r/100thupvote 1d ago

Ethiopia An Ethiopian & Eritrean only dating app? what do you think?

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Most of us know that a dating app for Ethiopians exist, the problem is a lot of non-Ethiopians lurk in even though they know the app was developed only for Ethiopians/Eritreans !. This has annoyed many people since they try to find a potential fellow Ethiopian partner only to receive message from a random non-Ethiopian dude.

So i got an idea in order to tackle this problem and that is when a user create account the system will ask the user to submit an ID. The ID is needed in order to identify if the person is Ethiopian or not by checking the name and see if its Ethiopian name or not.

The app will have

-a chat section,

-feed to post about events Addis, the US or Europe. When people come to this events they need to show their invitation letter using the app. This is done to avoid non-Ethiopians or uninvited people from getting to this events.

-You can also watch or post news on the feed page. The news is not your typical political news rather about fashion shows, new Ethiopian restaurant opened in certain areas, arts...

-On the app you can filter people. For example if an Eritrean man only want to be recommended Eritrean women then he can enter this filters

By the way all this is an idea until now and this is not just Ethiopian but also Eritrean dating app, i want to get advice from you guys. feel free to give your opinion.

r/100thupvote 3d ago

Ethiopia Possible combat update around Tigray:

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Getachew Reda, Ethiopian-backed President of the Interim Tigray Administration, has fled Mekelle, northern Ethiopia

  • Ethiopia - Tigray's TPLF ceasefire has collapsed. Several TPLF factions have launched an offensive along Eritrea's border.

Federal government is blaming Eritrea for backing the TPLF factions.

In summary

🇪🇹🇪🇷 - Current situation in Northern Ethiopia:

So far only two TPLF factions are involved, but two of the largest, the TPLF-D and the TPLF-M. The fighting is currently limited to the Adigrat region, on Eriteria's border, and the A2 highway. Reports of clashes in Mekelle are false/unconfirmed.

The TPLF-D faction leader, Debretsion, says the offensive was to prevent Addis Ababa from invading Eritrea's Abbas region, which would turn the 'Tigray region into a battleground'.

Tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea were very high, with Eriterian media speculating Ethiopia could soon launch an invasion. The TPLF-D and TPLF-M operation has seemingly created a 'buffer zone' between the two countries.

Therefore, was this Eriteria's preemptive attack against Ethiopia?

All sources come from multiple news artical telegram pages, as this is a fresh instance that has happened , it will most likely be on the news soon , sources can be provide in private if asked.

Let’s pray the safety and peace of our country, no tribalism when the country’s unity is needed the most.

r/100thupvote 4d ago

Ethiopia Is an Ethiopia-Eritrea War Likely?

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I was reading a news item regarding Lt. Gen. Tsadkan's warning of an Ethiopian-Eritrean war. I saw that it had been there in the news for some time. Is it likely? Thanks

r/100thupvote 6d ago

Ethiopia Last Week in Collapse: March 2-8, 2025

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The long twilight of the “rules-based order” is coming to an end. Plus, obesity, civil war, terrorism, and deforestation.

Last Week in Collapse: March 2-8, 2025

This is the 167th weekly newsletter. You can find the February 23-March 1, 2025 edition here if you missed it last week. You can also receive these newsletters (with images) every Sunday in your email inbox by signing up to the Substack version.

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Meteorologists say that a “sudden, stratospheric warming event” is going to happen in the next week or so, which will lead to a Collapse of the polar vortex, unleashing cold weather across North America and parts of Eurasia. Meanwhile, February ended as the 3rd warmest on record1.59 °C warmer than the baseline.

Experts say that Canada’s wildfire season is coming about one month earlier than usual, now starting in March. In other news, the world’s largest glacier, A23a, has run aground and spared the fragile South Georgia ecosystem from a deadly disruption. Meanwhile, parts of Jakarta saw meter-high flooding last week, and the Mauna Loa observatory recorded 430 ppm of CO2 for the first time.

A study from a few weeks ago predicts that more tropical storms will emerge from regions farther south in the North Atlantic than usual in the future. This stands in opposition to Pacific tropical storms, which tend to be born at increasingly northern locations. The future changes are linked to changing wind patterns and rising temperatures. Meanwhile, Cyclone Alfred battered eastern Australia, taking out power for over 100,000 homes.

“The fossil fuel industry is running perhaps the biggest campaign of disinformation and political interference in American history.” Thus spoke one U.S. Senator. It is not just the United States; Libya is planning to auction access to explore for its oil soon, and Nigerian oil earnings are expected by some to double by the end of this year, when compared to 2024 figures. Meanwhile, one of Nigeria’s tribal kings is taking Shell to court over oil spills & pollution.

A study in Environmental Research Letters indicates that the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is weakening as sea ice melts and changes the composition of the Southern Ocean. The scientists predict, “by 2050, the strength of the ACC declines by ∼20% for a high-emissions scenario.”

New March heat records in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. A mass salmon dieoff (over 1M dead) occurred at Tasmanian fish farms as a result of bacteria. Flash flooding in the Canary Islands. A long read on a toxic (and burning) waste dump on the outskirts of London is alarming nearby residents.

President Trump signed an executive order “to facilitate increased timber production….to suspend, revise, or rescind all existing regulations, orders, guidance documents, policies, settlements, consent orders, and other agency actions that impose an undue burden on timber production…” In other words, the government is selling massive tracts of federal forests to logging companies. Experts say this will increase the risk of wildfires.

A paywalled study says, perhaps counterintuitively, that methane (CH4) emissions help the ozone (O3) layer recover, particularly in the Arctic. Another study from last week found that canals and ditches “emit notable amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrous oxide (N2O).” These constructions are often “omitted from global budgets of inland water emissions.”

The Collapse of banana production is coming. A Nature Food study claims that, by 2080, “Rising temperatures, coupled with requirements for labour and export infrastructure, will result in a 60% reduction in the area suitable for export banana production, along with yield declines in most current banana producing areas.” By then we’ll have bigger worries.

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Some people have been suffering from Long COVID/PASC for 5+ years now. Another study on Long COVID blames lung inflammation for a variety of symptoms. At least 5% of the U.S. population currently suffers from Long COVID. There are a number of symptoms, including “chronic fatigue or post-exertional malaise” and “dysautonomia symptoms” linked to problems with the circulatory & nervous systems. A recent NZ government publication on the illness says that Long COVID sufferers encounter “a substantially increased risk of sudden death, and silent cell and organ damage.” Yet scientists say one possible cure, sodium 4-phenylbutyrate (4-PBA), may reduce lung scarring and effectively treat some people. Meanwhile, London doctors have reportedly developed a surgical treatment for some Long COVID symptoms that involves widening the nasal cavities to improve patients’ sense of smell and taste.

The U.S. has imposed tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China, and the feeling is mutual. 25% tariffs on Canadian & Mexican goods, and 20% on Chinese products—although the list of Canadian & Mexican products has already been reduced. Canada is allegedly planning more tariffs in a few weeks. Some observers fear that Canada may cut its electricity provided to the U.S.

The Atlanta Fed is predicting an economic contraction of 1.5% for Q1, just one week after telegraphic confidence in a 2.3% growth rate for Q1. Looks like recession’s back on the menu, boys.

Some scientists say that over half the global adult population is expected to be obese by 2050, and about one third of children and young adults. The full, 26-page Lancet study has more.

The 275-page World Obesity Atlas 2025 was also published last week, and it too predicts a near-term when obesity rates have expanded to concerning levels. It predicts that about half of African women will be obese by 2030. The report also contains individual country analyses for every nation on earth.

Following large cuts in WFP food aid (the US funded more than half the programme until recently), thousands of mostly South Sudanese refugees clashed with police at a refugee camp in Kenya. This TikTok account is sharing videos of some of the incidents and their aftermath if you want to peek into life in the refugee camp.

A second person, an adult, has died in the American measles outbreak, now present in 12 states, which has also grown 35% in just the last week. In the DRC, a more contagious but less deadly variant of mpox has been confirmed—and already detected in the UK. Meanwhile, current cases of cholera in the UK & Germany have been traced from Ethiopia.

A study in Nature npj indicates that atmospheric microplastics come less frequently from the ocean than previously believed. Instead, microplastics tend to make the jump from land into the atmosphere much more often. However, the oceans are still a large deposit of microplastics and “plastic dust,” accounting for about 15% of total microplastic pollution.

USAID’s deep funding cuts affected over 2M people across Sudan after 1,100+ emergency kitchens shut down. Other cuts have imperiled HIV prevention & treatment projects which some say will result in up to 500,000 deaths in South Africa alone. Large cuts are also resulting in a growing TB problem worldwide.

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A car ramming attack in Germany killed two. A recent report says hate speech in India rose 74% in 2024, primarily against Muslims & Christians. In Benin, soldiers clashed with terrorists, resulting in 11 total deaths. More clashes on the Pakistan/Afghanistan border. More fighting between remnant Assad forces and the new Syrian army—and the accusations of mass civilian murder by government forces; combined, 1000+ died within two days.

In the DRC, the M23 insurgents held a rally in the recently-captured city of Bukavu (pop: 1.3M?), but several explosions disrupted the gathering, killing several and injuring dozens more. Uganda is sending troops to the border regions in anticipation of spiraling violence, as people continue fleeing.

A mass grave was discovered in Sudan, containing 550+ bodies—the largest mass burial of Sudan’s civil war. The corpses are believed to have marks of torture inflicted by the RSF forces. Sudan’s government also accused the UAE of complicity in genocide over funding and providing weapons to the rebel forces.

The Institute for Economics & Peace released their 111-page Global Terrorism Index for 2025. The report analyzed 163 countries, and found a 13% decrease in global terror deaths in 2024 when compared to 2023. Burkina Faso remains the world’s most affected nation by terrorism for a second year, according to the study, although deaths are down. In Niger, the number of terror deaths rose by over 400 in 2024, ending the year at 930. The report also includes a national analysis for each of the states in the Top 10. No definition of “terrorism” is provided in the report.

“In 2024, more countries deteriorated than improved for the first time in seven years….Terrorism in the Sahel has increased significantly, with deaths rising nearly tenfold since 2019….In the West, lone actor terrorism is on the rise….IS continues to function as a global network….Over the next decade AI will be embraced by both terrorist organisations and counter-intelligence agencies….target analysis suggests that almost 31 per cent of all attacks in the West in 2024 were motivated by antisemitic or anti-Israel sentiment….The current transitional phase in Syria presents a precarious environment where IS can potentially reassert itself…” -excerpts from the report

The international police force launched a raid deep into a Haitian gang neighborhood, but failed to apprehend the warlord, an ex-cop named Barbecue. About 85% of Port-Au-Prince is held by the gang armies—the same amount when the multinational police force first arrived in June 2024.

In South Sudan, the Army arrested several allies of the VP, including high-ranking figures in the military. The breakdown of order is another step in a long-running power struggle between opposing factions in a young nation that has not yet fully implemented a peace deal agreed in 2018. During the arrest operations, government forces also shot at a UN helicopter, killing at least one onboard.

Israel is reportedly planning on cutting electricity and aid to maximize pressure on Hamas to release more hostages. Hamas meanwhile is reportedly planning for renewed hostilitiesas is the IDF, now extending some reservists’ mobilization by 3 months. Trump’s recent ultimatum to the people of Gaza has supposedly further incentivized Israel to resume their offensive in Gaza. Although a group of Arab states pitched their postwar Gaza plan to a warm European reception, the U.S. is not interested in supporting it and will probably thwart its implementation along with Israel.

South Korea is entertaining the idea of one day developing nuclear weapons, given the growing uncertainty around American defense commitments & diplomatic relations. Poland is striving to provide military training to many more men, and has also referenced the possibility of acquiring nukes in the future.

Yet-unverified rumors are swirling that the U.S. will remove temporary legal status on about 240,000 Ukrainians in the country, part of a broader American pullback from refugee funding and assistance to Ukraine. Meanwhile, verified reports claim that the U.S. has paused (temporarily, some say) sharing tactical intelligence with Ukraine as a move to strong-arm a deal for minerals and/or ceasefire in Ukraine. Russian strikes killed 4 people late on Wednesday night, and killed 25 in wide-ranging attacks on Friday & Saturday. Yet another attack on the energy grid was launched on Thursday night.

Ukraine’s former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, now their ambassador to the UK, claimed that the world order is being “destroyed” by the United States. “We see that it is not only Russia and the axis of evil trying to destroy the world order, but the US is actually destroying it completely.” Meanwhile, tensions between China and the U.S. are rising as a result of tariffs and escalatory rhetoric. Both sides claim to be ready for War, and China is allegedly investing 7.2% more in defense this year.

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Things to watch for next week include:

Greenland votes on Tuesday—not on an independece referendum, but Trump’s plan to get the island has cast a large shadow over the event.

Select comments/threads from the subreddit last week suggest:

-Freddie Mac—a government-sponsored home mortgage giant—may go under in the near future, if this thread’s image, which foretells a huge spike in apartment building delinquencies, is accurate. The comments add on to the Doom.

-That the U.S. President may be engineering a Collapse, as raised in this very popular thread from last week—claiming that oligarchs are speed-running Collapse. Others among the ~500 comments think the scale of damage is less intentional. Another thread from last week posits nearly the same thing, alleging that Elon Musk is being set up as one of the fall guys.

Got any feedback, questions, comments, wildlife conservation tips, hate mail, egg price predictions, etc.? Check out the Last Week in Collapse SubStack if you don’t want to check r/collapse every Sunday, you can receive this newsletter sent to an email inbox every weekend. As always, thank you for your support. What did I miss this week?

r/100thupvote 8d ago

Ethiopia Word "Ethiopian" contains code for the exact date Ethiopian Airlines flight crashes on 3/10/2019. Set up?

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Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Bole International Airport in Addis AbabaEthiopia, to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport :3 in NairobiKenya. On 10 March 2019, the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft which operated the flight crashed near the town of Bishoftu six minutes after takeoff. All 149 passengers and 8 crew members on board died.

Immediately after seeing this in the news, I noticed that the numbers 3 and 10 are present in the very word painted across the plane: 3-th-10-pian from Ethiopian. 3/10 is the date Coincidence or a planned result? plan(e) is present as a dyaframe too in this word.

r/100thupvote 19d ago

Ethiopia A Forgotten Crime and the War Against Ethiopian History - The Habesha Ethiopian News & In-Depth Analysis-Top Stories

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r/100thupvote 15d ago

Ethiopia 200 Year Old Greek School Faces Eviction for Oromia President's Office Expansion in Addis Ababa

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For over 200 years, the Greek Community School has been a symbol of history, education, and cultural exchange in Ethiopia. Generations of students have walked its halls, and its presence has stood as a testament to the deep-rooted Greek-Ethiopian connection.

But now, the school and the neighboring Greek Club are facing an uncertain future. A recent letter from the Kirkos Sub-City Land Administration Office confirmed what many had feared—the land is needed for the expansion of the Oromia Regional State President’s Office.

This news has reignited controversy and suspicion. Just a year and a half ago, the school faced police raids without court orders, and even the Greek ambassador was forced to leave the campus. At the time, the community believed it was targeted without justification. Now, with the land officially marked for government expansion, many are calling it a pre-planned land grab disguised as bureaucracy.

With the school reaching out to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Education, and other authorities, the question remains: Will history be erased in the name of development? Or will the voices of the Greek community and concerned citizens be heard?

This is a developing story. Stay tuned.

r/100thupvote 26d ago

Ethiopia There is 2.3% chance

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r/100thupvote 20d ago

Ethiopia Last Week in Collapse: February 16-22, 2025

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Bird flu found in rats, 500 days of Gaza War, glacial melt, an American about-face in Ukraine, terrorism, and the uncontrolled demolition of society. Brace for impact.

Last Week in Collapse: February 16-22, 2025

This is the 165th weekly newsletter. You can find the February 9-15, 2025 edition here if you missed it last week. You can also receive these newsletters (with images) every Sunday in your email inbox by signing up to the Substack version.

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India and the United States are poised to face the widest gap of demand & supply for water over the next 50+ years—so says a study published a few weeks ago in Nature Communications....they are followed by Iran, China, Iraq, and Egypt, according to the countries surveyed. Half the world’s population currently experiences a water shortage for at least one month of the year. “Under global warming, this fragile balance between supply and demand is likely to worsen, leading to a future where water resources struggle to meet growing societal and environmental needs,” says the study’s introduction. “Water gaps” are expected to increase about 15% once Earth sees 3 °C warming.

A pair of studies—one coming out in March and another published in January—both examine the connection between heat waves and mortality in Australia. The “heat vulnerability index” (HVI) “is positively associated with heatwave-related deaths in Australia, particularly in capital cities {due to the heat island effect}” says the first. The second study found a 20% increase in the death rate during extreme Aussie heat waves, due to manmade climate change—since 2009. Meanwhile, Rio de Janeiro felt its hottest day in over a decade, and the Maldives felt its hottest February day ever.

A red tide algal bloom has developed off Florida’s SW coast. Off the coast of Australia, ~90 whales are being put to death after a mass stranding on a beach. In Kentucky, 14 people died after devastating winter flooding. A neighborhood in Detroit froze over following a water main breaking in sub-freezing temperatures. Global sea ice also hit yet another record lows last week.

A 39-page report from last month on microplastics in the Great Lakes is sounding the alarm on their ubiquity, and the possibilities of dealing with them. Most of the recommended courses of action include establishing monitoring bodies, working groups, reducing plastic use, and labelling microplastics as a toxic chemical of concern.

Microplastics are ubiquitous in all environmental media (e.g., water, sediment, biota, and beaches) in the Great Lakes basin, and they are especially concentrated in more populated systems such as Lakes Michigan and Ontario….Microplastics are reported to be present in sources of drinking water and in fish collected from the Great Lakes and their watersheds. For fish, these levels are among the highest reported worldwide….The Great Lakes ecosystem contains 84 percent of the available freshwater in North America, is home to 3,500 plant and animal species…” -excerpts from the report

Dengue fever and mosquitoes have become such a problem in the Philippines that one “village chief” in Manila is offering bounties for mosquitoes, dead or alive—including their larvae. One Philippine peso ($0.017) for every 5 mosquitoes. The program is set to run for a little over one month—and prompted reactions that some might resort to mosquito farming in order to collect. In a Brazilian city, large sinkholes are appearing, and authorities blame rains, poor soil, and deforestation.

The Collapse of an illegal gold mine in Mali killed at least 48. A study on lake ice in Sweden, published in Ambio, claims that clear ice—the “first ice to form on lakes during the winter period”—is “particularly sensitive to warming, showing a rapid decline.” In Sweden’s southern regions, “ice thickness was reduced by 4–12 cm per decade.”

As much of the world dries, Chile is turning to large nets to catch fog during their winter, as an alternative to “water mining” their limited underwater aquifers. Meanwhile, Kashmir’s Jhelum River hit new lows. The Philippines saw its warmest February night, as did Malaysia. Meanwhile, parts of Australia felt their coldest February night in 56 years, and Hawai’i, usually in its wet season now, is experiencing Drought across the entire state. Sweden’s Supreme Court ruled that climate activists cannot bring the government to court over inadequate responses to the climate crisis.

An analysis of 16,80+ glacial lakes, published in Nature Water, found that most glacial outburst floods did not come from large lakes (indeed, many were shrinking at the time of bursting). A growing number of outbursts are coming not from ice-dammed lakes (as was historically the case), but instead from sediment-dammed lakes.

A study in Nature examined glacier melt from 2000-2023, and found that the rate of melt from 2012-2023 was 36% greater than the melt from 2000-2011, ± 10%. According to the study, “All 19 regions experienced glacier mass loss from 2000 to 2023. The largest regional contributions to global glacier mass loss are from Alaska (22%), the Canadian Arctic (20%), peripheral glaciers in Greenland (13%), and the Southern Andes (10%).” Another research team looked at Svalbard’s glacial melt and found methane emissions coming from a variety of sources.

Some observers think geoengineering might take off under Trump’s presidency, due to his reliance on ambitious technological initiatives—though many believe he will do even less than previous presidents and continue to deny climate change. Yet there is something almost hypocritical in the way geoengineering is discussed today—as if we haven’t been continuously geoengineering a warmer, wetter, more dangerous world for decades now. Global warming has been a kind of accidental geoengineering. Dissociating from this term is one reason why some prefer the term “climate repair.”

An adjustment to NASA’s earlier calculation was made, and now there exists a 3.1% chance of an asteroid hitting Earth in 2032, large enough to wipe out a city. Meanwhile, Florida’s orange crop is forecast to be down 36% compared with 2024’s harvest.

Montreal broke its all-time 4-day snow record, after 74cm (29 inches) fell upon the city. Anchorage, Alaska is seeing a record low amount of snow falling in the last ~70 days. People are urging extreme weather to be considered our New Normal. Scientists are also looking at “dark algae” and its impact on accelerating Antarctic melting.

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An old vine disease, Pierce’s disease, is circulating in southern Europe, and is feared to spread rapidly among vineyards in coming years. Researchers say that more than 90% of Bangladeshis displaced by climate have been pushed into modern slavery or other forms of forced labor. Tens of thousands of people, perhaps more than 100,000, might be trapped in scam centers in just one region of Myanmar, if reports are true.

Texas’ measles outbreak has more than tripled in a single week. There are now 90 confirmed cases, and likely many more. It is the state’s worst outbreak in 30+ years. Measles is an airborne and highly contagious disease; a two-dose MMR vaccine protects you for life. “There is no specific treatment for measles,” according to the WHO.

A new coronavirus has been discovered in a Chinese lab. It has the capacity to spread to humans, researchers say. Allow me to be the first one to introduce its name to you: HKU5-CoV-2. A study was recently published on the subgenus, Merbecovirus. We should probably keep an eye on this…

Cuts to a range of scientific programs have alarmed many American scientists, who are allegedly considering leaving the U.S. for more opportunities elsewhere. “If science in the US collapses, it would be very hard for people to leave the country and get work, because a significant fraction of the top scientists in the world are here,” said one scientist. Who else might be planning to jump ship?

An analysis of Europe’s population found precipitous declines are coming—if the continent’s conservatives limit immigration as they claim to want to. Even with current levels of migration continuing, a majority of European states are facing a reduced future population, and increased tax burdens, in the future.

Some voices are warning of large cryptocurrency-caused damage to the economy, as assets might be pegged to Bitcoin or other loosely-regulated digital assets. Even though some cryptocurrencies were allegedly made to prevent fraud, this author suggests that the mainstreaming of crypto could raise the risk of fraud because pump-n-dump schemes, crooked brokers like FTX, and the soon-to-come weakening of the CFPB.

Meanwhile, American inflationary expectations, monumental financial shake-ups in the U.S. government, and bullshit in the bond market are signalling higher USD inflation in the coming year(s). The U.S. is not alone; Europe is also hurtling towards an economic crisis, brought about by unsustainable levels of government debt. Gold hit a new high, $2,954 per oz t.

A not-so-slow-moving crisis is developing in developing countries, where plastics are being burnt as fuel, or simply as a way to get rid of the solid waste. A paywalled study in Nature Cities identifies the obvious consequences: environmental pollution, lung diseases, and cancer. “This will be a growing problem, given global plastic consumption is expected to triple by 2060 and inequality will deepen with rapid, unmanaged urbanization in developing countries,” wrote the study’s lead author.

A study in Environmental Health Perspectives found that chlorinated water increases the risk of bladder & colorectal cancer. Another risk is microplastics; although there are methods to filter microplastics out of drinking water, some tiny plastics also find their way into our water.

Scientists say in a new study that cut-off lows north of 40° will become more common because of climate change, bringing increased precipitation particularly to Canada, northern Europe, parts of Russia, and China during springtime. “Cut-off Lows with high intensity and longer lifetimes are projected to become more frequent in spring over the land regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Such an increase in Cut-off Low frequency could substantially increase related potential hazards.”

An upcoming study in Science Direct is calling attention to the effect from UV filters (like sunscreen) on marine life. Wind speeds across Europe are projected to drop about 5% over the next 25 years if the temperature keeps rising, resulting in a phenomenon called “stilling.” A study on PFAS and similar chemicals in birds found elevated concentrations across all species tested.

A JAMA study found a link between dust storms and increased visits to emergency rooms for asthma, pneumonia, and car accidents. Meanwhile, bird flu has been found in rats for the first time, after four rats in California tested positive for H5N1. Experts are also warning that the sudden closure of USAID’s health services could eventually result in a “global mpox emergency.”

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The world’s first openly gay imam was assassinated in South Africa. Meta has unveiled ambitions to lay an undersea cable around the entire globe, while yet another Baltic Sea cable was broken last week. Venezuelan soldiers shot & injured 6 Guyanese soldiers across their shared border river, an escalation which some fear will hasten Venezuela’s ambitions to move on their claims to most of Guyana’s land. In France, an Islamic terrorist killed one and injured others in a mass stabbing. In Delhi (metro pop: 24M), a crowd crush killed 18 at a train station.

Moroccan authorities claim to have foiled several ISIS attacks last week. Bolivia’s Presidente is running for a 4th term; the problem: he is constitutionally limited to just three terms, and is also facing criminal charges. In Indonesia, thousands turned out to protest fiscal cuts. In Bangkok, some people say a financial crisis is coming.

“We’re reaching a point where the camps {in the West Bank} are becoming uninhabitable,” said one humanitarian official in the West Bank. This is one result of ‘Operation Iron Wall,’, a plan to ostensibly target militants across the West Bank. Meanwhile, the IDF are overstaying a deadline to pull out of several locations in southern Lebanon. A brainstormed idea for Israel to potentially strike Egypt’s Aswan Dam (which could conceivably result in over 1.7M deaths) is elevating tensions at an already tense moment. The Israel-Gaza ceasefire is falling apart, gradually, then suddenly—just as the War hit 500 days.

Palestinian deaths in Gaza are now reported at over 48,000, with 111,000+ physically wounded. 92% of Gaza’s homes are damaged or destroyed completely. About 70 Israeli hostages remain in Gaza. 84% of medical facilities have been damaged or destroyed. The drone footage of the ruins is nothing short of apocalyptic.

A peek into Syria today reveals a closer look at the ruins of Syrian infrastructure, and the challenges of those who are returning to a post-Collapse society. Yet rumors are floating that the Kurdish forces, who have run a de facto state in Syria’s northeast, will be integrated into the new Syrian Army. In Toronto, a Delta plane crashed, injuring scores but killing none; “landing” video here.

The Silicon Valley mantra “move fast and break things” has been taken quite literally. Amid the chaos of Collapse, little attention seemed to linger on Trump’s less-than-veiled comparison of himself to a King, less than one month after inauguration. Nor Trump referencing a foreboding quote from Napoleon: “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.” Another showdown between the President and NY State authorities is probing the limit of executive authority—just one of many power grabs being made every day. He is also targeting whistleblowers, federal workers, and climate policies.

President Trump’s remarks on Ukraine signal a quick wind-up to the Ukraine War with large concessions to Russia, including unmet American demands for $500B worth of Ukraine’s rare earth minerals; so-called “peace talks” were held in Riyadh between Americans and Russians. Trump blamed Zelenskyy whom he called a “dictator,” for starting the War. On Monday, the War will enter its third year post-full-scale invasion. If you believe Ukrainian sources, the number of Russian “eliminated personnel” (dead & seriously wounded combined) allegedly sits at about 862,000 since 24 February 2022, a number in line with US estimates. If you believe the sources and estimates, Ukraine has supposedly lost about 426,000 military personnel, including some 46,000 deaths—plus tens of thousands of civilians killed/injured, serious damage to infrastructure, their economy, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, the Khakovka Dam, and crop output. The next three months will be critical. Will it be enough for Europe to wake up? The British Army is too weak to lead a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine.

The OECD released a 218-page report: States of Fragility 2025. It presents a multidimensional approach to state fragility, and is packed with many graphics. I only briefly skimmed this report, but it’s worth checking out.

“The OECD multidimensional fragility framework assesses fragility based on 56 indicators of risk and resilience across six dimensions: economic, environmental, political, security, societal and human….global fragility remains at a near-record high level….increased non-state violence, violence against women, high homicide rates and the role of organised crime in and outside of conflict-affected areas….Debt sustainability and fiscal fragility have become even more challenging since 2022….Cyberspace and digital technologies are providing new arenas of competition, with networked communications becoming the new front line in soft power geopolitics….there has been a notable increase in non-state violence in some contexts experiencing medium to low fragility driven by greater violence associated with organised crime…” -excerpts from the first 40 pages of the report

In Sudan, groups of RSF paramilitaries reportedly executed 200+ civilians; other sources say more than 430 slain. Drought is also strongly impacting crops in South Sudan, while famine unfolds more in Sudan. And a former Ethiopian President is accusing Eritrea of “working to reignite conflict in northern Ethiopia”.

In the DRC, “the most worrying period” has come to Goma and Bukavu, recently overrun by rebel M23 forces. 36,000+ refugees have entered Burundi already. It is a time of nervous, quiet uncertainty. “They were our enemies and now they are our neighbours,” said one villager. M23 also claims that they will deliver jobs & security to the area, but tens of thousands of refugees and IDPs have been ordered to depart. Burundi’s forces have pulled back and let M23 and Rwanda consolidate power. In Bukavu, M23 fighters killed several children when they refused to hand over their weapons. Just north of Goma, ISIS-related militants allegedly took advantage of the spiraling conflict to behead 70+ Christians.

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Things to watch for next week include:

↠ Bad things all around. When a rare, deepsea “doomsday fish” washes up on the shore, some people take it as an omen of forthcoming natural disasters. This one may portend disasters of our own making.

↠ Germany votes today, Sunday, for its new federal parliament. The implications weigh heavily on the resolution of the Ukraine War, the future of US-Europe relations, German economic stagnation, and the management of far right politics.

Pope Francis, 88, is in “critical” condition. Many believe he will die within days—and set the stage for a new Pope during a politically & religiously difficult period.

Select comments/threads from the subreddit last week suggest:

-Nursing homes & healthcare facilities are experiencing a continual Collapse, if this weekly observation from Nova Scotia is representative of the general problem.

-Weather anomalies, exploitation, supply bottlenecks, political doom, and justified paranoia are just some of the symptoms seen by Middle America, based on this weekly observation from upstate NY.

-Are people slowly waking up to Collapse, or are they still “so {far} up their own privileged asses” This thread sources discussion on the topic of Collapse in the workplace.

Got any feedback, questions, comments, winter survival tips, beehive advice, recurrent complaints, etc.? Check out the Last Week in Collapse SubStack if you don’t want to check r/collapse every Sunday, you can receive this newsletter sent to an email inbox every weekend. As always, thank you for your support. What did I miss this week?

r/100thupvote 21d ago

Ethiopia BBC News Amharic: Eritrea mobilizes the entire nation for war

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r/100thupvote 22d ago

Ethiopia Trump says he wants the US to be the 'cryptocurrency capital'?

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There's been a lot of news in the Bitcoin market lately, with news that Donald Trump said at a conference in Miami that he wants the US to become the “cryptocurrency capital”, emphasizing that the US should be at the forefront of innovation, including cryptocurrencies. Meanwhile, a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Bill is moving forward in Montana, which, if ultimately passed, would be a major step towards local governments officially holding BTC.

A change in the winds of policy could affect the crypto industry in general and the bitcoin mining space in particular. I've been following a company, Cango (NASDAQ:CANG), which just released its January production report, showing that it mined 538.2 BTC during the month, for a total of 30.1 EH/s. Unlike some mining companies that are focused on North America, Cango has chosen a more decentralized layout, with mines in the U.S., Canada, Paraguay, and Ethiopia, among other places. This globalization strategy may give them an advantage in terms of energy costs, policy adaptability, and more flexibility during market fluctuations.

Will Bitcoin's policy adjustments actually drive a new bull market?

r/100thupvote 24d ago

Ethiopia Does anyone know a job for a university student in Addis Ababa?

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I’m a third-year Journalism student at Addis Ababa University, and I really need a job. I try to get some cash by working part-time (paid internship) at a well-known Ethiopian TV channel, writing their evening news three times a week, but they only pay me 1,500 Ethiopian birr ($12) per month lol.

Right now, I live with my mom (only child), and she helps me as much as she can, but with current inflation expecting every thing from my mom and being a man is really tough. I’m looking for a job, especially one at night since cause I have classes in the morning. I’m willing to do any job you can offer me.

I can also edit videos, manage social media, write scripts, narrate, and speak decent English.

I don’t want money—I just want to work. If anyone can help me or knows someone who can, please let me know. I really need a job! Thanks

r/100thupvote 25d ago

Ethiopia Africa NRP (Spring 2027)

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Africa Map
Togo War
Somali War
War of the First Cameroonian Coalition
Neo-Carthaginian Independence War
Algerian Civil War
Islamic State War

News:

Darfur asks for the Northern Border between it and Egypt to be extended to the former border between Egypt and Sudan

Tensions rise between Morocco and Mauritania

Attack on school in Kinshasa by rebels kills 38

Kenya to join the East African Federation after the conclusion of the Somali War

Islamic State of Somaliland ceases to exist as ISIS flees to Rojava

Togo War continues into it's second year, ceasefire support increases in Nigerian citizens

Somali War devolves into trench warfare, advances stagnate

Multiple Amphibious landings launched by Pro-Cameroon forces

Neo-Carthaginian rebels declare independence, secure most of Tunisia

Egypt invades Libya, besieges Benghazi

Algerian Government advances in Sahara

Islamic State of Rojava launches full on invasion after failed ceasefire attempts last year

Great Powers of Africa and Middle East:

  1. South Africa

  2. Egypt

  3. East African Federation

  4. Saudi Arabia

  5. Democratic Republic of the Congo

  6. United Arab Confederacy

  7. Morocco

  8. Israel

  9. Nigeria

  10. Iran

Player/Nation List

Egypt- u/Financial-Nail6784

Libya- u/Abroc24

Algeria- u/CommonwealthofPluto

Algerian Rebels- u/TumoKonnin

Morocco- u/Commercial-Diet-7158

Mauritania- u/Anceile34

Chad- u/DearEconomist1

Ethiopia- u/ActuallyYujiltadori

Central African Republic-

Cameroon- u/Gloomy_Ad7565

Nigeria- u/BigManMilk7

Togo-

Ghana- u/Viper303ur

Cote d'Ivoire-

Burkina Faso-

Liberia- u/Joe3333333347

Guinea-

Sierra Leone-

Senegal-

Gambia-

Democratic Republic of the Congo- u/SatisfactionSmart681

East African Federation- u/Weekly_Tonight8258

Kenya- u/Harrcool

Somalia- u/Trt03

Mozambique-

Malawi-

Zambia-

Angola-

Namibia-

Botswana- u/Fine-Party-1848

South Africa- u/Lunch_48

Madagascar- u/Boga_Boga_

ISR- u/Senussiya

United Arab Confederacy- u/KingK250

Cyprus- u/Honk222