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As evidenced by Africa Jeffrey Feltman visit, State Department continues to engage the Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People's Liberation Front to secure a commitment to immediate ceasefire negotiations and lay the groundwork for a durable, peaceful solution, this is the message Africa Jeffrey Feltman delivered in Addis Ababa. – State Department spokesperson	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Adama is a very small place in Ethiopia, about 150 km away from Addis Ababa, and it has a lot of two-wheelers and three-wheelers, it's a great place to test our product in Ethiopia. We've already done tens of rides there in the form of testing, and we've got a team on board. – Mounir Nakhla	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Addis has been radically transformed, huge skyscrapers are changing the whole profile of the city. – Ian Taylor	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I am advising him (Machar) to come back to Juba and stay peacefully or he can go anywhere; to Addis Ababa to Nairobi to Kampala or Khartoum to stay there peacefully and wait for elections (in 2018) so that you the people come and elect him to office or you say we don't trust you. – Taban Deng Gai	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
We have 14 of these A350 and we have more (Boeing) 787s. We are comparing the A350-1000 and also the 777X. Depending on which performs well out of Addis Ababa at altitude and high temperature, we are going to make that decision. – Tewolde GebreMariam	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
The train will not solve all transportation issues; its users are mostly long distance travelers. People use taxis firstly because it's cheap, secondly because they stop frequently between small distances, in Addis Ababa there's a population of four million people of which 3.5 million are minibus taxi users. The train is expected to transport around 1.5 million people. We taxi drivers will probably transport the rest. – Yared Tesfaye	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The majority of the users who move from the city, travel from here to there, people who are working in the factories, government offices and so on and so forth... most of them cannot afford expensive transportation. the light rail is not a commercial business, it is a social infrastructure. Economically it's not very expensive, the longest you go you pay nothing more than 30¢. It is reliable, you can time yourself to go anywhere you want to go. So the convenient effect will give an added value to the city of Addis. – Getachew Betru	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The light rail is not a commercial business, it is a social infrastructure. Economically it's not very expensive, the longest you go you pay nothing more than 30¢. It is reliable, you can time yourself to go anywhere you want to go. So the convenient effect will give an added value to the city of Addis. – Getachew Betru	Found on CNN 8 years ago
They come to Addis but they still live in poverty, the women usually get a really low income because markets tend to be on weekends, when Ethiopian women would traditionally look after their families. – Mahlet Afework	Found on CNN 8 years ago
A very foreboding sign, the journalist was killed just three days after President Salva Kiir threatened to target journalists before departing for peace talks in Addis Ababa, it is still too early to tell whether there is a link but this tragedy will certainly cast a pall over independent reporting in the country as South Sudanese journalists are increasingly forced to self-censor as a means of survival. – Tom Rhodes	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
In the next 15 days, the government will come back to Addis Ababa to finalize the peace agreement. – Seyoum Mesfin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
In the next 15 days, the government will come back to Addis Ababa to finalise the peace agreement. – Seyoum Mesfin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It is only natural that Ethiopia plans on having a mega airport not only to host Ethiopian Airlines but also to host a lot of transit traffic that passes through Addis. – Zemedeneh Nigatu	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
We have whittled down potential sites from eight to three, all of which are within 60 to 70 km (37 to 44 miles) from Addis Ababa, once approved, the construction is only a question of four or five years. – Hailu Gebremariam	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
You add insult to injury. (Injuriae Addis Contumeliam) – Anonymous	added by anonymous 13 years ago

As evidenced by Africa Jeffrey Feltman visit, State Department continues to engage the Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People's Liberation Front to secure a commitment to immediate ceasefire negotiations and lay the groundwork for a durable, peaceful solution, this is the message Africa Jeffrey Feltman delivered in Addis Ababa.

– State Department spokesperson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Adama is a very small place in Ethiopia, about 150 km away from Addis Ababa, and it has a lot of two-wheelers and three-wheelers, it's a great place to test our product in Ethiopia. We've already done tens of rides there in the form of testing, and we've got a team on board.

– Mounir Nakhla

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Addis has been radically transformed, huge skyscrapers are changing the whole profile of the city.

– Ian Taylor

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I am advising him (Machar) to come back to Juba and stay peacefully or he can go anywhere; to Addis Ababa to Nairobi to Kampala or Khartoum to stay there peacefully and wait for elections (in 2018) so that you the people come and elect him to office or you say we don't trust you.

– Taban Deng Gai

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We have 14 of these A350 and we have more (Boeing) 787s. We are comparing the A350-1000 and also the 777X. Depending on which performs well out of Addis Ababa at altitude and high temperature, we are going to make that decision.

– Tewolde GebreMariam

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The train will not solve all transportation issues; its users are mostly long distance travelers. People use taxis firstly because it's cheap, secondly because they stop frequently between small distances, in Addis Ababa there's a population of four million people of which 3.5 million are minibus taxi users. The train is expected to transport around 1.5 million people. We taxi drivers will probably transport the rest.

– Yared Tesfaye

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The majority of the users who move from the city, travel from here to there, people who are working in the factories, government offices and so on and so forth... most of them cannot afford expensive transportation. the light rail is not a commercial business, it is a social infrastructure. Economically it's not very expensive, the longest you go you pay nothing more than 30¢. It is reliable, you can time yourself to go anywhere you want to go. So the convenient effect will give an added value to the city of Addis.

– Getachew Betru

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The light rail is not a commercial business, it is a social infrastructure. Economically it's not very expensive, the longest you go you pay nothing more than 30¢. It is reliable, you can time yourself to go anywhere you want to go. So the convenient effect will give an added value to the city of Addis.

– Getachew Betru

Found on CNN
8 years ago

They come to Addis but they still live in poverty, the women usually get a really low income because markets tend to be on weekends, when Ethiopian women would traditionally look after their families.

– Mahlet Afework

Found on CNN
8 years ago

A very foreboding sign, the journalist was killed just three days after President Salva Kiir threatened to target journalists before departing for peace talks in Addis Ababa, it is still too early to tell whether there is a link but this tragedy will certainly cast a pall over independent reporting in the country as South Sudanese journalists are increasingly forced to self-censor as a means of survival.

– Tom Rhodes

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In the next 15 days, the government will come back to Addis Ababa to finalize the peace agreement.

– Seyoum Mesfin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In the next 15 days, the government will come back to Addis Ababa to finalise the peace agreement.

– Seyoum Mesfin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It is only natural that Ethiopia plans on having a mega airport not only to host Ethiopian Airlines but also to host a lot of transit traffic that passes through Addis.

– Zemedeneh Nigatu

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

We have whittled down potential sites from eight to three, all of which are within 60 to 70 km (37 to 44 miles) from Addis Ababa, once approved, the construction is only a question of four or five years.

– Hailu Gebremariam

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

You add insult to injury. (Injuriae Addis Contumeliam)

– Anonymous

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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