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Ethiopian Airlines flight to/from Juba resumed from November 3,2016

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FAA and various aviation regulatory bodies have updated their guidance on restriction of carriage of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on Ethiopian flights.

Accordingly, based on the updated guidance that prohibits the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 device from all flights, Ethiopian will not allow passengers or employees to transport Samsung Galaxy Note7 device on their person, in carry-on baggage, or in checked baggage on all flights. This prohibition includes all Samsung Galaxy Note7…

Has anyone traveled by bus (Sky or Selam) recently to Dire Dawa and/or Bahir Dar or have you heard weather it's safe OR not, to do so?
We're flying to Addis Ababa in a couple of days and since the flights seems to be quite expensive we'd like to go by road if it's safe.
(Now we don't mean traffic and stuff like that, more blocked roads, attacks and such)

Is anybody interested to join us on a trip to South Omo Valley starting in Addis around the 18.11?
We want to stay in the villages, tents can be organized if you dont have your own. It is not a touristic trip, so we will spend more time in the area than normal .
Ethiodemet

Felt totally safe in Ethiopia............Nov 16

see this current trip reoprt on tripadvisor ethiopia forum

I and my family (wife and 13yo son) are just back from Ethiopia where we travelled through the South Omo region.
Yes, we took the local bus from Addis to Arba Minch and back and didn't have a single problem related to the recent reported unrest.
We paid for the bus trip (Salam Bus, which is the government's company)round 270 B (roughly 11€) per person.
We started our guided tour in Arbaminch and went round the area in a Nissan 4x4, saw 9 tribes (Dorze, Konso, Tsemai, Ari, Mursi, Hamer, Dasenach…

Hi, everybody! I will be in Aksum for a couple of days (around December 23-24). I will like to go from Aksum to Adigrat, visiting Yeha and Debre Damo on the way. After one night in Adigrat, I will like to go to Mekele, visiting on the way some of the best rock-hewn churches in Tigray. In Mekele I will connect with a Danakil tour. I will like to know if somebody knows a trusted driver who could take me from Aksum to Mekele in two days, visiting the mentioned places. Or maybe somebody could…

Dear all travelsers

My friend and I are visiting ethiopia in january and want to have a few days in somaliland also and then get back to ethiopia afterwards.

Is it possible to get a multiple entry visa in the bole airport.....I read mixed information on different sites.

If not how do we then get back into ethiopia....are we forced to fly back to bole airport. Andy idea about how much such a ticket would cost and can we just buy it when we are in hargeisa??

Thanks for you help

Tours start at Debark where the Simien Mountains National Park Headquarters is located (3,000m). Here you will need to register, pay your entrance fees and meet your trekking guide from the Walia Local Guides Association. Approximately 75% of the average annual rainfall of 1,550mm occurs between June and September. Temperatures do not change significantly throughout the year, however there is a huge variation between daytime and night-time temperatures – sometimes described as “summer every…

How is the actual situation to travel in this country now?
just if is dangerous , and i read there are some parts that is better to avoid
Thanks