Tesfahun, a taxi driver in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, has been driving the iconic Soviet car for nine years ... was in the 1970s and 1980s when Ethiopia was ruled by the Derg, a Marxist ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — As the price of fuel soared ... made electric vehicle that he had hoped to use for a taxi service. He knew the car had a mechanical defect, but he believed it could ...

Ethiopia desperately needs a new fleet of cars. The streets of Addis Ababa are filled with dilapidated vehicles. Some of the ubiquitous blue and white taxis are rattling Soviet-era Ladas built in ...