07:30 – The Morning Briefing

07:30 – The Morning Briefing

The day began in the "Entoto bubble." Before the chaotic rhythm of Addis traffic—the swarms of blue-and-white taxis—reached a deafening roar, I was already at my desk. My first task was the revue de presse. I scanned local papers like The Ethiopian Herald and the private weeklies, cross-referencing them with the wires from AFP (Agence France-Presse).