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A satellite image.. A new Ethiopian measure regarding the Renaissance Dam.. and an expert Y

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Monday 05 December 2022

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Dr. Abbas Sharaki, a professor of geology at Cairo University and a water expert, announced that the renaissance dam’s turbine has returned to work after a hiatus of more than 100 days.

Sharaqi said, in a statement, on his Facebook page: Today’s satellite images showed the presence of light vortices in the turbine basin, and the most likely is the operation of one turbine due to the light vortices, in addition to that if the two turbines are operating efficiently, the water that is currently overflowing from the top of the middle corridor and its amount is about 50 million m3 / day, it will pass completely through the two turbines, due to their ability to pass from 50 – 100 million m3 / day, depending on the efficiency and number of operating hours.

Abbas Sharaki added: The weak operation of the two turbines will force Ethiopia to open one of the two discharge gates to drain the middle corridor in preparation for the preparations for the fourth storage.​

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refugees in Sudan demand the departure of Eritreans to “find peace”

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The humanitarian situation remains very fragile in Tigray, such as the truce signed on November 3. At issue: the presence of Eritrean forces since the start of the conflict. Tigrayan refugees in Sudan are outraged, calling on Eritreans to leave the territory.

With our special envoy to al-Hashaba, Elliott Brachet

In Sudan, where nearly 46,000 Tigrayans have been living in refugee camps for two years, the hopes aroused by the peace agreements between the Ethiopian government and the authorities of Tigray quickly faded to give way to doubts. Because the peace accords do not mention the involvement of Eritrean forces, although numerous reports indicate that their abuses continue in northern Tigray, risking derailing the fragile negotiated peace.

In a small restaurant located in the middle of the al-Hashaba camp, a dozen men seated on plastic chairs have their eyes riveted on a television. On screen, reports broadcast by a Tigrayan channel show fleeing civilians. ” The peace was signed a month ago. But in Golo Makhada, east of Tigray, Eritrean forces have displaced 90 000 peoplefulminates Haftom Tesfai, refugee in Sudan. They killed 81 people and kidnapped 48. All their properties are being looted. Eritreans do not want the peace agreement, they are doing everything so that it is not applied on the ground. »

These refugees call on international mediators, led by the United States, to guarantee the peace process and put pressure on Abiy Ahmed. But for Mabrahtu Weldo, a farmer from Aksum in Tigray, it is impossible to trust the Ethiopian Prime Minister who has allied with Eritrea: “ Abiy Ahmed agreed with a man without faith or law. [Le président érythréen] Issaias Afwerki is a dangerous man who is destabilizing the whole region. If the Eritrean army does not withdraw, there will be no peace. All my relatives have been killed by their weapons in this war, they exterminated our people. Let them all get out so we can find peace »

The Tigray People’s Liberation Front insists that the disarmament of Tigrayan forces will only take place once foreign and non-federal troops withdrew from the area. Visiting Addis Ababa, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres reiterated his full support for the full implementation of the truce.

► Read also : In Ethiopia, two years of bloody war

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Tigray forces declare their commitment to the ceasefire after the call of the African Union

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After the head of the African Union called for an immediate ceasefire in the Ethiopian region of Tigray, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front announces its commitment to the ceasefire.

  • Tigray forces declare their commitment to the ceasefire after the call of the African Union

Ethiopia’s Tigray People’s Liberation Front announced on Sunday its commitment to a ceasefire, after the African Union called for an immediate cessation of hostilities and the start of peace talks, to end nearly two years of war in the country.

The front said in a statement: “We are ready to commit to an immediate cessation for hostilitiesWe also call on the international community to compel the Eritrean army to withdraw from Tigray, take practical steps towards an immediate cessation of hostilities, and pressure the Ethiopian government to come to the negotiating table.”

Earlier in the day, he called President of the African Union In an official statement to an immediate ceasefire in the Ethiopian region of Tigray, he urged the parties to the two-year conflict to agree to direct peace talks.

USAID Chief of Staff Samantha Power also joined the call for a halt to the joint offensive by the Ethiopian Federal Forces and the Eritrean Defense Forces.

“With up to a million people teetering on the brink of famine, we urge all parties…to agree to a ceasefire, call for safe and unimpeded humanitarian access and the withdrawal of the Ethiopian Defense Forces from Ethiopia,” Power wrote on Twitter.

The Ethiopian government and its allies have been fighting the Tigray Liberation Forces intermittently since late 2020, violence has killed thousands of civilians and displaced millions, and hundreds of thousands are currently facing potential famine.

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In lack of foreign exchange, Ethiopia blocks the import of “non-essential” products

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The Ethiopian government has banned banks until further notice from providing foreign currency to importers of around forty products, in particular vehicles or alcohol, effectively preventing their importation, to reserve for priority goods the foreign currency which the country lacks.

Ethiopia applies strict legislation on the exchange, holding and use of foreign currencies. Importers must register with banks to obtain the necessary foreign currency for their operations.

In a letter addressed to the central bank, the Ministry of Finance explains that “it becomes necessary to use foreign currencies specifically for basic foodstuffs, medicines and medical products (…) raw materials or capital goods ” intended for local manufacturing.

Attached to the letter, posted Saturday on his Twitter account by Industry Minister Melaku Alebel Addis, is a list of products for the import of which “it will not be authorized to issue foreign currency, for an unlimited period”.

The list contains various products, ranging from motor vehicles and motorcycles to wall clocks, umbrellas, carpets or soaps, through alcohol, perfumes or cigarettes.

No recent public figures are available regarding the country’s foreign exchange reserves.

At the end of March, the Ethiopian newspaper Reporter, citing the central bank’s semi-annual report to MPs, indicated that the country’s foreign exchange reserves had fallen by the end of December 2021 to $1.6 billion, or just 1.3 months of imports. .

A largely importing country, Ethiopia is “in structural shortage of foreign currency”, recalled the general management of the French Treasury in its periodic bulletin at the beginning of October.

Authorities have recently tightened laws on foreign currency holdings for individuals and businesses and banned all foreign currency transactions in Ethiopia.

They also cracked down on the black foreign exchange market in early October, when the dollar there exceeded 100 birr, almost twice its official exchange rate in Ethiopia (about 52 birr), amid an explosion in demand for currencies, according to the Ethiopian economic press.

The NBE announced in early October that it had ordered the blocking of nearly 400 bank accounts, the holders of which are suspected of illicit currency trading and promised financial rewards to those who denounced players in the parallel market.

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Ethiopia and Tigray rebels accept AU call for peace talks

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Ethiopia and the Tigray rebels on Wednesday agreed to the African Union’s call for peace talks to be hosted in South Africa this weekend under the auspices of a troika of negotiators, with a US delegate visiting the region that will include meetings with Ethiopian government officials and the African Union as part of US efforts to stop hostilities and support these conversations.

Ethiopia announced on Wednesday that it had accepted the African Union’s invitation to hold peace talks with Tigray rebels Nearly two years after a bloody war hit the north of the country.

In this regard, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s National Security Adviser, Rizwan Hussein, stated via Twitter that the government “accepted this invitation, which is in line with our principled position regarding a peaceful solution to the conflict and the need to hold talks without preconditions.”


The two sides have been invited to talks in South Africa this weekend, according to a letter written by African Union President Moussa Faki Mahamat and sent by the Foreign Ministry in Pretoria to Agence France-Presse.

“Discussions between the parties”

The letter talks about “discussions between the two parties”, the Ethiopian government and the rebels, indicating that neighboring Eritrea, one of the most closed and tyrannical countries in the world, whose army supports the Ethiopian government forces, is not invited to talks aimed at ending the fighting that has been going on for nearly two years.

The recent escalation of violence prompted the Eritrean forces to re-engage in the conflict in support of the Ethiopian forces, which are engaged in confrontations against the “Tigray People’s Liberation Front” on several axes in the north of the country.

African Union spokeswoman Ebba Kalondo refused to provide information on the date and location of the talks, and said: “We will announce the details in the appropriate form and time.” Adding that the process is “on the right track.”

In the evening, the rebel authorities in Tigray issued a statement expressing their willingness to send a “team of negotiators to South Africa”, asking for “clarifications relating to some issues”. And the statement asked: “Will there be other parties invited as participants, observers or guarantors? And what role do you expect from the international community?”

mediated by A troika of negotiators

On the other hand, a diplomatic source said that the talks, led by the African Union, will be mediated by a “troika (troika) of negotiators” that includes the African Union’s High Representative for the Horn of Africa Olusegun Obasanjo and former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. Another diplomatic source said former South African Vice President Phumzile Mlambo Ngkuka would be the third negotiator.

The warring parties have previously been at odds over who should mediate the negotiations, with the Abe government lobbying for Obasanjo and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front wanting Kenyatta to mediate in the negotiations. They also disputed the restoration of basic services such as electricity, telecommunications and banking in Tigray, a key precondition for dialogue according to the Tigray rebels.

The region of six million people is facing acute shortages of food, fuel, medicine and other emergency supplies, with the United Nations World Food Program warning of high rates of malnutrition.

A tour of an American representative

For its part, the US State Department said Monday in a statement that its delegate to the Horn of Africa, Mike Hammer, who returned to the region on October 3, will visit Kenya, South Africa and Ethiopia this month.

The visit, which will include meetings with officials of the Ethiopian government and the African Union, is part of the United States’ efforts “to reach an immediate cessation of hostilities in northern Ethiopia and support the launch of peace talks led by the African Union,” according to the statement. The announcement comes on the heels of Hammer’s 11-day visit to Ethiopia last month with the aim of supporting efforts to launch peace negotiations.

Countless civilians have died since the outbreak of war in November 2020 in Africa’s second most populous country, and massive violations of the rights of civilians by all parties to the conflict have been documented.

FRANCE 24/AFP

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“What kind of country is Ethiopia?” International society learned in 2 minutes | A book that puts the world map in your head just by reading it | Diamond Online

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Countries seen on the news, countries that participated in the Olympics and World Cups, countries that caught your eye in guidebooks—even if you only know their names“What kind of country is it?”It is surprisingly difficult to imagine. “A book that gives you a world map just by reading it(edited by Hitoyasu Ida) divides the world map into about 30 regions, and while looking at the map, gives a bird’s-eye view of the world’s 212 countries and regions.It is an epoch-making book that allows you to learn the characteristics of each region and the relationships between countries in a compact manner, and to clearly understand important global issues that adults should know.In this seriesthis bookWhile excerpting a part from the book, we will introduce the world’s countries one by one every day.

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What kind of country is Ethiopia?

Ethiopia is a landlocked country located in the Abyssinian Plateau in northeastern Africa. Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan,Sudanborders with

Addis Ababa is the capital city of Addis Ababa, the headquarters of the African Union, which has 55 member countries and regions.

oldest independent country in the world

According to legend, the country began in the 10th century BC under the rule of Menelik I, the son of King Solomon, the king of ancient Israel, and the Queen of Sheba.

A historically identifiable state is the Kingdom of Aksum, founded around the 5th century BC.

Temporarily between 1936 and 1941Italyannexed, but has otherwise remained independent.

Lalibela rock-hewn churches, birthplace of coffee

Ethiopia is characterized by a large number of people who believe in Christianity. Christianity has been spreading since the 4th century and has developed independently. The rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, believed to have been built between the 12th and 13th centuries, are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

It is also said to be the birthplace of coffee. Legend has it that Kaldi, a young goat herder, noticed that goats jumped when they ate coffee beans.

In the world of sports, the city has produced many world-class long-distance track and field athletes, such as Abebe, who won the gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

“What kind of country is Ethiopia?” Learn about the international community in 2 minutesRock-hewn churches of Lalibela Photo: Adobe Stock

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Area: 1,104,000㎢ Capital: Addis Ababa
Population: 110,871,000 Currency: Bull

Languages: Amharic (official language), English, Oromo, etc.

Religion: Ethiopian Orthodox 43.8%, Islam 31.3%, Protestant 22.8%
Adjacent: Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan,Sudan

(Note) “2022 Data Book of the World” (Ninomiya Shoten), CIA The World FactbookSee (as of February 2022)

(This paper is based onA book that gives you a world map just by reading itThis is an excerpt and edited from )

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