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oromo_Democratic_Party
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Prosperity Party (Amharic: ብልጽግና ፓርቲ, romanized: Bilits’igina Paritī; Oromo: Paartii Badhaadhiinaa) is a political party in Ethiopia that was established on 1 December 2019 as a successor to the E…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosperity_Party
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