In brief summery ont he geography and climate of Addis Ababa prior to Al-Ahly's football match VS.  The Tunisian al-Negm al-Saheli team, entitled "Addis Ababa the Highland Safe City", the paper said that the city is approximately 2400m. above the sea level and consequently a new comer may have some difficulty in breathing.  However, one can say that security in Addis Ababa is somehow satisfactory and one can easily deal with the Ethiopian people, especially in hotels, as the majority speak English as a second language.