The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) is deliberating on taking bankers’ non-performing loans (NPL) in Tigray off the banks’ balance sheets. The bank is working with the Ethiopian Bankers Association …
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Banking, Finance & InvestmentEconomyEthiopia
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AgricultureEthiopiaFood Production
Ethiopia to Sell Eight Sugar Factories in a Bid to Improve Local Production
Ethiopia aims to wean local millers off state budgetary support and improve local production by selling eight sugar factories. This week, the government announced Ernst& Young LLP will advise on the …
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BusinessEthiopiaINVESTMENT
Ethiopia’s wealthiest investors Worku Aytenew to build $1 bln worth cement plant
by Omolaraby OmolaraOne of Ethiopia’s wealthiest investors, Worku Ayetenew begins a process to build a cement plant with an investment capital of USD one billion. This will be the biggest investment he …
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Khat exporters in Ethiopia facing a business slowdown following a new deal signed between the governments of Kenya and Somalia. Ethiopia had a comparative advantage for the last two years …
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Banking, Finance & InvestmentEastern Africa
World Bank agrees $300 million grant for reconstruction, Ethiopia.
Ethiopia and the World Bank have signed a pact for a grant of $300 million to assist reconstruction and recovery in conflict-hit areas, the finance ministry said. Fighting that erupted …
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Gondar University Ethiopia has denied reports that some of its experts helped Amhara militia destroy evidence of mass graves containing bodies of Tigrayans. Witnesses told the BBC that they had …
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A Tigrayan general and former commander in the African Union mission in Somalia died in custody after he was arrested along with other senior officers in the early days of …
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Ethiopian police used tear gas and briefly clashed with young Muslims in the capital on Monday during prayers to mark the end of Ramadan. The Ethiopian capital saw scenes of …
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Eastern AfricaPolitics
Ethiopia rights body sets to investigate uniformed fighters filming abused boy
Ethiopia’s state-appointed human rights mentioned on Monday it was investigating a video exhibiting a gaggle of fighters in Ethiopian military fatigues abusing and capturing a boy they accused of being …
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Eastern AfricaFEATURED NEWS
The health system of the beleaguered region has “totally collapsed” says health officials and doctors there.
Health workers in Tigray told The New Humanitarian by phone that shortages are so acute they are using expired drugs to treat chronic conditions, while tens of thousands of patients …