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 The European Union (EU) said it supports Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt to reach consensus over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

The tree countries have been conducting a trilateral negotiations regarding the filling and operations of the dam for the past years but failed to reach an agreement.

Despite some progresses, the recent African Union (AU)-led negotiation that was held virtually for 11 days also ended with no major breakthrough.

In a statement, Josep Borrell, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Vice-President of the European Commission said “the European Union fully supports a positive outcome for all parties.”

“In the days ahead, the parties will have to work out whether they can come to a collective agreement,” he added.

“If they do, and we encourage them to choose the conciliatory way forward, the benefits could be considerable: trust will be built; tensions diffused; and possibilities renewed for a conducive environment for investment in the development and water security of the entire Basin.”

Borrell also commended efforts of South Africa to find solution regarding the dam.

“As Chair of the African Union, South Africa has dedicated considerable efforts to finding a solution to the differences among Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt created by the construction and filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD),” he said.

“The European Union welcomes this engagement, which deserves unanimous support from the international community.”

Paleoanthropologists working at the Konso research area in Ethiopia have found a 1.4 Million year old large bone fragment shaped into handaxe-like form.

The newly-discovered handaxe is a bifacial flaked fragment of a hippopotamus femur (thigh bone).
The superbly-preserved tool, which measures 12.8 by 7.5 by 4.6 cm, was found in the Konso Formation in southern Ethiopia.

The ancient artifact was analyzed by University of Tokyo paleoanthropologist Gen Suwa and his colleagues from Japan, Ethiopia and Hong Kong.

The researchers found that the handaxe bears at least 44 secondary flake scars range in size from 3 cm to less than 1 cm.

“Both the distribution pattern of flake scars and the high frequency of cone fractures are strong indicators of deliberate flaking,” the researchers said.

The bone tool is the oldest known extensively flaked example from the Early Pleistocene period.

It is also only the second bone tool recognized as a handaxe from the early Acheulean, a type of stone tool industry characterized by large bifaces.

A 1.4-million-year-old bone handaxe from Konso, Ethiopia, shows advanced tool technology in the early Acheulean.

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ኮቪድ19ን ለመግታት ያደረጉት የመጀመሪያው 200,000 የአሜሪካን ዶላር አገር ቤት ደርሶ ወገንን መታደግ ጀምሯል:: እናመሰግናለን! ኮቪድ19 ችግር መሆኑ እስኪያበቃ ድረስ ድጋፍዎ እንደማይለየን እናምናለን::

በዳያስፖራ የሚገኘው ወገናችን ህይወት ከማዳንና ከታላቁ የኢትዮጵያ ህዳሴ ግድብ ድጋፍ በተጨማሪ በሰላምና በልማታችን ዙሪያም አጋርነቱ እንደሚቀጥል እምነታችን የጸና ነው::

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The board of directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) has approved 165.1 million dollars in grant funding to support Ethiopia’s response to the health and economic impacts of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Approved on July 3, the funds will also be used for helping to ease fiscal pressure on the economy and help bolster Ethiopia’s COVID-19 National Emergency Response Plan. The Plan aims to expand social protection coverage for the most vulnerable, enhance the government’s capacity to contain the virus outbreak, and address macro-fiscal imbalances, as well as cushioning the effects of the crisis on the private sector.

The programme will increase the number of COVID-19 testing laboratories, train 45,000 health care workers in COVID-19 response, and aid in rolling out a risk-communication and community engagement strategy to raise awareness on transmission and prevention. The country’s health system remains weak, with only three hospital beds per 10,000 people. The package will assist in refurbishing 300 isolation centres, 34 treatment centres and 100 quarantine centres.

አንድን ነገር ለማድረግ ሲወስኑ ካደረጉት በኃላ ደስታን የሚሰጥዎ ስለመሆኑ አስቀድመው ያረጋግጡ። ከራስዎም አልፈው ለወገኖ መዳን ምክኒያት እየሆኑ ስለሆነ እናመሰግናለን።

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