Comments on: Addis Ababa in pictures

By: worku

worku — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:11:38 +0000

i love this pictures.
i have a lot of memory from this pictures
and thanks for shering.

By: yabedew

yabedew — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:12:50 +0000

thanks zeineba,that is what i am talkin’about.
you got it right!

By: Tigist

Tigist — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:26:32 +0000

Wow! These are fantastic photos! And interesting observations by the writer as well. Let’s be honest here: they’re just travel photos and impressions. That’s it. Nobody needs to blow a nut over it.

By: Tadese Abebe

Tadese Abebe — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:51:12 +0000

This is the result of tribal politics-sloppy development.Most of Addis still remains slum with some scattered home development.The greatest trajedy is the bulk of the population still, after 18 years of rule by Woyanne regime,lesds a miserable life.Food,clothing,housing come first and others will follow.Elias is right in exhibiting some of the dilapidated areas in the town.It helps us to understand the true image of Addis.

By: amilak tadegen pls

amilak tadegen pls — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:42:56 +0000

for u the peoples who say why u do not look good places and post the photo ,why? to hide the truth of what the rest of addis abeba looks like? get real .ayto endalye atihunu . zare ye ethiopia hizb enjera biyagegn yalemabaya yemibelabet,teff enkuwa megiza akim yelelew hizb bebezabet, mebirat kemiberabet yemitefabet bebezabet ,weha tewat meto ken mulu belebet ere min tezeriziro yalikal ena yeha hulu chigir lemin be addis abeba tiru sefer photo aliteshefenem tilalachu yeha yewechiwn eridata endayker new?birrun wedekis eyasigabchu addis abeban geneban lemalet new? hodamoch hula what goes comes round .

By: Taddu

Taddu — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:33:51 +0000

“A picture is a thousand words.” Do you remember who wrote in Addis Zemen “Tgrai esktlema lelaw ager yidma.” that became the talk of the town in Addis, in the early years of woyane? This was truely prophetic in a retrospect.

By: Ermias

Ermias — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:03:21 +0000

As I have observed last year, Addis is worst than these pictures depict!!! One can observe that by walking around through Arat Killo, Kirkos, Katanga (behind exhibition center and dembel city center), Wollo Sefer, Piassa, Serategna Sefer, Merkato, Abenet, Doro Manekia, Shiro Meda, etc…It is really a puzzle when we get wrong pictures from pro-government media out lets—they deceived us to buy the heart and minds of the diaspora!!!

By: nesta awuchiwu

nesta awuchiwu — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:37:02 +0000

yetechekonu photowoch begehad yalu ewunetoch

By: burdaar

burdaar — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:15:49 +0000

if ethopian capital is like this how do you fight in somalia

By: Ethiopian

Ethiopian — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:32:37 +0000

If u see any new building in Addis, mostly,its the poor peoples money.No need to say who the owner is…

By: Berhe Hagos

Berhe Hagos — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:19:42 +0000

The poorer became richer (Woyane).

The richer became richrer (Al Amoudin.

The poorer became poorer (Ethiopian people except Bandas).

If Woyane and Al Amoudin will be gone Ethiopian become richer.

God Bless Ethiopia. YES-HR-2003!!!

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:55:54 +0000

actualy those pictures are decent…what would u say if you see the shanti houses n
and the beggers ..as an opposition figure I was in Asmara on a mission and I was impressed how the asmara munucipal keeps the city clean…you got running fountains , working wall clocks, they even have megaphoes in the city streets for moring news and music…all this is done with meager eritrean economy…whle meles gebsebes is taking all the money our city is langusihing…cry emeye ethiopia cry…

By: Meren lek

Meren lek — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:54:27 +0000

ER:

What’s your point? There are so many things we can accuse Weyane for, but let’s not get frivolous. These images have been the trademark of Addis for the last 50 years, at least. This city has not suddenly transformed itself into a shanty town under Weyane!

By: Mamo

Mamo — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:38:12 +0000

What is our aim? What is our final goal? As one people of one country,
what is our common denominator? Unfortunately, some of wants to
fight against poverty, disease, and ignorance, in one ward work united
for social and economic development.

And there are also those who live by pride of our grand parents.
We go back thousands of years back searching heroes and get satisfied
by their patriotic fame and hey days.

Some others they dream biblical time. Stone age. They don’t realize
that we are in globalization era. For those people having over 300 hundred
thousand army ready to invade any neighbor satisfies their appetite of pride.

We inherited legacy of war loving governments. Menelic, Yohannes, Teferi,
Mengustu and this midget Meles. No one of those leaders invested the human
and natural resources of this mighty country used for the benefit of the people
and the country. They used war as mean of power survival.

Meles, used the same tactic. War. War. War.

By: the truth

the truth — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:31:25 +0000

this is very sad

By: Zeineba

Zeineba — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:24:05 +0000

This is a shame!!! How on earth does a citizen of any country takes pride of showing the ugly face of his/her own country shown all over the world. Politics and hatred of the Woyanne regime is understandable. But, showing your own country in disgrace with derogatory comments above each and every pictures is nothing else but getting paranoid. How in the world do you all get satisfied by looking at a picture showing the people and the country in contempt? I for one believe Woyanne is responsible for the deterioration of our people and our cities. But, I also respect my country and people however poor and shabby they may look. The pictures were taken by some foreigners and all of you who showed sympathy for the pictures should have read the comments given by these foreigners above each and every pictures. Does it really make you happy to read a comment which talks about people with “dirty feet” asking for Birr? I am writing this for those innocents who thought these pictures exposed Woyanne and therefore they are happy. Not at all!! They expose our own poor people and their life style, where sewing the traditional way is said to make no sense. Please come back to your senses and show respect to the people and country which you all claim to love wholeheartedly.

By: Shemeles

Shemeles — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:48:53 +0000

These pictures show how Woyane is achieving its goal of distroying and humiliating Ethiopia. Their final goal is ruining Ethiopia completely. Woyane is Ethiopian enemy that is why they are doing this.

By: no need

no need — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:07:59 +0000

The pictures is not about buildings. this is to show the lifestyle of the real Ethiopians. ofcourse there are a lot of nice buildings. but those are wayanes exept some. you know how is living in the houses of derg, “kirai betoch”. forget about the new ones. they are 100% wayanes. But soon or letter on his turn wayane house will be “Akaki karchele”. Long live all anti-wayane Ethiopian fighters!

By: satenaw

satenaw — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:05:06 +0000

YOU HAVE to see behind those pictures. what is the point of comparing the buildings on bole and other roads, in most part owned by woyannes elites or those connected to them.

If u wanna know reality checks those pics tell its all. that is how most of ethiopian people live. i heared woyanne is planning to build EPRDF party office in arat killo. are we gonna count such kind of buildings..too?

those pics help remind us how the helpless ethiopian people lives. the elites and the war lords with their guns are up there ,,,the poor and the helpless crying down there.that is the truth. till one day the top and the bottom reversed as seen so many times in human history.

By: Namara

Namara — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:18:42 +0000

Elias –

Thank you again for your informative pictures – that is the Woyane reality after 18 years of brutality against non-tigreans as a whole. The pictures don’t need additional explanation but to share my experience – The situation in other parts of the country, in particular Nekemte, Jimma, Mettu, Bedele, Agaro, Gimbi and many important urban centers of Ethiopia, are left to rot or decay – it is a complete disaster and beyond belief – the degree of miserable road conditions, the lack of electricity, water supply – Although Woyane is enemy to all Ethiopians, it seems to me Woyane has designated those Oromo towns as enemy territory.

By: biy

biy — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:40:52 +0000

I think there are a lot of places pretty good too yet a lot had to be done but for comparison why don’t you post the good ones like bole road,Megenagna,Kazanchis,Mercato,or else still alot has to be done but pretty much good are there

By: Boroo

Boroo — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:41:57 +0000

If you want to see tigray,go to google maps and zoom it to see clearly.Look for entire tigray,aksum adgirat …….
It looks like europe.Look for their high way and in streets.Look what they built.you can also compare that(tigray)with your birth place such as jimma,harar dire dawa nekemte……etc.by far tigray got it’s triple lion share.it’s amazing how they are building.that is why the rest of the country what it looks like the above picture.

By: satenaw

satenaw — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:19:36 +0000

that is how most of ethiopian people live. why woyanne cares about that?..of course not. u know ..people may not realized it..but, if truth be told ..the difference how woyanne elits live and the rest of ethiopian people so vast that u may not even have enough words to say it. in some ways it is comaprable to slavery time. yeah.. by threatening, arresting,,murdering they enslaved the ethiopian people.

I Believe if we look around and have a little love to our counry and people not one, there are many moses among us. unless we look forward to our freedom, woyanne gonna slave us as long as possible.

at first no body listened to moses when he told them God had decided to free them from slavery.but, eventually they did. we have to stand firm and shout, and struggle for our “freedom and freedom”, sooner or later the ethiopian people will be free from woyane enslavement.

Hope with our struggle, one day we will see free ethiopia in God we trust,,amen!!!

By: George

George — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:00:49 +0000

If we had a responsible and caring goverment, Addis would have looked different. In 17 years a lot could have been done to improve the image of the city, not just by erecting high rise buildings but by improving the living conditions of the very poor and the destitiutes. People flock to the cities from the countryside in search of jobs and better life. Once they arrived in the cities with no money and no food they will be forced to live in slums and the streets. That’s why we need to change this corrupt government and replace it with a government that works for it’s people.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:01:29 +0000

This is the fact. As a result of 17 years looting and brutality we exactly look like this. As the criminal enemy is building expensive houses and accumilating money the very people are under severe poverty! yes.

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