<h4>Southern Region of Eritrea Hits Gold Mine</h4>
<p>OpenLife Nigeria reports that the southern region of Eritrea has hit gold mine in bee farming.<br />
According to information, commendable bee farming activity has been registered in the Southern Region in the past years of Independence.</p>
<p>Mr. Habte Tekeste, head of poultry and bee farming development in the region, indicated that before independence the number of bee farmers in the region that was limited and functioning with traditional way has currently, with strong intervention of the Ministry of Agriculture, has reached to 7 thousand 677 including 708 females.</p>
<p>Mr. Habte further noted that training program has been organized to a number of bee farmers and 18 thousand 205 modern bee hives with accessories have been distributed to farmers and that they are producing yearly 245 tones of honey.</p>
<p>Indicating that in the past year due to imbalance of demand and supply the price of one kilo honey has been 500 Nakfa, Mr. Habte said that currently the price has been reduced by over 50%.</p>
<p>Mr. Habte also called on the bee farmers to strengthen organization and follow the advice being provided by experts from the Ministry of Agriculture with a view to boost their production.<br />
Eritrea is a northeast African country on the Red Sea coast. It shares borders with Ethiopia, Sudan and Djibouti. The capital city, Asmara, is known for its Italian colonial buildings.</p>
<p>It is bordered by Ethiopia in the south, Sudan in the west, and Djibouti in the southeast, has an extensive coastline along the Red Sea. It could be the busiest shipping lanes, with the controlling access to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.</p>
<p>Eritrea is now a member of the African Union. The Eritrean government previously withdrew its representative to the African Union to protest the AU’s alleged lack of leadership in facilitating the implementation of a binding border decision demarcating the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia.</p>
<p>There was 30-year war between Ethiopia and Eritrean.<br />
It was an independence struggle which led to a deadly rivalry that led to the outbreak of hostilities from May 1998 to June 2000 which claimed approximately 70,000 lives from both sides.<br />
A peace treaty between both nations was signed on 8 July 2018, formally ending the conflict with Ethiopia.</p>
<p><strong>Source: Ministry of Information, Eritrea</strong></p>

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