Addis Ababa: The construction of the state-of-the-art circus show and training center underway in Addis Ababa at Entoto Park is being accelerated, Minister of Culture and Sport Shewit Shanka said. The Minister and other officials of the Ministry visited the circus center which is being built by Sosina Wogayehu, a well-known performer with Circus Ethiopia. The center has been under construction for the past two years on an area of ??16,400 square meters in Entoto Park, and it is expected to be completed and operational within the next one year. During the occasion, the minister noted that the center will serve as a circus show and training center at the continental level which will have an immense contribution for the growth of art and tourism sector as well. Reiterating that the support of the government will be reinforced to complete the center with the needed speed and quality, Shewit praised Sosina Wogayehu for investing in arts development. The minister also stressed the need to reinforce the partici pation of investors in the arts and sport sectors. The owner of the circus center Sosina Wogayehu said for her part that the center is being built with the objective of promoting the art of circus in Ethiopia. The center is also being built with the aim to make Ethiopia a destination center for circus arts in Africa, she said, adding it includes various rooms including circus show, circus art and dance training, museum, youth hostel and restaurant. Source: Ethiopian News Agency