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18 Sep

UNESCO inscribes two sites of Ethiopia as world hermitages

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsBusiness, Environment, Fact check, NewsAddisAbaba, Balemountain, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, Ethiopianews, Gedeoculturallandscape, Riyadh, UNESCO, Worldheritages

The Bale Mountains and Gedeo landscape are registered as world heritage by UNESCO. Ethiopia has increased the number of heritage sites registered by UNESCO to 11 and is the only one in Africa. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO is holding its 45th session in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Bale Mountains National Park and Gedeo cultural landscape has been declared as a World Heritage Site. As UNESCO announced on its website, the Gedeo cultural landscape and Bale, which is home to rare wild animals, have been registered as the 10th and 11th global heritage sites. Ethiopia…

15 Sep

Ethiopia gives Babile Elephant Sanctuary land to investors

ethionegari@gmail.com1 CommentBusiness, Environment, NewsAddisAbaba, Babileelephantpark, Elephant, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, Ethiopianews, Wildlifeinethiopia

Ethiopian Wildlife Protection Authority has stated that more than 200 hectares of the Babile Elephant Sanctuary's forest have been destroyed. The park is located in the eastern parts of Ethiopia and a home to more than 300 elephants and other wild animals. Dr. Adane Tsagaye, Chief Executive Officer of the National Parks Administration at the Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority said that the Babile Elephant Sanctuary's land was given to agricultural investment in the eastern Hararghe zone and the park is being farmed, the elephants in the park are at risk. The Babile Elephant Sanctuary is located on the border of the…

04 Sep

First African Climate Summit kicks off in Nairobi, Kenya

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsBusiness, Environment, News, PoliticsACS2023, AddisAbaba, Africanclimatechangesummit, Climatechange, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nairobi

A climate conference has begun in Nairobi to discuss the future of the African continent, which has been plagued by drought and barrenness. The conference, which is hosted by Kenya, to be held for three days from today. More than 20 African leaders, ministers, delegates and climate change advocates from many countries will participate in the conference. Countries like Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya have experienced the worst drought in 40 years. As a result, a food security crisis has occurred in the Horn of Africa and other African countries, about 10 million animals died. According to the African Development Bank,…

27 Aug

GERD’s tripartite negotiations resumes in Cairo

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsBusiness, Environment, News, PoliticsAbiyAhmed, AddisAbaba, Alsisi, Egypt, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, GERD, Sudan, Waterpolitics

The tripartite negotiations on the Ethiopian Great Renaissance Dam (GERD), which Ethiopia is building on the trans-boundary Nile River, have been terminated due to various reasons. This tripartite negotiation, which has been taking place under the auspices of the African Union, has been taking place between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan. The political unrest in Sudan and Ethiopia were the main reasons for the failure of the tripartite negotiations and the changing position of Egypt. A month ago, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who went to Cairo, Egypt to participate in the forum of neighboring countries to find a solution to the…

25 Jul

Ethiopia earns $300,000 from donkey meat export

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsBusiness, Environment, NewsAddisAbaba, China, Donkeymeat, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, Hongkong

China is the major donkey meat destination and the demand is increasing drastically. According to Ethiopia Animal Authority, in the 2022/23 Ethiopia earned $300,000 by exporting donkey meat to Hong Kong. The authority deputy head Dr. Sahlu Mulu said that, apart from donkey meat, countries like China use donkey skin extensively for medicine, so the meat product was sent to Hong Kong. They added that the income was obtained by exporting 140 tons of donkey meat to the foreign market in the last financial year. The institute has planned to export 600 tons of donkey meat in the fiscal year.…

17 Jul

Ethiopia plants 567 million trees in one day

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsBusiness, Environment, News, PoliticsAbiyAhmed, AddisAbaba, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, Plantingtrees, Seedling

Ethiopia planted 567 million trees in one day Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said that, "567 million trees were planted in one day." Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed added that, the plan was to plant 500 million trees in a single. Prime Minister Abiy said that, the plantation is "a big success for Ethiopia." According to a prime minister, Ethiopia earned $52 million from the sale of carbon this year alone. But the number of planted trees in Ethiopia, didn't verified by any independent local and international organizations.

29 May

UN Mine Action Service announces to open new office in Mekele ,Tigray

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsEnvironment, News, PoliticsAddisAbaba, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, Mekele, Mineactionservice, Tigray, UN, UNMAS

The war in northern Ethiopia ended after the signing of the peace agreement brokered by Africa Union in South Africa, Pretoria. The African Union, UN, Ethiopia’s federal and regional state governments are working to restore services that were interrupted due to this war. However, the explosives that were buried everywhere during the war disrupting efforts to continue education and other services. The mission of the United Nations (UN) Mine Action Service (UNMAS) to remove explosives and other weapons remnants in northern Ethiopia, including Tigray region, has been authorized by the Federal Government of Ethiopia. According to the statement of the…

16 May

South Korea grants $10 million to modernize Ethiopia’s agriculture

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsBusiness, Environment, News, Politics, TechnologyAddisAbaba, Agriculture, Dairyinethiopia, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, KOICA, Milkproduction, SouthKorea

Ethiopia and Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) signed a 10 million dollar aid agreement in Addis Ababa. The financial assistance agreement was signed by the Minister of State for Finance, Sumerita Sewasew, and the head of KOICA in Ethiopia, Lee Byunghwa. The financial support is to be used to modernize Ethiopian agriculture, especially to increase the productivity of milk and milk products. The Ministry of Finance announced in a statement that, the project which will increase milk productivity, will be implemented in the next six years. The project will focus on supporting farmers engaged in dairy farming and animal husbandry.…

24 Apr

Lightning kills Two Ethiopian teenagers

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsEnvironment, Health, NewsAccident, AddisAbaba, Benchsheko, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, Lightninginethiopia, Mizamaman, Teenagers

A lightning killed two teenagers aged five and seven years in southern Ethiopia. The teenagers were on their way to fetch water in southern region of Bench Sheko Zone, Mizan Amman city. The police commission of the region said that, two teenagers died due to the lightning caused by the heavy rain last Sunday April 23/2023. The accident took place when three children went to the river to fetch water when it rained and they sat on a rock under a tree to take shelter. The police announced that, the two children died due to this lightning accident. In recent…

17 Apr

Ethiopians to graduate in coffee science

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsBusiness, Environment, News, PoliticsAddisAbaba, Bonga, Coffee, Coffeescience, Coffeexperts, EthioNegari, Ethiopia

37 Ethiopians are going to graduate in coffee science for the first time in history. In For the first time in Ethiopia, students who studied in the field of coffee science are about to graduate. Bonga University, at the end of the academic year of 2023, will graduate 37 students in the field of "Coffee Science" for the first time in Ethiopia. The university said that, since coffee production is Ethiopia's biggest foreign currency earner, by the end of 2023, 37 students will graduate in the field of coffee science. Even though, Ethiopia is a country that has contributed coffee…