ADDIS ABABA, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has registered Ethiopia's Bale Mountains National Park as a world heritage site. The park, founded in 1962, is home to lakes, wetlands, and volcanic remains with spectacular landscapes, making it one of the ideal tourist destinations, according to the Ethiopian Ministry of Tourism. The Bale Mountains National Park is the second Ethiopian tourist attraction site to be granted a world heritage status at the ongoing extended 45th session of the World Heritage Committee. On Sunday, UNESCO registered Ethiopia's Gedeo Cultural Landscape as a world heritage. The Ethiopian government said the registration of the two sites as world heritages by UNESCO is expected to help strengthen Ethiopia's tourism development efforts.

Chebet secured the second position with a personal best of 14:05.92, while Ethiopian Ejgayehu Taye finished a distant third with a time of 14:21.52. Holloway finished second with a time of 13.06, closely followed by fellow American Daniel Thomas. The excitement persisted with Norwegian athlete Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who narrowly missed breaking the mile world record at the Prefontaine Classic. In an earlier event, Emmanuel Wanyonyi secured another victory, defeating world champion Marco Arop once again, just as he had in Xiamen. The 2023 Diamond League Final in Eugene delivered a multitude of breathtaking performances, solidifying its reputation as a showcase for the world’s premier athletic talents.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The U.N.'s World Heritage Committee has placed two major historical sites in Ukraine on its list of such sites that it considers to be in danger. The decision was made at the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee, which is being held in Saudi Arabia. The committee maintains UNESCO's World Heritage List and oversees conservation of the sites. UNESCO added Ukraine's Black Sea port city of Odesa to its list of endangered heritage sites in January. Inclusion on the List of World Heritage in Danger is meant to rally urgent international support for conservation efforts.

GENEVA (AP) — U.N.-backed human rights experts say war crimes continue in Ethiopia despite a peace accord signed nearly a year ago to end a conflict that engulfed the country's northern Tigray region. The violence has left at least 10,000 people affected by rape and other sexual violence — mostly women and girls, they found. The violence erupted in November 2020, centering largely — though not exclusively — on the northern Tigray region, which for months was shut off from the outside world. Citing consolidated estimates from seven health centers in Tigray alone, the commission said more than 10,000 survivors of sexual violence sought care between the start of the conflict and July this year. The commission said it knows of only 13 completed and 16 pending military court cases addressing sexual violence committed during the conflict.

GENEVA (Reuters) -War crimes and crimes against humanity are still being committed in Ethiopia nearly a year after government and regional forces from Tigray agreed to end fighting, U.N. experts said in a report published on Monday. Thousands died in the two-year conflict, which formally came to an end in November last year. "I must admit the worst of this was that perpetrated by Eritrean forces in Tigray. Though, of course, Ethiopian forces were also responsible," she said, adding that Tigrayan forces had also perpetrated sexual violence in Amhara. Authorities from the Ethiopian region of Amhara have also denied that their forces committed atrocities in neighbouring Tigray.

GENEVA (AP) — U.N.-backed human rights experts say war crimes continue in Ethiopia despite a peace deal signed nearly a year ago to end a devastating conflict that has also engulfed the country’s Tigray region. The violence has left at least 10,000 people affected by rape and other sexual violence — mostly women and girls. The violence erupted in November 2020, centering largely — though not exclusively — on the northern Tigray region, which for months was shut off from the outside world. Citing consolidated estimates from seven health centers in Tigray alone, the commission said more than 10,000 survivors of sexual violence sought care between the start of the conflict and July this year. The commission said it knows of only 13 completed and 16 pending military court cases addressing sexual violence committed during the conflict.

The military leaders of three West African countries – Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger – signed a mutual defense pact deal over the weekend. The junta leaders signed the Liptako-Gourma Charter, establishing the Alliance of Sahel States. The pact is named after the region where the three country’s borders meet. All three are facing threats from jihadists. Each of the countries has undergone coups since 2020.

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The African Development Bank Group approved $104 million in financing to the Ethiopian government for the financing of a transmission project to improve power supply in the eastern part of the country. The financing includes a $52 million grant from the African Development Fund, the Bank Group’s concessional lending arm and a $52 million soft loan drawn from Korea’s Economic Development Cooperation Fund under the Korea – Africa Energy Investment Framework Agreement. The agreement was signed in June 2021 between the African Development Bank and the Government of the Republic of Korea with the main objective of contributing to sustainable economic and social development and promoting economic cooperation in African member countries. Batchi Baldeh, the Director of Power Systems Development of the Bank, said the project would improve access to clean, reliable electricity supply by increasing the capacity of the power grid in eastern Ethiopia. The project will involve the construction of 157 kilometres of 400-kilovolt double-circuit transmission lines and associated substations at Harar, Jijiga and Fafem.

Nevertheless, amid the focus on the situation abroad, the challenges faced by domestic workers within Ethiopia’s own borders often go unnoticed. According to a conservative estimate, there are at least 248,600 women employed as domestic workers in Ethiopian cities. A research study published by the Population Council in 2022 has shed light on the alarming conditions faced by child domestic workers. The violence against domestic workers has intensified in recent times due to various disturbing news reports of domestic workers harming or even causing the deaths of children under their care. Although the proclamation was legislated to govern worker-employer relations, it is not yet applicable to the contracts of domestic workers.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has registered Ethiopia’s Gedeo cultural landscape as a world heritage. The registration of Gedeo Cultural Landscape was announced on Sunday at the 45th extended session of the World Heritage Committee being underway in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in the presence of Ethiopian Minister of Tourism Nasise Chale, the Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) reported. According to the ministry, following the entry of Gedeo cultural landscape’ entry into UNESCO’s heritage site, the number of UNESCO-inscribed cultural and natural heritages in Ethiopia has reached 10, the 100th in Africa. The Gedeo cultural landscape lies along the eastern edge of the Main Ethiopian Rift, on the steep escarpments of the Ethiopian highlands. The World Heritage Committee meets once a year, and consists of representatives from 21 of the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention elected by their General Assembly for a four-year term.

Al-Shabaab ambushes Ethiopian troops in SomaliaMOGADISHU, Somalia - The Al-Shabaab militants ambushed Ethiopian National Defense Forces [ENDF] stationed in Somalia, officials confirmed, in the latest onslaught which comes at the time the Horn of Africa nation is preoccupied with the war against the extremists in the country. The attack, officials said, targeted the convoys traveling between Yeed and Wajid towns in the country as they moved from El Barde. Ethiopian troops have bases in Wajid and Huddur, some of the towns which are frequently under Al-Shabaab attacks. At the time of the attack, sources said, local troops were accompanying the troops. A senior government official confirmed the incident in confidence, noting that the militants targeted the troops who were clearing supply routes in the region following the Al-Shabaab blockade.

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In the pole vault competition, Swedish athlete, Armand Duplantis, added one centimetre to his own world record, clearing 6.23 metres on his first attempt. Duplantis set his latest world record at Hayward Field, where he has now broken the pole vault world record twice. The world and Olympic pole vault champion has broken the world record seven times now. Duplantis set his latest world record at Hayward Field, where he has now broken the pole vault world record twice. The world and Olympic pole vault champion has broken the world record seven times now.