{"id":15116,"date":"2026-01-10T11:51:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T11:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/15116\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T11:51:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T11:51:06","slug":"ethiopia-launches-africas-largest-airport-project-dawan-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/15116\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia Launches Africa\u2019s Largest Airport Project | Dawan Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"relative group\">Ethiopia, 10 January 2026 Ethiopia has formally launched construction of Bishoftu International Airport, the largest aviation infrastructure project in Africa\u2019s history, during a ground-breaking  ceremony attended by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, First Lady Zinash Tayachew, and senior government officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"relative group\">Prime Minister Abiy described the project as a defining milestone in Ethiopia\u2019s path toward modernization and prosperity, emphasizing that Ethiopian Airlines remains a source of national pride for its resilience, operational excellence, and leadership in advancing African aviation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"relative group\">He noted that the carrier\u2019s strength stems from a corporate culture that prioritizes safety and security, innovative and hardworking leadership, and a workforce of more than 26,000 employees committed to the airline\u2019s national mission and continuous capacity building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ethiopia, 10 January 2026 Ethiopia has formally launched construction of Bishoftu International Airport, the largest aviation infrastructure project&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[63,1100,1104,854,1102,1107,1109,1106,1098,1096,1101,1103,1108,1105,1094,302,83,1099,1028,1095,321,262,1097,96,261],"class_list":{"0":"post-15116","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-africa","8":"tag-africa","9":"tag-african-business","10":"tag-african-culture","11":"tag-african-development","12":"tag-african-economy","13":"tag-african-education","14":"tag-african-entertainment","15":"tag-african-healthcare","16":"tag-african-media","17":"tag-african-news","18":"tag-african-politics","19":"tag-african-society","20":"tag-african-sports","21":"tag-african-technology","22":"tag-analysis","23":"tag-breaking-news","24":"tag-business","25":"tag-continental-news","26":"tag-current-affairs","27":"tag-dawan-africa","28":"tag-east-africa","29":"tag-economy","30":"tag-horn-of-africa","31":"tag-news","32":"tag-politics"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}