Recently we needed petrol, and having been waved on from at least two stations (they were out of fuel) we joined the mayhem at a third. Once on the forecourt we located a pump dispensing "benzine". There were three rows of cars converging on this pump and we crept forwards little by little all the while jockeying for position. Just for fun while in the queue I noted the people that appeared at the car window. They tried to sell us:

A couple of weeks ago Chris looked up “Addis Ababa traffic law” on the Internet. She discovered that in 2010 several new laws had been added to the statute book, outlawing front seat passengers with no seat belts, motorcyclists with no helmets, jaywalking across the ring road, talking on a mobile phone whilst driving and the like.