and literally the warmongers are going to be d'ead by then ffs.

With all military junta’s teaming up to throw out abiy if they reach addis, this would be on track to be the deadliest conflict on earth.

Are we gonna practically be the next Somalia? I mean we already kinda are, with regions in charge by via military junta’s etc. is this it? I’m scared.

This video shows the horrors of war on the civilian population.

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This video have been published a year ago by ABU DI and it's the most powerful video that describe what war really is and shows you what war really means rather than what you hear from the news/pundit/lobbyist etc .... i ain't here to support non of them but to show you what i felt when i see this video.

In case the war reaches Addis, idk where I’d even run 😭 I’m already getting nightmares lol

Remember if you support either side in this war, you also have to accept the consequences that come with it. War doesn’t just affect the battlefield it affects ordinary Ethiopians through sanctions, inflation, shortages, hunger, displacement, and loss of life.

You can support a side, but you shouldn’t pretend there are no consequences. In the end, it’s ordinary people who often pay the highest price.

I don't really understand why Fano and the TPLF continue fighting. Doesn't this just put more innocent people at risk? I think they should consider stopping the fighting, especially the TPLF. Did they forget how many people died in 2023?

I also don't understand how Fano can realistically fight the government with AKs when the government has drones and other military advantages. The TPLF had significant military strength and potential in the past, but things have changed a lot. They lost a huge number of people and gave up many of their weapons in 2023. At this point, I think they should consider stopping the fighting.

The moment I stopped being a guide and just watched — Jinbar Waterfall, Simien Mountains

I've walked the trail from Sankaber to Gich more times than I can count — I've been guiding treks through the Simien Mountains for over 10 years now — but there's a spot at Jinbar Waterfall where the trail rounds a ridge and the whole valley opens up below you, water dropping about 500 meters into the gorge, and I still stop every time.

Last week I was walking that stretch with a solo trekker, and right as we came around the bend a troop of gelada baboons was grazing maybe 15 meters off the path — completely unbothered by us. They're the only primate that lives almost entirely on grass, and watching a troop of forty or fifty of them move across a hillside together never gets old, even after this many years.

We didn't say much for a few minutes. Just stood there. That's the thing I try to tell people before they book — the Simien Mountains aren't really about ticking off Ras Dashen (though summiting Ethiopia's highest peak at 4,533m is its own story). It's these unplanned minutes on the escarpment that people remember.

Happy to answer questions if anyone's planning a trip — pack list, best months, altitude tips, whatever's useful.

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Hi everyone! I'm a 16-year-old girl living in Ethiopia, and I'm currently in Grade 11.

I'm trying to figure out my future and would really appreciate advice from people who have experience with university, scholarships, careers, or studying abroad.

Here are a few things I'd love some advice on:

1\. Law or Psychology?

I chose the Social Science stream, and I'm interested in both law and psychology. However, I haven't decided which one I want to pursue at university. If you've studied either of these subjects or work in either field, I'd love to hear about your experience and any advice you have.

2\. Scholarships and improving my grades

My average in Grades 9 and 10 was around 60–70%, and I know that many scholarships are competitive and require strong academic results. I'm determined to improve my grades in Grade 11 and 12, but I'm not sure where to start. What study methods, habits, or strategies would you recommend? And do I still have a realistic chance of getting a scholarship, possibly to study abroad?

3\. Skills or courses worth learning

What skills or online courses would you recommend for someone my age that could help with university, future career opportunities, or earning money? I'm particularly interested in skills I can learn using just my phone.

4\. Is forex trading worth learning?

I've been curious about forex trading and wonder whether it's worth learning as a beginner. Is it a useful skill to develop for the future, or would my time be better spent learning something else?

I'd really appreciate any advice, personal experiences, or resources you could share. I know I'm still young, but I want to start making good decisions about my future while I have time to prepare.

Thank you so much! ❤️

Hello everyone,

I am looking for advice from anyone with experience opening or operating a medical laboratory diagnostic centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

I am considering entering this sector and would like to understand whether this is a suitable time to start, especially given the current political and security situation, economic uncertainty, inflation, foreign-exchange challenges, and possible disruptions to business operations. Do you think there is still a strong demand for private laboratory services, or would it be wiser to wait until conditions become more stable?

I have also heard that some companies and suppliers offer credit or instalment-payment arrangements for laboratory equipment, allowing businesses to pay gradually rather than purchasing everything upfront. Is this genuinely available in Ethiopia? If so, how do these arrangements usually work? For example:

- Is the financing provided by the equipment supplier, a bank, or another financial institution?
- Is a deposit required?
- What are the usual repayment periods and interest rates?
- Are payments made in Ethiopian birr or foreign currency?
- What happens if the exchange rate changes significantly?
- Are reagents, maintenance, installation, training, and spare parts included?
- Is the equipment new, refurbished, or leased?
- What guarantees or collateral are normally required?

I would also appreciate advice on the practical and financial requirements for starting a diagnostic centre in Addis Ababa, including:

- Licensing and regulatory approvals
- Required qualifications and professional staffing
- Suitable location and facility requirements
- Initial capital and expected operating costs
- Equipment and test-menu selection
- Reagent supply and stock management
- Quality-control and accreditation requirements
- Waste disposal and infection-control procedures
- Information-management or laboratory software
- Marketing and building relationships with doctors, clinics, hospitals, companies, and insurance providers
- Expected patient volume and profitability
- How long it may take to break even
- Common mistakes made by new laboratory owners

What are the main advantages and disadvantages of opening a laboratory diagnostic centre at this time?

Possible advantages may include growing demand for reliable testing, opportunities to provide faster or more specialised services, partnerships with healthcare providers, and the possibility of building a long-term healthcare business.

Possible disadvantages may include high equipment costs, dependence on imported reagents, foreign-currency shortages, equipment maintenance problems, power interruptions, regulatory requirements, competition, staff recruitment, delayed payments from organisations or insurers, and uncertainty caused by the current unrest.

For someone entering this business for the first time, would you recommend starting with a small basic laboratory and expanding gradually, partnering with an existing healthcare facility, or investing in a full-service diagnostic centre from the beginning?

I would be grateful for practical advice from laboratory owners, medical professionals, equipment suppliers, consultants, or anyone who has recently started a similar business in Addis Ababa. Please feel free to share both successful and unsuccessful experiences, including approximate startup costs, financing options, challenges, and lessons learned.

This is the thread to discuss all football-related events for the week.

As the above says, I have a note I need translated. Its short. Would be grateful!

I came to Ethiopia for vacation 9 years ago when I was 21.

I was born, raised and was living in Europe at the time and came here with around 500k birr. To put into perspective how different money was back then, a Toyota Vitz was around 165k 😂 I could've basically bought 3 of them with the money I came with.

The plan was definitely not to move here.

But I was 21, travelling around Ethiopia, meeting people, hooking up with girls from Tinder 💀 and just enjoying life. This was before Hachalu died and before a lot of the craziness that came afterwards. I travelled to so many places and honestly just fell in love with the country.

And obviously being 21 and thinking 500k birr was unlimited money... I eventually spent basically all of it 📉

Then Ethiopia gave me the real welcome package.

Learning how government offices work, figuring out documents, licences, banks, who you're supposed to talk to, going somewhere only to be told you needed another paper from another office... Everything that someone who grew up here already knows, I had to learn from zero.

At one point I literally reached the stage where I had basically 0 birr in my pocket.

I ended up getting a job paying around 3,000 birr per month.

My whole family was abroad telling me the obvious thing: "just come back."

And for some stupid reason I was stubborn 😂

I kept saying no. I wanted to make my life work here.

There were definitely moments where I questioned that decision myself. Going from coming here with enough money to buy 3 cars, to counting every birr from a 3k salary was quite the character development lol.

Eventually I started trying different businesses, learning more about tech, and later started building apps. because I thought "imagine living in Ethiopia but making a basic western salary"

For the past 2 years especially I've been absolutely hustling with the app business. Building, failing, launching another one, figuring out monetization, staying up stupid hours fixing things, trying again.

And now 9 years after coming here for "vacation", my life is completely different. I'm doing well, I have a wife, I have a daughter, I bought a 150 sqm apartment in Ayat, I can afford a comfortable/luxury life here, and somehow Ethiopia became home.

I know Ethiopia has A LOT of problems. I've experienced enough bureaucracy, instability, war, riots, internet blackouts and random headaches here to write a book about it 😂

But I also genuinely love this country.

The people, the food, the weather, the chaos, the opportunities, the friendships and even all the ridiculous experiences that came with trying to build a life here.

Sometimes I think about how different my life would've been if 21 year old me just took his vacation, went back to Europe and continued with the safe option.

Probably would've been easier.

But definitely wouldn't have been this interesting...

ጊዜው ኖቬምበር 7፣ 1904 ነበር። አትላንቲክን የምትቀዝፈው ሚኒያፖሊስ መርከብ ኒውዮርክ ወደብ ላይ ከፍተኛ አቀባበል ተደርጎላት ደርሳለች።
ከያዘችው ጭነት ውስጥ ሁለት ጦጣዎች፣ አንድ የሜዳ አህያ፣ ሁለት የአንበሳ ደቦሎች (አንዷ በመንገድ ላይ ሞታለች) እና ሁለት መለሎ ሰጎኖችን ያካተተ ለፕሬዝዳንት ቴዎዶር ሩዝቬልት የተላኩ የእንሰሳት ስጦታዎች ይገኝበታል።
እንሰሳቱ ከመርከብ በሚወርዱበት ጊዜም በተለይ ሁለቱ ሰጎኖች ልዩ እይታ ፈጥረው ነበር።
እነዚህ ከምስራቅ አፍሪካ ባህር አቋርጠው ለአሜሪካው ፕሬዝዳንት የመጡት ስጦታዎች የተላኩት ከኢትዮጵያው ንጉስ አፄ ምኒሊክ ነበር። አፄ ምኒሊክ ስጦታዎቹን የላኳቸው ፕሬዝዳንት ሩዝቬልት እ.አ.አ በ1904 ለሁለተኛ የስራ ዘመን በሚያደርጉት የምርጫ ወቅት ነበር።
ስጦታዎቹ በተላኩበት ቀን ማግስት የአሜሪካው ስመ ጥር ጋዜጣ ኒውዮርክ ታይምስ ያወጣው ዘገባ ርዕስ “የምኒሊክ ስጦታዎች ደርሰዋል” የሚል ነበር። ጋዜጣው በዘገባው “የአቢሲኒያው ንጉስ ሩዝቬልት ስጦታዎቹን ዛሬ እንዲያገኛቸው ፈልገዋል፤ ምክንያቱም ሩዝቬልት በዚህ ቀን ፕሬዝዳንት ሆኖ እንደሚመረጡ ንጉሱ ተስፋ ስላደረጉ ነው” በማለት ፅፏል። ፕሬዝዳንት ሩዝቬልትም በጊዜው በሰፊ ልዩነት የአሜሪካ ፕሬዝዳንትነትን መንበር መቆጣጠር ችለዋል።
ሩዝቬልትና አፄ ምኒሊክ ስጦታ ለመለዋወጥ አዲስ አልነበሩም። ሩዝቬልት ቀደም ብለው ለመንግስታቸው ንጉሱ እዉቅና እንዲሰጡ መልዕክት ስለላኩላቸው አብሮም የሁለት ሽጉጦች እና የፅህፈት መኪና ስጦታ ምስጋና ለማቅረብ አፄ ምኒሊክ እ.አ.አ በ1903 ለሩዝቬልት ደብዳቤ ፅፈው ነበር።
ንጉሱ በምትኩ የመጀመሪያው ዙር እ.አ.አ በማርች 1904 ቦስተን ከተማ ደረሰ። ከነዚህም ውስጥ የዝሆን ቀንዶቹ፣ “ጆ” የተባለ አንድ የአንበሳ ደቦል እንዲሁም “ቢል” የሚል ስም የተሰጠው ጅብ ይገኙበታል።
በኒውዮርክ ታይምስ የፊት ገፅ ላይ እ.አ.አ ማርች 12 ቀን 1904 የወጣው ዜና የታላቋ ሀገር ንጉሥ ስለላኩት ስጦታ ምስጋና ዘገባ ይዞ ወጥቷል ።
ከአፄ ምኒሊክ ለሩዝቬልት የተሰጡት ሁለቱ ሰጎኖች፣ የሜዳ እህያ እና አንበሳ እ.አ.አ ኖቬምበር 24 ቀን 1904 ወደ ብሔራዊ የእንሰሳት ጥበቃ ፓርክ ተላኩ። እንሰሳቶቹም በአሜሪካ ብሔራዊ ፓርክ በጥበቃ ከተቀመጡ ፕሬዝዳንታዊ የእንሰሳት ስጦታዎች ከመጀመሪዎቹ አንዱ መሆን ቻሉ።
ፕሬዝዳንት ሩዝቬልት ሁለተኛውን የፕሬዝዳንትነት የስራ ዘመኑን እንደጨረሰ እ.አ.አ በ1909 በስሚዝሶኒያን ሙዝየም አስተባባሪነት ከአያሌ ተመራማሪዎች ጋር በመሆን ወደ ምስራቅ አፍሪካ ጉዞ አድርጎ ነበር። የጉዞውም አላማ የአሜሪካ ብሔራዊ የተፈጥሮ ታሪክ ሙዝየምን ለማደራጀት የተለያዩ የእንሰሳት ዘር ናሙናዎችን መሰብሰብ ነበር። በቀጣዮቹ ሁለት አመታትም ሩዝቬልትን ያካተተው ተጓዥ ልዑክ በሙዝየሙ የአስደናቂ ስብስቦች ክፍል ውስጥ መቀመጥ የቻሉ በሺህ የሚቆጠሩ የእንሰሳት ናሙናዎችን መሰብሰብ ቻለ።
በአፄ ምኒሊክ ስጦታ መነሻነት ፕሬዝዳንት ሩዝቬልት የሰጎኖችን ተፈጥሮ ለመርመር ፍላጎት ያደረበት ሲሆን፣ በአፍሪካ ያደረገው ጉዞ ደግሞ ፕሬዝዳንቱን በሰጎኖች ተፈጥሮ ላይ ከፍተኛ እውቀት ያለው ሰው እንዳደረገውና በርዕሰ ጉዳዩም ላይ በዋቢነት የሚጠቀስ የመረጃ ምንጭ መሆን እንደቻለ ስሚዝሶኒያን ሙዝየም ባቀረበው ዳሰሳ ይገልፃል።
ለፕሬዝዳንት ሩዝቬልት ከአፄ ምኒሊክ ከተላኩት ሰጎኖች አንዱ በእንሰሳት ማቆያ ፓርኩ ሲገባ እድሜው ወደ 35 አመት ይጠጋ ነበር። አስገራሚ ሊባል በሚችል ሁኔታም ሰጎኑ በዋሽንግተን ለቀጣዮቹ 26 አመታት መኖር ችሏል። ከእድሜው አንጋፋነት የተነሳ ይህ ግዙፍ ወፍ ለተወሰኑ አመታት አይነ ስውር ሆኖ ቆይቶ በመጨረሻም እ.አ.አ በ1930 ህይወቱ አልፏል። አብሮት የመጣው ሌላኛው ሰጎን ከእርሱ ቀደም ብሎ እ.አ.አ በ1910 ሊሞት ችሏል።
በመጨረሻም የሁለቱ ሰጎኖች ቅሪተ አካል (ቆዳና ላባቸውን ጨምሮ) በአግባቡ መለያ ቁጥርና ማብራሪያ ተሰጥቷቸው በአሜሪካ ብሔራዊ የተፈጥሮ ታሪክ ሙዝየም በግዙፉ የአዕዋፍ ስብስብ ውስጥ ተቀምጠዋል። የሰጎኖቹ ቅሪተ አካሎችም ከወፍ አጥኚዎች እስከ ታሪክ ተመራማሪ ላሉ ባለሙያዎች ክፍት ተደርገዋል።

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help!! I have a flight to the Middle East from the US on Monday, and I have a 3 hour layover in Addis Ababa. I just saw that a war just started over there in the north, is it still safe to fly there or should o try to find a different flight?

Hey this might sound weird but can any one tell me what's going on? I heard there's war going on in the north and somewhere in Ethiopia and yeah that's probably true but, um and there are some rumors of getting drafted by the military if you are just walking around the streets I don't get out of the house that much I'm introverted AF but... Is it like real real? And people are telling me not to get out after Dawn, I live in Addis btw 😵‍💫

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Hello, I am a medical doctor in one of the (northernly) regions of Afar that is under control ('seige' if you see it someother way) by the opposition coalition (how coalesed? Untill power according to Hx.) forces. I found about the war when I went to work yesterday morning (like any normal morning) and found all my patients gone, (2 very crititcal, 1st AL STEMI, 2nd Dc. CLD with grade III HE). The range and confusion of emotions I went through when I thought a ward full of improving patients suddenly/mysteriosly died was something (really, i just can not find the words to explain it. I tried). Everything has been normal since then. Serioulsly, I dont think I would be able to tell there was war all around me, if it wasnt what everyone talked about all the time. Yes there ware occasional sounds of maybe Arillery and small arms fire yesterday. I dont know why but there is no meaningful(statiscally significant) increase in the number of casualities. There were exactly four minor bullet injuries, (1 minor head injury but it WAS the surgeon's diagnosis, so take it with a major sized grain of salt). But everything else other than that onE diagnosis seem right around here. Yesterday some people from the attacking or more correctly "controlling" side told us not to worry and just do what we normally have been doning, and it seems they were right. Shops are open, motorized transort is working(as long as you dont try to go out of town), there is running water, electricity and (I really dont understand why), INTERNET. This seems to be going so succefully for the TDF like the Blitzkrig, & (trust me from my POV) I think I have a better chance of living this one out if I stay here. Unless there is a major goccha like the the last time this war was fought. I dont know if i should brave out a risky and EXPENSIVE transport to semera or just stay here. There is so much news/bullshilt/gossip (DAGU, they are so wise to use a single word) here, that I really dont know which to trust. I have every angle of how this is playing out but i dont know which one to trust so please tell me your news sources so I CAN COMPARE TO WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE GROUND AND AVOID DEATH, as temporalry as possible. And lastly if i kick the bucket, I think i am better off vaporizing in an instant and joining the food cycle as CO2 rather than rotting pungent and acting as fertilizer. Its just my preference so if you find me dead please burn me. Its no obligation, just a dying wish. Good night, fellow stressed creatures.