Fact check Archives - Ethio Negari

20 Oct

Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia rejects Ethiopia’s sea gate request

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsBusiness, Fact check, News, PoliticsAddisAbaba, Amharanews, Asabport, Djibouti, Eritrea, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, Ethiopianews, portaccess, Somalia

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said that Ethiopia needs a sea gate to respond to the development needs of its people. When Ethiopia is building the Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD), the countries that are concerned about the issue have requested us, and we should also ask to have a sea gate, he explained to the members of the House of Representatives, a week before The Prime Minister said Ethiopia needs a sea gate but did not mention which one. Following this, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia, which are Ethiopia's neighbours and have sea gates, all three countries have rejected Ethiopia's request. The…

23 Sep

GERD’s Second round of tripartite negotiations kicks off in Addis Ababa

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsBusiness, Environment, Fact check, NewsAddisAbaba, Egypt, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, Ethiopianews, GERD, Negotiations, NILE

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met and discussed with Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi about the dam when he attended the leaders' forum of neighbouring countries organized by Egypt on the stability of Sudan last July. The leaders of the two countries had discussed the resumption of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) water filling and agreed to start the tripartite dialogue which had been suspended for the last two years. According to this agreement, two weeks ago, the technical experts of the dam negotiators of Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan met in Cairo, Egypt. Following that, the second tripartite dialogue started…

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…

26 Aug

IOM puts Ethiopia as a home for the highest IDPs

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsFact check, News, PoliticsAddisAbaba, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, IDPs, IOM, IOMEthiopia, Refugees

More than 4 million citizens have been displaced in Ethiopia According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), more than 4.3 million Ethiopians were displaced and sheltered in 3,300 centres. Since last November to June 2023, more than 4.38 million citizens have been displaced from 11 regions in Ethiopia, IOM reported. The organization added that 66 percent of these displaced people were displaced from their villages due to conflict and the rest were displaced due to drought and social problems. Somali region is home to a large number of IDPs who have been displaced due to drought and also Tigray,…

03 Aug

Amhara region officially requests federal government to intervene

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsFact check, News, PoliticsAbiyAhmed, AddisAbaba, amharaspecialforce, ENDF, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, fano

The Amhara National Regional Government requested the federal government to implement the necessary legal framework as it was difficult to control the security breach in the Amhara region through regular law enforcement system. The state government announced that, the breach of peace in the region is causing huge human, social and economic losses. Many operations have been carried out by the regional and federal security forces to bring the security problem under control. However, the Amhara National Regional Government has requested the federal government to immediately implement the necessary legal framework in accordance with the federal constitution to stop the…

03 Aug

Internet access shut down in Ethiopia’s Amhara region

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsBusiness, Fact check, News, Politics, TechnologyAddisAbaba, Amhara, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, Internetaccess, InternetBlockade

Heavy fighting erupted between the National Defense Army and Fano militants in several cities in the Amhara region. We have confirmed from the residents that internet service has been interrupted in the Amhara region following the start of fighting between the two parties. Neither Ethio Telecom nor the governmental institutions have anything yet as to why the internet was cut off in the region. Ethiopia has recently banned Telegram and the app is working with a VPN except in Amhara region. Following the escalation of the ongoing war in the Amhara region, Ethiopian Airlines has canceled flights to Lalibela and…

23 Jul

PM Abiy Ahmed appoints Selamawit Dawit as DG of immigration and citizenship services

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsBusiness, Fact check, News, PoliticsAbiyAhmed, AddisAbaba, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, Immigration, Passport, Selamawitdawit

The Immigration and citizen service, which was established to provide passports and similar citizenship services, has been receiving complaints. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (Dr.) has sacked Mr. Bruhtesfa Mulgeta, who was in charge of the immigration and citizenship service for the past one year and half as well as Fraol Tafa and Tamru Genbato, who were serving as deputy directors. Immigration and Citizenship Service Public Relations and Communication Officer Ms. Mastawal Geda told Al-Ain that we have received a letter stating that Ms. Selamawit Dawit has been appointed as the director general of the institution since July 20, 2023. She…

17 Jul

Ethiopia lifts internet restrictions on social media

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsBusiness, Fact check, News, Politics, TechnologyAddisAbaba, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, Internetaccess, InternetBlockade, Socialmedia

In Ethiopia, the restrictions imposed on various social media for months have been lifted. Since last February, restrictions have been placed on internet services such as Facebook, YouTube, Telegram and Tiktok. Following the imposition of Internet restrictions in Ethiopia, many human rights organizations, including the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, have been asking the government to lift the restrictions. The center for democracy and development announced last week, Ethiopia internet disruption caused a loss of $27.8 million in the foreign direct product market and 2,372 citizens lost their jobs. Whereas Internet outages disrupt modern businesses and cost the economy millions of…

13 Jul

Internet blockade costs Ethiopia more than 7 billion birr

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsBusiness, Fact check, News, Politics, TechnologyAddisAbaba, CARD, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, Facebook, InternetBlockade, Socialmedia, Telegram, TikTok, Youtube

Ethiopia deprived more than seven billion birr due to internet blockade Since last February, Ethiopia has restricted Internet access on some social media. Ethiopia blocks TikTok, Telegram, Facebook and YouTube in all part of the country. As a result of the Internet ban, Ethiopia has lost 7.6 billion birr income, according to the Center for the Development of Rights and Democracy. "Since 2008, internet blockade is a problem that has been getting worse in Ethiopia," the center said. The Internet blockades signaled that democracy and the development of digital technology were against it. The center also stated that, the government's…

13 Jul

Ethiopia and Egypt sets to coincide on GERD in four months

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsBusiness, Fact check, News, PoliticsAbdulfatahlsisi, AbiyAhmed, AddisAbaba, Egypt, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, GERD, Pmoethiopia, Sudan, Sudanconflict, Waterpolitics

Egypt has invited the leaders of neighboring countries to a discussion aimed at ending the war in Sudan. Sudan's neighboring countries, including Ethiopia, went to Cairo to participate in the forum, and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed discussed with President Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi. The leaders of the two countries have discussed about the Great Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD) and the filling of the dam is the main topic of discussion. Based on this, Ethiopia has no intention of harming Egypt and Sudan regarding the water filling of the dam. After the discussion, they have agreed to hold further discussions on this…