Addis Ababa (ኣዲስ ኣበባ) | Ethiopia | City Gallery

[Ahadu]

Originally Posted by yenatan1

can i ask you what article 39 says, and also, i hope this site is free of all politics...i think we get enough of that from other sites...lol.....it is a great building, shawel and family did a great job on this project...much respect to that

yenatan,

I like you . Thank you for not knowing Article 39 of the Ethiopian Constitution - which dictates "Every nation, nationality or people in Ethiopia shall have the unrestricted right to self determination up to secession." As far as I know, Art 39 is designed and delivered to be practically impossible i.e. the Federal legal loop around it is virtually difficult to put it practically - that's why OLF was pised off, pulled out it's hair and left. Eritreans hate Art 39 to the core - Their country is rich with 9 Ethnic groups (example: Afra / Assab, Kunama etc.). You can imagine their (Eritreans) frustration - so much so they are fighting to unite us.

Originally Posted by yenatan1

hope this site is free of all politics

Don't you worry. We'll try to keep it clean as always - But sometimes it doesn't hurt to bring our "leaders" into the picture. You can't talk about Addis without mentioning her mayor Gashe Kuma Demeksa at least or the other mayor who run away to the USA when he was told to take over the mayorship of Addis -Yes, that's right Aite Brihanu Nega.

Anyways, enough politics.....!

Ethiopia - Peacock Park to turn into zoo
By Muluken Yewondwossen
Source: Capital

Leipzig City Council is to turn one of the largest parks in Addis Ababa, Peacock Park, into Peacock Zoological Park.

A high level delegation led by Mayor of Leipzig, Burk Hard Jung visited this week and briefed Kuma Demeksa, Mayor of Addis Ababa, and members of the city cabinet on the construction of the park, while a technical team from Leipzig presented the masterplan of the zoo in the middle of this week to the city cabinet. The Mayor of Leipzig expressed his city's readiness to provide all the necessary professional support for the construction of the park. According to city officials about two million people are expected to visit the new amenity each year...........

First time for the Mayor of Addis to travel and see how other cities function.......good for him!

[Ahadu]

Originally Posted by yenatan1

this is a closed gated community housing with homes going as high as 8 million birr...some of our famed running athletes have homes here and the best part is that it has a golf course and is far yet close to downtown bole...the roads are still under construction but when they are done it should be a 20 minute drive from the airport...

yenatan1,

Does it mean the golf course is also "gated"?

What I do not understand is why people in Addis are so obsessed with fences and massive gates. What is this self segregation? I don’t get it. Due to crime, Countries like South Africa, Colombia may need electrified concrete fences and gates (may be land mine too ) - Not our Addis. City Admin need to implement strict regulation to control this excessive self fencing - It's ugly, dull, repulsive & a sign of greed.

[Ahadu]

Originally Posted by teklu

On the other hand i don't see the reason comparing an investor and a politician even though they are from the same family. each have their on importance in building a nation and comparing there work and using to demonize one is just childish.

Dear teklu,

Politicians as well as their close relatives should not be spared from making their assets public (I admire Zenawi's attempt & effort to implement such rules on current members of Ethiopian parliament i.e. every member is obligated to declare his/her fixed asset ) - Their properties should be made public to ensure transparency at every level of the government. To make sure that there is no conflict of interest. Ethiopian have every right to know about properties owned by the government bureaucrats, politicians and there immediate relatives. This has nothing to do being jealous, but it is a civilized way to maintain the balance. If you are seeking a public office and enter the field, be ethical!

[yenatan1]

Originally Posted by Ahadu

yenatan1,

Does it mean the golf course is also "gated"?

What I do not understand is why people in Addis are so obsessed with fences and massive gates. What is this self segregation? I don’t get it. Due to crime, Countries like South Africa, Colombia may need electrified concrete fences and gates (may be land mine too ) - Not our Addis. City Admin need to implement strict regulation to control this excessive self fencing - It's ugly, dull, repulsive & a sign of greed.

as far as i know, the golf course is within the community, but i have heard you can become a member to use it even if you do not own a home there. as far as it being segregated, these are people that can't just live in the middle of all that is addis because they are too famous or too rich...lol...and i dont think there is much wrong with security...even in ethiopia, money can't buy you love but it sure can buy you some space free of "land mines" and regular people that hastle the sh#( out of you...hey i am willing to own a home there if you are willing to pay ahadu....lol

[teklu]

Originally Posted by Ahadu

Dear teklu,

Politicians as well as their close relatives should not be spared from making their assets public (I admire Zenawi's attempt & effort to implement such rules on current members of Ethiopian parliament i.e. every member is obligated to declare his/her fixed asset ) - Their properties should be made public to ensure transparency at every level of the government. To make sure that there is no conflict of interest. Ethiopian have every right to know about properties owned by the government bureaucrats, politicians and there immediate relatives. This has nothing to do being jealous, but it is a civilized way to maintain the balance. If you are seeking a public office and enter the field, be ethical!

dear hadu,

I appreciate your concern in bringing transparency to the government, but the hypocrisy is to use what his son did in investing to demonize the issue his father raised is a political gimmick.

There are a lot of forms for discussing this issue but this trend was meant to follow up and appreciate the development activity going in Addis. I would love if we stick with that.

Thnks

[mike7743]

Originally Posted by Ahadu

yenatan1,

Does it mean the golf course is also "gated"?

What I do not understand is why people in Addis are so obsessed with fences and massive gates. What is this self segregation? I don’t get it. Due to crime, Countries like South Africa, Colombia may need electrified concrete fences and gates (may be land mine too ) - Not our Addis. City Admin need to implement strict regulation to control this excessive self fencing - It's ugly, dull, repulsive & a sign of greed.

I'm slowly giving up. the fences, the lack of sidewalks, green area. all of that is highly frustrating. it's one thing to be poor and not build it at all but if you invest this much money why not do it the right way? I sometimes wonder who's responsible for the city planning, and which school they attended. it's a rushed development now (since more buildings give the illusion that the nation is getting richer) but in a few years Addis residents will seriously regret these types of chaotic and highly third worldish developments.

[lamrof]

Originally Posted by mike7743

I'm slowly giving up. the fences, the lack of sidewalks, green area. all of that is highly frustrating. it's one thing to be poor and not build it at all but if you invest this much money why not do it the right way? I sometimes wonder who's responsible for the city planning, and which school they attended. it's a rushed development now (since more buildings give the illusion that the nation is getting richer) but in a few years Addis residents will seriously regret these types of chaotic and highly third worldish developments.

ለቀባሪው አረዱት አይሁንና እኔም የምለው ይህንኑ ነው። ይህንን ማየትህ ያስደንቅሃል። ሁላችንም የተሰየምነበት ጉዳይ የህንጻ መ'ሰራትን ማድነቅ ነው፣ በተለይ አዲሳባና ሌሎች ከተሞች ውስጥ። የሚሰሩት ህንጻዎች ቅጽበታዊ ገቢን ለማብዛት እንጁ ስለከተማው ምቹነትና ውበት የታሰቡ አይደሉም።

ቶክዮ ከአለም ላይ፣ እጹብና ድንቅ፣ እንዲሁም እጅግ ብዙ ነዋይ የፈሰሰባቸውን ህንፃዎች በውስጧ ይዛለች። ሆኖም ግን ለጎብኚ፣ ቢበዛ አሰልቺ ቢያንስ ቢያንስ ደግሞ ስሜት የማትስብ ደባሪ ከተማ ሆናለች። ምክንያቱም አጀማመሩ ልክ አሁን ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ እንደሚደረገው፣ የተፈጥሮ አካባቢን በውል ያላሳካ፣ ዝም ብሎ ብቻ በዘፈቀደ የሚያንፀባርቁ ህንጻዎችን መስራት ስለነበረ ነው። ነዋሪዎቹ ራሳቸው በበዓል ግዜ ጥርግ ብለው ነው የሚወጡት ከከተማው።

ለነገሩ ቶክዮና አዲሳባን ማመሳከር ተገቢ አይደለም፣ ሰማይና ምድርን እንደማመሳከር ነው። አዲሳባ መስረታዊ የሆኑ ነገሮችን የማያሟላ የአገነባብ አቅጣጫ እየተከተለች ነው። ስለዚህ፣ ውነት ለመናገር እዚህ የምንለጥፋቸው አብዛኞቹ ምስሎች ቅስሜን እየሰበሩት ነው።

[Ahadu]

Originally Posted by teklu

dear hadu,

I appreciate your concern in bringing transparency to the government, but the hypocrisy is to use what his son did in investing to demonize the issue his father raised is a political gimmick.

Teklu,
To be honest, my brother, I love to see a peaceful war between Hailu & Son (Laphto) vs Sheik Al Amudine (MIDROCK) for example and if and only if the two owners are out of poletics - A WAR between two business giants (You can include Sunshine construction into the picture here too) must exist - that's the reality. What we need to worry is, however - If Ato Hailu starts criticizing MIDROCK and his owner the Sheike while trying to take power from Zenawi - what would happen life for Sheik Alamudine with Prime minster Hailu Showel????

The rule is simple - avoid politics if you are out there to do business!

Originally Posted by teklu

There are a lot of forms for discussing this issue but this trend was meant to follow up and appreciate the development activity going in Addis. I would love if we stick with that.

Thnks

Okay we will try & stick to that with the help of God......don't forget though, only the Almighty is capable of separating politics and development activities!


Kind Regards

[Ahadu]

Originally Posted by mike7743

I'm slowly giving up. the fences, the lack of sidewalks, green area. all of that is highly frustrating. it's one thing to be poor and not build it at all but if you invest this much money why not do it the right way? I sometimes wonder who's responsible for the city planning, .

mike7743,

Me and you are not allowed to see and admire those beautiful and attractive private houses.....Gated and fenced - why they are hiding it from us anyway?? What's our crime?

Originally Posted by mike7743

I sometimes wonder who's responsible for the city planning,.

We have been told that there exist a master plan for Addis......God knows who planned, designed and developed that illusive master plan. I only pray to God to see it before I die & left this planet earth. Oh...The Master Plan.....Where is it?? They are hiding it too - I guess. It must be the only Master Plan ever existed which restrict Public Park, Foot-path, in love with fences & hates public rest rooms (toilets).

[yosef]

Originally Posted by Ahadu

We have been told that there exist a master plan for Addis......God knows who planned, designed and developed that illusive master plan. I only pray to God to see it before I die & left this planet earth. Oh...The Master Plan.....Where is it?? They are hiding it too - I guess. It must be the only Master Plan ever existed which restrict Public Park, Foot-path, in love with fences & hates public rest rooms (toilets).

I like this guy. good sense of humor.

[yosef]

Originally Posted by yenatan1

no problem yoseph, i am only posting pics that people can use anyway...you know it was by accident that i ran into that site, my sis had to get her car registration updated which just so happened to be across the street from the construction site, i was so ecstatic that it was really being built...i got into trouble for taking pics of the site, the cops and military asked me not to take any more pics, atleast they didn't take my camera lol...

well thanks for that all effort man. Its nice having some first hand pictures here.

Originally Posted by yenatan1

so this giant is still going? wow, it looks like they are moving along nicely.

Windows and balcony gates are installed, Im guessing they are finishing up the inside as well. I cant wait to see it finished, should be nice.

[Ahadu]

Plots in Lideta District to be Allotted to Five Companies

I can not wait to see the transformation of this part of the city - mother of all the shanty towns!!

[eliasbeef]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgxce...ayer_embedded#

[Vildana]

thanks elias , the video took me back to addis.

[yenatan1]

Originally Posted by eliasbeef

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgxce...ayer_embedded#

ante betam arif video...it made me want to go back right now...but whats up with the song bro...?lol......

[Ahadu]

Originally Posted by yenatan1

ante betam arif video...it made me want to go back right now...but whats up with the song bro...?lol......

Actually, the background music put me off too - very irritating. I had to mute the music to watch the video.

[Tewodros]

This forum is really infested with woyane scum cadres !

Most of these woyane cadres who are paid by poor Ethiopian taxpayers are from Yehizb Dehninent ( the equivalent of FBI ) in Addis Abeba or in many of the woyane embassies abroad.

Really these cardres have even the nerve to speak positively about US puppet and mass murderer Meles Zenawi (you remember the BBC story few weeks ago that told us how Meles Zenawi used AID money to buy guns instead of food).

Originally Posted by Ahadu

(I admire Zenawi's attempt & effort to implement such rules on current members of Ethiopian parliament i.e. every member is obligated to declare his/her fixed asset ) -

[eliasbeef]

Originally Posted by Ahadu

Actually, the background music put me off too - very irritating. I had to mute the music to watch the video.

that is true, but i couldn't resist the video cos i think it is the best aerial view of Addis i have ever seen. much better than the one ETV presented a while ago....I have to say ETV sucks.... CCTV video on London bus is much clearer than ETV.

ps. Please ignore this barking neighbor's dog under the name Tewdros.

[Ahadu]

Originally Posted by eliasbeef

much better than the one ETV presented a while ago....I have to say ETV sucks.... CCTV video on London bus is much clearer than ETV.[/COLOR]

eliasbeef,
Why the picture of ETV is so gloomy? does anyone know? - with a murky quality coming out from a dark dungeon or unlit room. Always reminds me some sort of smoke-blackened lamps or watching something with a dusty tv screen. What kind of camera are they using?

[Ahadu]

Originally Posted by Tewodros

Really these cardres have even the nerve to speak positively about US puppet and mass murderer Meles Zenawi (you remember the BBC story few weeks ago that told us how Meles Zenawi used AID money to buy guns instead of food).

Tewodros,
Thank you very much. This is one of the best Picture of Mr Meles Zenawi.
If I am right the two gentlemen - On left is Robert Mugabe and right side is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.