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Ethiopia : News in Pictures Today in Addis Ababa's 'Little Mogadishu'

01/12/07

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Categories: Ethiopia, Culture and Society, Somalia

Ethiopia : News in Pictures Today in Addis Ababa's 'Little Mogadishu'


Veiled women walk along a street in the district of 'Little Mogadishu', home to many Somali refugees in Addis Ababa, January 12, 2007. Food aid began reaching 6,000 Somalis on Friday trying to flee fighting in their homeland but blocked from entering Kenya, the United Nations said. REUTERS/Andrew Heavens (ETHIOPIA)

Veiled women walk past a mosque under construction in the district of 'Little Mogadishu', home to many Somali refugees in Addis Ababa, January 12, 2007. Food aid began reaching 6,000 Somalis on Friday trying to flee fighting in their homeland but blocked from entering Kenya, the United Nations said. REUTERS/Andrew Heavens (ETHIOPIA)

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msg Comment from: Che Guevara [Visitor]
Woy Addis Abeba,
woy arada hoy,
hagerum inde sew yinafkal woy,
arada.
We are good examples of hospitality and peaceful coexistence. And I am proud of it.
By the way, would the Somalians have allowed us to live in Moqadisho, let alone building our church there if we were in their place?
PermalinkPermalink 01/12/07 @ 16:51

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msg Comment from: Free [Visitor]

che,

while i appreciate and liked our hospitality and peacful coexistence, i am also wondering wether the woyanes have ever been concerned about the flourishing of Somali citizens in our crowded Addis or they are actually issuing pasports to them with out applying the land's rules and regulations for their own end in the later days. Amazing, Ethiopian citizens are living in constant fear and looking ways to get out of the country while the Somalis are building their home in the capital. lets hope, it will be one reason to strengthen the two peoples friendship, and creat trust between them.

PermalinkPermalink 01/12/07 @ 17:14

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msg Comment from: The Python [Visitor]
Whyn't Che?
What do you want to pull out of it?
There are a lot of Ethiopians in Somalia and in Sudan.

Somalis are good people unless they find you cheating their wives. You must think twice before the somalias lady.
Otherwise they are very kind and open people.
Believe me!
PermalinkPermalink 01/12/07 @ 17:14

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msg Comment from: coolman [Visitor]
Aradaaaaaaa!

Che,

You made me feel sentimental!
Yinafkal? Betam endji yagere lidji, betam endji!

Where is this little Mogadishu? Ist it in Merkato area?

Peace
PermalinkPermalink 01/12/07 @ 17:14

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msg Comment from: Gravity [Visitor]
I can't think of any other nations as welcoming as Ethiopians. Ethiopians never been forced by law or order to embrace other nationals. It is just our nature to welcome others. This has been demonstrated throughout history. In the past, Somalians preemptively declared war against our nations and brutally killed our people, but we were willing to embrace them when they desperately saught refugee. Our character and value of hospitality is exemplary. As long as they live in harmony with Addisians -- they are ok.
PermalinkPermalink 01/12/07 @ 17:21

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msg Comment from: Nasir [Visitor]
Please do not forget that the people living in Ogaden and in many areas beyond Awash river call themselves Somalis. They are also Muslims and can build their mosques in Addis, Nazeret, Dessie, Gonder etc. anywhere in Ethiopia.
Why don't we think of a bigger, wider Ethiopia with over 80 nationalities and more. I sense narrow nationalisim in many Ethiopians. That is not the way to go today in the world. We live all over the world, in many places as citizens with people coming from all over the world -Example USA,Canada, UK, Australia etc. The other thing is that over 50 per cent of Ethipia's population follows the Islamic faith according to World Bank statistics.

Let us think positive and not argue about church building or mosque building. It is every ones right to choose his line of faith and practice it any where. This narrow nationalistic attitude is what poleticians wants us to play, because they live for that, confusing people.

Have a good week end all East Africa.
PermalinkPermalink 01/12/07 @ 17:56

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msg Comment from: botan [Visitor]
hey guys why are you amazed to see somalis on the street of addis don,t you know there are ethiopians as well. or are you using you double standard by saying one time ogaden region is part of ehiopia and next time somalis are somalian.

I wonder whenever you mention ethiopia you think is christian country, where are the majority(muslims) of the country are they being coverd under the bed.

muslims should have the same right as the christians have in the country, and also you should remember 60% of the population are muslims.
PermalinkPermalink 01/12/07 @ 18:36

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msg Comment from: alamirew wube [Visitor]
Nasir,

Very good point! I support fully your idea, and for sure Ethiopia will become the way you wished it to be. Ethiopia is the home to the great religoins Christianty and Islam. The two religions lived coexisting with each other for centuries and I hope will continue to be like that in the future too. Ethiopia is a multi-ethnic state from west (Anuake)people to the east (Ogaden Somalis)people, from South (Oromo) people to the tip north (Tigre).

Ethiopia forever!!!
PermalinkPermalink 01/12/07 @ 18:44

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msg Comment from: Che Guevara [Visitor]
Nasir [Visitor], I do agree with you man. But I put the above point just for the sake of discussion. By the way, Somalians and Ethnic Somali Ethiopian nationals are different. My comment relates to Somalians. And I had in mind what they feel about us. By the way, the so called enmity that the western media say Somalians feel about Ethiopians came to me as a news. I did not know that. Do Ethiopians consider Somalians as traditional enemies too? I do not think so. But thanks to Woyane, now we have Eritrea also as our "traditional" enemy and "bitter arch rival". lol!
PermalinkPermalink 01/12/07 @ 18:47

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msg Comment from: Gemil [Visitor]
Ethiopia has been very receptive and kind to people from Somalia, especially in the last 15 plus years. The govrnment has offered to Somali refugees equal rights and opportunities, treat them the same as its citizens. And, there are about 2million such people/refugees/ enjoying these rights. Despite all this, there are some ignorant writers who depict the two peoples as "blood enemies", apparently brainwashed by the islamists.
The problem, if any is the irredentist policies of former Somali governments. Respect for the territorial integrity of each other is the solution forward. All the wars and disputes were provoked from the Somali side.
Hope peace and harmony will prevail between our nations.
thank you.
PermalinkPermalink 01/12/07 @ 20:18

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msg Comment from: Andargachew Hulunim Girmahferu [Visitor]
We Ethiopian are proud of our attitudes we treat well our Guests. Even Ethiopia sheltered the Prophet Muhammad who was wellcomed and became our guest in our Country. The king, at that time allowed him to stay till his enemy who betrayed him can no longer persuit him then returned back to Mecca.

That is why Muhammmad said in the Holly Quoran do not lay hand on Ethiopia. That useless Zewahari declared Jihad on Ethiopia against the wishes of Prophet Muhammad is he not a real Muslim or what. The Ethiopian belief is simple, " do not hurt our Country. Do not even think hurting our Country.If you do, even the weakest individual will turn in to the Roaring Lion and eat you alive. Keep your hands off Ethiopia, then we will be your friend for life. Yes we have seen Grazine Muhammad invaded our Country, burnt our Church. Have you ever seen a Christian Ethiopia attacking any Mosque No, because we are too civilized we are a tollerant people. Only Uncivilized people Kill, Burn Church, hates. etc
PermalinkPermalink 01/12/07 @ 20:40

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msg Comment from: Guigy [Visitor]
I'm eager to see the day when there will be no more border between Erytrea, Ethiopia &, Somalia while people could travel with one " Horn Africa " pas-port.
PermalinkPermalink 01/12/07 @ 21:50

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msg Comment from: oromia [Visitor]
this is beautiful! ethiopia have wellcomed somalians,sudands yemens and the idiots from the nourth. we have no problem to live with any nationalitys as long as they don't make trouble.

soon we will see the barbarians from the north come to live in ethiopoia. they are already fleeing their country by the thousandth. but we have got to be very carefull thou. this barbarians from the north will never leave in peace they want to see the distration for ethiopia. they wil bit the hand that feed them.

long live ethiopia!
PermalinkPermalink 01/13/07 @ 00:17

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msg Comment from: reality [Visitor]
Che Guevara,
somalis are 100% muslims. Is Ethiopia that? These mosques are built by Ethiopians. Ethiopia has 60% Muslims.
Wake up!!
PermalinkPermalink 01/13/07 @ 00:32

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msg Comment from: Misikir [Visitor]
Dear coolman

The little mogadishu is about Bole Michael.If by chance you got yourself there believe me you will fill that you are some where in somalia.

My brother The Python,I know the somalis are good people but they have never allowed any Ethiopian to live as free as any other somali is living in Ethiopia.If you need evedence ask one of the people who lived in somali.I know it because I was there.
PermalinkPermalink 01/13/07 @ 01:16

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msg Comment from: Gonder [Visitor]
"Eger neta neta Eji neta neta endih Eyalnew kumtina mimeta", yilal yagere sew.
It is okay if they can along with, but it surprises me Frist they fight to claim to part ogaden and now they advance the capital and tomorrow the will have whole provience. thousand’s of infants men and women are dying; they did not have helper, who visits them? When we make clean and beautiful form Bole international air port to palace, thanks to CNN journalist “Paula Zhan and Anderson Cooper they went to small villagers instead of waiting the capital to help our people, but still we have a lot of mess and dirt situation
""Agere Ethiopia mogen nesh telala yemotelish kerto yegedeleshe bela"
while our people are living in Hazard life in the village with out electricity and pure water we declare our city “small Mogadishu” for who has a plan to disappear Ethiopian in Africa and The Holly land Jerusalem in the Middle East; okay you will pay for it. Do not forget Today’s Addis founded by the poor farmers sweat, and money, but still they are looking everything in far distant. Friend ship between Deer and tiger; fox and goat, hayena and donkey and lion and ox are just preservation for comfort.
I understood oh ya when the world hit by hot flood, Nahom collect a Couple of animals in his ship and pigeon bird lied her egg and hatched her egg in the mouth of snake. Of course we are always well come for gusts but we have to careful "kewedeku bewhala meferaget yebase lememelalet new wedage"
Enatiye aderashen legeta esktsche betam che kuleshal
God bless those Amhara, Oromo and Tigray farmers and others
PermalinkPermalink 01/13/07 @ 03:40

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msg Comment from: hope [Visitor]
Hey all of you if you live in Jijiga or region 5 you will know how most of them are bad for Ethiopian people. But some of them are decent. They call us "Habeshii",they don't like us, any way they never think they r Ethiopian, if any thing happen to Ethiopia you will see how they split. I never and ever trust them.
Thank you.

GOD BLESS ETHIOPIA!!!!!







PermalinkPermalink 01/13/07 @ 04:32

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msg Comment from: mamo [Visitor]
Wich is good, but you have to carfull the way they are dresing please Ethiopian muslim don't follow them because Somalian Muslem they think that no relegion get in haven excapt Muslem but it is bullshet ''if you kill human and say ALLAH AKBER Do you think you will see Haven --- for me wrong it religion.....
PermalinkPermalink 01/13/07 @ 05:16

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msg Comment from: ThePeaceMaker [Visitor]
Somalis are genuine people. They will always show you their true color. I respect them for that.

Suffering is a gift. In it's hidden mercy. Jalaluddin al-Rumi.

Look at the Somalis all over the world living comfortably and helping eachother.......
PermalinkPermalink 01/13/07 @ 05:34

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msg Comment from: africa lion [Visitor]
good point from nasir, there are millions of ethnic somalis, and they can live in the capital just like the amara or afar people and all other diffrent ethnic groups of ethiopia.
PermalinkPermalink 01/13/07 @ 08:43

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msg Comment from: DillingerJ1 [Visitor]
Nasir:you talk about Ogadeni being as Somalian not of Ethiopian in adition you also mentioned they(somalian)all're Muslims and can built mosques any where in Ethiopia? it may be true,but can they built a mosques in Axum?would woyane govt. would allow it?why not?i'm sure you know the answer of that.First:not all Somalis are Muslims there're 1%Christians is that a disapointing?well deal with it,second:you wrote as of you speak for Christians they also can built there Churches any where they wish in that case you aserted countries as such USA,CANADA but you forgot to mention SAUDI ARABIA where there're not a single Church in its kingdom let alone one prime example not all Christians allowed to built thier Church.Third:as for Islam i understood thru researches that i found out that Allah had three doughters preIslam time even Mohammed father he used to worship the pagan diety al-llah thier worship place at AL-KABBA(stone sacrifice place for pagan godess during Koresh and Hashimites in Mecca) and Mohammed father name was Abdu-llah(servant of god).
PermalinkPermalink 01/13/07 @ 11:03

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msg Comment from: balageru [Visitor]
As you know Ethiopian-somalis are the 4th largest tribes or ethnic groups in Ethiopia after Oromos, Amharas, Tigres, and one of the fastest growing ethnic population in Ethiopia for obvious reason. now in my previous comment i said "people existed before boundaries created" what i meant is that boundaries of a country did not created on bases of who speak the same language, religion, tradition, etc. sometimes a country adapt some of those things afterwards. just because many middleast countries speak Arabic, the same religion or belong to the same ethnic background it does not mean they should have been the same country. if two or more countries' people want to unite for common interest is a different matter altogether. before Europeans came to Africa what was called "scramble for Africa" there were no modern day boundaries. for example, in the past most of modern Somalia ruled by Axumite, ottoman empire, Egyptians, some sultanates and clans leaders etc. at different stages. so almost all Africans and many countries around the world settled for modern day boundaries created by super powers at the time Britain and France in particular for their own interest. so i do not understand why Ogaden Somalis should be part of Somalia. Ethiopia is federal every ethnic group should be represented in parliament and has got every right to be potential leader of his/her country as a citizen. those of us who think Ethiopia is belongs to few tribes with or without knowing think again. every citizen is equal. This is my opinion
PermalinkPermalink 01/13/07 @ 12:30

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msg Comment from: balageru [Visitor]
dear nasir, i saw your comment after i sent mine, it is wonderful thank you for that. all comments and opinions are respected, some are entertaining, educational etc. we are learning from one another. nothing is perfect.
PermalinkPermalink 01/13/07 @ 13:27

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msg Comment from: DB [Visitor]
Lets not be the big guy that controls everything. Out from the somali land is a must. And lets do it right now
PermalinkPermalink 01/13/07 @ 14:18

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msg Comment from: fikru [Visitor]
hi folks...i'm worrying about the increasing number of violence of islam against christian coptics in ethiopia. Orthodox Churches are being burned down and mosque's are being built like new york towers. I see Islam like a small poisons Snake waiting to grow and attack. i'm worried our next war will be with our own Muslim who are pushing too much the coptic church like Mohammed the left handed.
PermalinkPermalink 01/13/07 @ 23:48

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msg Comment from: Kassa Immanuel Gebrekidan [Visitor]
God help us, they are building another mosque? It is going to be a hide out for Jihadist and a breding ground for terrorist! I can not say no more, but say wake up peace loving people!!
PermalinkPermalink 01/14/07 @ 00:38

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msg Comment from: Gonder [Visitor]
balageru You do not know what you said just you mentained the word that you know. It is okay Everything is For somalian. You are great Somalian
PermalinkPermalink 01/14/07 @ 01:26

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msg Comment from: tole [Visitor]
Somalis very soon will take over the countys economy. they very good at it.
PermalinkPermalink 01/14/07 @ 02:38

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msg Comment from: xakaar [Visitor]
Dear all,

Reading the above comments one can see the different versions of ethiopia we hold in our heads.

After 1978 somalia accepted a flood of ethiopian refugees that was almost 1/3 of its population. That is eqivelent to ethiopia accepting over 25 million somalis into ethiopia. Of course these were somali ethiopians and oromos who are not seen in somalia as strangers but nevertheless ethiopians.

Yet manay ethiopians are complaining about few somali refugees who are mostly in the somali region.

The ones you see in Addis are either students from the somali state of ethiopia or people who are wainting to be processed by an embassy of a western country.

There are more somalis in Nairobi than in Addis even though the somali population there is only about 1/5 of the somali population in Ethiopia.

It is a fact that ethiopia means one ethnic group to some people, if this was not the case then clearly there are more ethiopians in Somalia than are somalis from somalia in ethiopia.
I don't hear them complain as I hear from many Amharas whos see few somalis in Addis as threat to their existence.

What is more the somalis in Addis are not taking jobs from the local people as the ethiopians do in somalia.

So before you write your comment think about which ethiopia you are talking about?
PermalinkPermalink 01/14/07 @ 08:55

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msg Comment from: Somali_islamist [Visitor]
Hello all of u. Some of you may think the islamic court are gone but let me remind us we are regrouping we are not defeated because of these young starving soldiers but because of the big devil USA the enemy of islam.

After we left mogadishu you can see what our oromo brothers happeneing too them just visit www.aminarts.com

The woyane soldiers with their some somali donkeys are giving our orom brothers to these hyenas.
PermalinkPermalink 01/14/07 @ 09:20

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msg Comment from: Aba Guda [Visitor]
Dear Somal FOLKS! Just go ahead build the mosque, your house, your shopping center and bla bla in Addis and elsewhere. Bring other Somalis from any where in the world and enjoy life! After all The so called Ethiopia is for every body not only for some kinda Naftagnas and Woyanes/ Shaabia. LOng Live Menge Tokichaw! Power to The Oromos! Down with the greedy Sentiment of Naftagna! SHaabia is the Cure to Woyane and Naftagnas!!
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msg Comment from: coolman [Visitor]
Misikir, Thank you for the info. Peace
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msg Comment from: oromia [Visitor]
hope:

i think you need to learn how to write english....somalis are one of the kindest and nicest people in the world........they live well in adis because their families allover europe and america send them at least 500 to a thousand dollars per month.........they are big part of the economy in addis ababa.....they create jobs for young ladies to cook and clean for them in the house and i know they pay them generously..........those young ethiopian ladies in addis themselves will tell you that if the somalis weren't around, they would become prostitutes..........i love somali people.
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msg Comment from: marew [Visitor]

I'm not against muslim but these days I oftenlly hear that 60% of Ethiopians are muslims. what is their prove that backs the claim? The Predominant muslim states Afar, Harari and the Ogadeni, together 're not up to10 mil people.Tigrai & Amhara are a christian dominant states, Northern & western Oromia is populated with christians while the south & east part of Oromia is mainly Muslem, thus we can assume half of the 30mil,Oromos are muslem.
But still, 15m+ 10m can't represent 60% the Ethiopian population..

once again I'm not pro or against any religion I just want a credible prove.

thankyou
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