Sudan is facing a severe humanitarian crisis driven by ongoing conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The violence has created massive displacement, with an estimated 13 million people internally displaced and 4 million refugees fleeing to neighboring countries. The conflict has devastated infrastructure, disrupted food systems, and created widespread food insecurity and healthcare emergencies.
Many are arriving at remote border areas, where services to support them are under severe strain. Most of those displaced are women and children and other vulnerable people such as the elderly, people with disabilities, and people with medical conditions.
r/Ethiopia would like to encourage you to consider making a donation or otherwise supporting these organizations that are providing essential humanitarian relief in both Sudan and neighbouring countries, and would appreciate any help:
UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)
Who are they:
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.
What they do:
Currently UNHCR are:
- Providing emergency assistance to internally displaced persons and refugees fleeing to Chad, Egypt, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Central African Republic.
- Distributing relief items, including emergency shelter, blankets, sleeping mats, jerry cans, kitchen sets, and hygiene kits to displaced families.
- Working with partners to provide protection services, including for survivors of gender-based violence, and ensuring access to documentation and registration.
Who they are:
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) translates to Doctors without Borders. They provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare.
What they do:
Within Sudan, MSF do the following:
- Provide emergency medical care in areas affected by conflict, including surgery for war-wounded patients.
- Respond to disease outbreaks including cholera, measles, and dengue fever.
- Support healthcare facilities that have been damaged or overwhelmed by the crisis.
- Assist internally displaced people with primary healthcare, mental health support, and nutritional programs.
Who are they:
The International Rescue Committee responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.
What they do:
Among other things, the IRC are focused on:
- Providing emergency cash assistance and basic supplies to displaced families.
- Delivering primary healthcare services and supporting treatment for malnutrition.
- Building and maintaining safe water supply systems and sanitation facilities in displacement sites.
- Providing protection services for women and children, including gender-based violence prevention and response.
- Supporting education programs to ensure children can continue learning despite displacement.
Who are they:
The Sudanese Red Crescent Society is Sudan's national humanitarian organization and part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. As a locally-rooted organization, they have access to areas that international organizations may struggle to reach.
What they do:
The SRCS are focused on:
- Providing first aid and emergency medical services to conflict-affected populations.
- Distributing food parcels, hygiene kits, and emergency relief supplies to displaced families.
- Operating ambulance services and supporting health facilities across Sudan.
- Reunifying families separated by conflict through tracing services.
- Delivering clean water and supporting sanitation infrastructure in displacement areas.
Conflict in the Tigray region is driving a rapid rise in humanitarian needs, including refugee movements internally and externally into neighbouring countries. Prior to the conflict, both the COVID-19 pandemic and the largest locust outbreak in decades, had already increased the number of people in need, creating widespread food insecurity.
With the above in mind, here are some organizations which provide humanitarian relief in both Ethiopia and neighbouring countries, and would appreciate any support:
UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)
Who are they:
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.
What they do:
Currently UNHCR are:
Working round-the-clock with authorities and partners in Sudan to provide vitally needed emergency shelter, food, potable water and health screening to the thousands of refugee women, children and men arriving from the Tigray region in search of protection.
Distributing relief items, including blankets, sleeping mats, plastic sheeting and hygiene kits. Information campaigns on COVID-19 prevention have started together with the distribution of soap and 50,000 face masks at border points.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) translates to Doctors without Borders. They provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare.
What they do:
Within Ethiopia, MSF do the following
fill gaps in healthcare and respond to emergencies such as cholera and measles outbreaks.
assist refugees, asylum seekers and people internally displaced by violence.
The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.
What they do:
Among other things, the IRC are focussed on
Providing cash and basic emergency supplies
Building and maintaining safe water supply systems and sanitation facilities
Educating communities on good hygiene practices to prevent the spread of disease, including COVID-19.
Constructing classrooms, training teachers and ensuring access to safe, high-quality, and responsive education services.
I’m excited to share a big milestone in my journey as a young founder from Ethiopia.
My startup, SchoolOS, has been shortlisted for the next phase of the Tech Hub Africa Startup Pitch Competition 2026!
SchoolOS is an EdTech platform I'm working on to help schools manage students, teachers, attendance, fees, academic information, and communication in one place.
As a 15-year-old Grade 10 student learning software development, this opportunity means a lot to me. I'm learning that building a startup is not just about writing code — it's also about understanding real problems and creating solutions that can make a difference.
We're still early in the journey, and there's a lot to learn and improve. I'm looking forward to the next phase and continuing to develop SchoolOS.
I'd love to connect with other founders, developers, and people working in EdTech.
My name is Yitbarek Zelalem Yitayehu, reaching out directly from Hawassa, Ethiopia. I am writing this post with a desperate hope to find my younger biological sister, Tarikua Zelalem Yitayehu, who was separated from our family through international adoption when we were children.
For years, my father (Zelalem Yitayehu) and I have been searching through local channels and registries in Ethiopia, but we have hit many dead ends. We have no idea which country she was adopted to or how to reach her today.
Details:
* Sister's Name: Tarikua Zelalem Yitayehu
* Father's Name: Zelalem Yitayehu
* Brother's Name: Yitbarek Zelalem Yitayehu
* Origin Location: Hawassa / Ethiopia
If you are an Ethiopian adoptee, adoptive parent, or someone with experience navigating international adoption searches, please help amplify this post or share any search registries/resources that could help us.
Even an "upvote" to make this visible to more people in the adoptee community would mean the world to our family.
Thank you so much for reading and for any support!
Addis Ababa, October 14, 2026 (ENA) Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said he held a fruitful telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on key bilateral, regional, and multilateral issues of mutual interest.
“Our discussion is proof of the commitment of both countries to translating the enduring relationship between Ethiopia and the United States into a more strategic and practical partnership,” the Prime Minister wrote on social media channels.
He welcomed Washington’s assurance of continued support for Ethiopia, reaffirming the two countries’ shared commitment to advancing bilateral cooperation and addressing regional and multilateral priorities.
“I welcome the assurance of continued U.S. support for Ethiopia and our shared commitment to advancing bilateral cooperation and addressing regional and multilateral priorities,” the Premier underscored.
Here is a heatmap based on G25 genetic coordinates for Amahra people divided into hunter-gatherer, farmer, historical and modern ancestry. This is a similarity and proximity report, not indicative of direct descent. Any other ethnic group from Ethiopia that you would like this done for?
I’m looking to expand my social circle and find out where the young (Ethiopian) professional (20s/early 30s) and grad student crowd actually hangs out in Minneapolis once the cold sets in.
Winter is coming, as they say in the Game of Thrones and honestly, the work-gym-home routine gets incredibly boring after a while.
I am not a club person, so I'm trying to find alternative, substance-over-hype spaces to meet people, try new things, and escape seasonal hibernation.
I'm 44 now. Last year, around this time when I was 43 ; my brain changed, and I didn't know who I was anymore. I'm writing this for my Ethiopian sisters in their 40s who feel it too and haven't said it out loud. Because in our circles, we don't talk about this. And we should.
How am I navigating this age? Primarily hormonal changes.
A while back, Dr. Aviva Romm, MD, said we need women at this wisdom age more than ever. I nodded when I heard it. I understand it now.
The best part of my life has been my 40s. I cracked most of my life's challenges on the eve of turning 40, and since then, I've been confident in my own skin.
And that confidence changed something else. Contrary to my younger self who had far more male friends and acquaintances; I now want to connect much more with women. Especially professional women in my age group. To share life events, experiences, and this strange transition we're all moving through, each in our own way.
Because this is the age where we need women who understand the hormonal talk. Who understand the relationship challenges ; dating, marriage, the whole terrain through the lens of being a woman. Not advice. Not fixing. Just recognition.
But research keeps finding what many of us discover the hard way: women are often late-diagnosed with AuDHD. I discovered my own mental health challenges & my ADHD brain through my inability to function in society as efficiently as I used to. The symptoms started showing up last year , when I was 43, around this time.
· Extreme exhaustion esp mental fatigue ( the kind of fatigue that rest was not solution )
· Sleep irregularities
· Small chores feeling like massive projects ; cleaning my room, going to the hair salon, putting things away
· Academic courses I bought became a battle to complete
· Books I bought became unthinkable to finish
· Mental Fog & Forgetfulness (I thought I had early dementia).
· Flat mood
· I stopped enjoying things I used to enjoy
· I lost my enthusiasm to be competitive, to read, to grow professionally
· I stopped caring about others.
Everything started making sense once I began reading research papers, filling out assessments, and consulting academic AI. My brain is transitioning into the perimenopausal stage and it's making my ADHD symptoms worse. All my coping mechanisms are falling apart.
In Ethiopia, I reached out to women around me in my age group. What I noticed: some are asymptomatic. Others have mild symptoms. Some are mild-to-medium. And others are suffering severely.
What makes the difference?
Lifestyle and other medical conditions like mine. ADHD brains need estrogen. Dopamine depends on it.
Actions I immediately employed:
· Quit my job ( full time job) —the one that was traumatizing me and stole my sleep
· Stopped working three places, six times a week. It wasn't worth the suffering.
· Work only a few days a week now ( flexible hrs) .
· Force myself to eat properly (with ADHD, eating is a chore)
· Exercise
· Rest—guilt-free
I'm still navigating what my brain needs with nutritional and diet therapy to get my old self back. I am considering getting a coach who understand ADHD brain. But I'm also acknowledging this is a transition ( hormonal ) , and I'm choosing to invest in it rather than withdraw and let the older version of me suffer more debt.
I'm better than I was this time last year.
What about you ?
Part 2 :- Hormonal change & Relationship esp marriage .
I’m not sure how accurate 23andMe is at the regional level, but my dad is fully Oromo, so I expected to see Oromo ancestry reflected in my results.
Have any fellow Ethiopians experienced something similar?
Also, my maternal haplogroup is M1a1.
I’ll be in Addis as a solo Western woman for a few days, and I was wondering how safe you think it’d be for me to walk around Bole, but also if I want to visit some museums or places closer to center, what way would you recommend to move around? Eg. If I want to go to a jazz bar at night, would it be ok for me to take a taxi alone late?
Also talking about jazz bars, I know African Jazz Village is kinda famous, but is it too touristy? Maybe are there any other recommendations you have?
I’m currently trying to figure out which skill I should learn to improve myself this year and for a chance of getting better paying job. I’m looking for something that can be learned upto 6 months with consistent practice and that has real demand.
Has anyone living in the US renewed their passport recently? The Ethiopian embassy website says to use the app but after downloading the app it shows me an error message, when I try to launch it , saying “service unavailable”. I live in Oregon and really can’t fit time to travel to DC to do it in person? How is anyone renewing their passport right now?
I’m a software engineer based in Addis Ababa with 3+ years of experience, and I’m currently looking for a new opportunity.
My background is mainly in backend and AI systems. I work with Python, Go, Node.js/TypeScript, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Docker, AWS, and distributed backend systems. I’ve also been working with LLM/agentic systems using LangGraph, MCP, RAG, Claude/OpenAI tooling, and AI-assisted development.
I’m open to:
Backend Engineer roles
AI / LLM Engineer roles
Full-Stack roles
Remote international opportunities
Local opportunities in Addis if the role is a strong fit
Contract or full-time work
I’ve worked on production APIs, database optimization, event-driven systems, integrations, AI agents, and developer tooling.
Would you rather form a federation with Sudan or Arabia (which consists of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait). Also in both cases the federation includes Eritrea and Djibouti too.
