Afar Archives - Ethio Negari

21 May

Ethiopia lost $28 billion due to war in the north

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The government has announced that the war in northern Ethiopia has caused more than 1.5 trillion birr in damages and losses. The Ministry of Finance has announced that, the war that has been going on for two years in the northern areas of Ethiopia, especially in the Tigray region, and in some other areas, damages and losses estimated at more than 1.5 trillion birr (28 billion USD) have been caused to the country. Presenting the Ministry of Finance's nine-month performance report to the House of Representatives, Minister Ahmed Shede said that, his institution had conducted a Damage and Needs Assessment…

09 May

France allocates 3.5 million Euros to rebuild hospitals in Ethiopia

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Ministry of Health in Ethiopia and the French government signed a MoU to expand their collaboration to support health recovery efforts in Ethiopia. France is also committed to support the rehabilitation of Adwa hospital in Tigray region. The signing ceremony was attended by the Minister of Health in Ethiopia, Dr. Lia Tadesse Gebremedhin and Ambassador of France to Ethiopia and to the African Union, Mr. Rémi Marechaux. Ambassador Maréchaux stated that, “Following a field visit to Afar and Tigray regions in April, and following our support to Dessie referral hospital, I am happy to announce France is committed to support…

13 Apr

One in 16 children is out of schooling in Ethiopia

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsHealth, News, PoliticsAddisAbaba, Afar, Amhara, Education, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, savethechildren, Schooling, Tigray

About 2.3 million children remain out of school in northern Ethiopia despite last November’s peace agreement ending two years of conflict with reconstruction of damaged buildings yet to commence, said Save the Children, calling for urgent funding to help re-open classrooms. Across the country more than 3.5 million children are out of school - or 1 in every 16 children* - in what has been called one of the world’s worst education crises. Recent data revealed massive damage to schools across conflict-affected areas of Tigray, Amhara, and Afar in northern Ethiopia, according to the latest report from the Ethiopia Education…

18 Mar

Ethiopia needs $20 billion to recover from war

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsBusiness, Fact check, Health, News, PoliticsAddisAbaba, Afar, Amhara, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, Peaceagreement, Tigray, TPLF, War

In Ethiopia, two years ago, the war broke out following the attack by the TPLF on the Northern Command of National Defense. As a result of this war, 800,000 people died and private and government infrastructure was destroyed. The war has now stopped with the signing of a peace agreement brokered by the African Union in South Africa. According to the Ministry of Finance, $20 billion is needed to restore infrastructure and other resources destroyed in the two-year war. Tigray, Amhara and afar regional states are the most affected areas by this bloody war and 20 billion dollars will be…

21 Dec

Ethiopia secures release of Djiboutian soldiers held hostage by militants

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsFact check, News, PoliticsADDIS ABABA, Afar, Djibouti, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, Militants

Ethiopia secures release of Djiboutian soldiers held hostage by Frud militantsThe Ethiopian Government announced that it has been able to secure the peaceful release of six Djiboutian Army members who were held hostage by Frud militants. In a press statement delivered today (December 21) by Ambassador Fesseha Shawel, Director General of African Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ethiopian Government said it secured the release through careful intelligence and police operations in tandem with traditional support mechanisms from the Afar Regional Administration and local elders. The ambassador said that the army members were handed over to the government…

16 Jun

Deputy PM: Govt Committed to Unfettered Access to Humaniterian Aid

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The government is fully committed to facilitating unfettered access to the operation of humanitarian partners, says Demeke Mekonnen, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Ethiopia. The minister said this today during his meeting with David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Program (WFP), and Matilda Ernkrans, Minister of International Cooperation of Sweden.. The two sides discussed humanitarian supply to conflict and drought-affected people, accountability issues in the conflict in the northern part of the country, trust-building steps taken by the federal government, Ethiopia’s foreign ministry said in a statement. During the meeting, Demeke expressed his appreciation to the…

08 Jun

Efforts Underway to Provide Humanitarian Support to People Affected by Drought, Conflict

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Efforts are underway to provide emergency humanitarian support to people affected by drought and conflict in different parts of the Ethiopia, according to Disaster and Risk Management Commission (DRMC). Speaking at nine months report presented to Foreign Relations and Peace Affairs Standing Committee in Jijiga town, DRMC Commissioner Mitiku Kasa said since 2015 the country has been experiencing man-made and natural disaster that displaced many Ethiopians in different parts of the country. He added that the commission has been providing humanitarian support for people displaced due to conflict occurred in various places across the nation. Currently, the commission has been…