Environment

Ethiopian Climate change Stakeholders suggest keeping records of the losses

Ethiopian Climate change Stakeholders suggest keeping records of the losses

By Samuel Abate Addis Ababa, Ethio Negari, February 2, 2023 Ethiopian Climate change Stakeholders suggests to keep records of the losses and damage that have been occurred so far and Build their capacity in order to access from Climate finance. This is said in a half day workshop organised by Consortium for climate change Ethiopia (CCC-E) , in the presence of government representative, CSO leaders , Climate researchers and stakeholders  in Addis Ababa. During the workshop, Participant reflect on “Debriefing on key Outcomes of UNFCC COP 27 after power point  presentations by chief  climate negotiator and experts who attended COP…
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Ethiopia prepares to export minced donkey meat to China

Ethiopia prepares to export minced donkey meat to China

Addis Ababa, Ethio Negari, January 25,2023 Ethiopia is about to start exporting minced donkey meat to China Rong Chang, a donkey slaughter house in Asela, has announced that Ethiopia is completing preparations to export minced donkey meat to foreign countries. Chichi Aman, the organization's coordinator, told to Ethio Negari that Ethiopia used to export donkey meat to East Asian countries without adding any value to it, but in recent times, the demand for the product has decreased in the international market. As a result, he pointed out that donkey meat was not exported to foreign countries in the last six…
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Eritrea troops leaves from Ethiopia’s Adwa and Axum cities

Eritrea troops leaves from Ethiopia’s Adwa and Axum cities

Addis Ababa, Ethio Negari, January 20,2023 Eritrea troops leaves from Ethiopia's Adwa and Axum cities. Residents of the two cities told that the Eritrean soldiers are withdrawing from the cities of Adwa and Axum, according to BBC. The report mentioned that the residents said that they saw many buses and Isuzus carrying Eritrean soldiers and military equipment leaving the two cities today. The eyewitnesses also stated that they saw the Ethiopian Defense Forces stationed on the outskirts of Adwa city, the news source said.
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Africa CDC Headquarters Building Inaugurated

Africa CDC Headquarters Building Inaugurated

The first phase of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) headquarters project was inaugurated today in the presence of Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang and African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat. The inauguration ceremony was also attended by the Ambassador and Head of Mission of China to the African Union, Changchun, Ambassadors of AU member states to Ethiopia, and representatives from Chinese companies in Ethiopia. The project has a gross floor area of 23,570 m2 and includes Administrative Offices, an Emergency Response Center, an Information Center, and Biological Laboratories. Once completed, it will be the…
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Ethiopia-Djibouti railway generates $47.4M income

Ethiopia-Djibouti railway generates $47.4M income

The Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway Share Company (EDR) has disclosed an income of 2.5 billion Ethiopian birrs (about 47.4 million U.S. dollars) for the last five months. Abdi Zenebe, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the EDR, said the railway was able to transport more than 500,000 metric tons of cargo in the past five months, eventually generating 2.5 billion Ethiopian birrs in income, Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) reported Monday. The income was said to have about 600 million Ethiopian birr increase as compared to the same period of the previous Ethiopian fiscal year. According to figures from the EDR, the railway's…
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US to grants $55 billion to Africa

US to grants $55 billion to Africa

US President Joe Biden pledged $55 billion in aid to Africa over the next three years. This came during the closing ceremony of the US-African Summit in Washington. The US President expressed his keenness to travel to Africa, after being invited by the leaders of several African countries. Biden supports Africa with invitations to represent it in the G20 and the Security CouncilPartnership not dependency. The American-African summit corrects the path and corrects the pitfalls Biden said: "I am eager to visit your continent (Africa) because I told some of you who invited me to your countries." The US president…
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European Union announces 800,000 People died in Ethiopia’s civil war.

European Union announces 800,000 People died in Ethiopia’s civil war.

European Union announces 800,000 People died in Ethiopia's civil war. The head of the European Union's foreign affairs and security policy, Joseph Borrell, said that nearly 800,000 people have died due to the war in northern Ethiopia. According to his post on his Twitter page, "We need to investigate the humanitarian crises that have not received the proper attention", he said. Joseph Borrell added that "Nearly 800,000 people have died in the war in Tigray region." Nine months ago, Belgium's Ghent University released that it is estimated that half a million people died in the war in northern Ethiopia. In…
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Elephants kills eight people in Ethiopia

Elephants kills eight people in Ethiopia

Elephants kills eight people at Babilie national park, in West eastern part of ethiopia. Adam Muhammad, the head of the office, said; Due to widespread illegal settlements from both regions, a conflict has risen between the communities living in the shelter and the elephants. Adam added that due to the deforestation of the area in the illegal settlement of the elephant shelter, where the elephants live and breed due to agriculture, charcoal production, road and housing construction, the elephants were disturbed and clashed with the local community, killing eight people and injuring four others. Based on this, 10 elephants were…
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Ethiopia reconnects Tigray’s capital to national power grid

Ethiopia reconnects Tigray’s capital to national power grid

Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP), state owned electric provider has said Mekelle, the capital city of the war torn Tigray region, is re-connected to the national power grid after more than one year of total blackout since 28 June 2021. Communications Director at Ethiopian Electric Power, Moges Mekonen told Addis Standard that, “power is now being supplied to Mekelle from the national grid”. He added that re-connecting the city to the national power grid will enable EEP to centrally control power supply to and from Mekelle. A resident of the city told the BBC that “electricity has been everywhere in the…
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Cement factories cut production due to security problems in Ethiopia

Cement factories cut production due to security problems in Ethiopia

Kuyo Cement and Habesha Cement Factory have stopped production due to security problems. In the first quarter of fiscal year 2022, Kuyo Cement Factory planned to produce 64,631 tons of cement, but it was able to produce only 19,934,64 tons or 30.84 percent. It has been stated that the factory was forced to completely stop production due to the security problems, Ethio trade & Investment media reported. Habesha Cement, on the other hand, planned to produce 164,262 tons of cement in the last three months and was able to achieve only 64,664 tons or 39.37 percent of the plan. It…
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