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Ethiopia

First mover

Ethiopia: Foreign financial firms will need air to breathe

Ethio Lease this month became the first foreign-owned company to secure a financial services license in Ethiopia. Simplifying the country’s ... forbidding bureaucracy would help the country’s leasing market to reach its full potential.

hard line

Ethiopia: Consensus required before constitutional change

Until consensus emerges, reform of the constitutional framing of ethnic diversity is hard to contemplate. ...

secession or bust

Sidama’s demands could unravel Ethiopia’s federal system

Ethiopia’s ethnic federal arrangement was designed to empower ethnic groups with the right to self administration rights. But it’s facing ... a major test.

States rights

The Sidama crisis and escalating demands for statehood challenge Ethiopian constitution

Ethiopia’s newly constituted election board says it will hold a referendum for the Sidama Zone in five months, more than a year after the community ... formally requested statehood. The referendum for what could be the Horn of Africa country’s tenth federal state will most likely accelerate similar demands by other ethnic groups.

Make our garden grow

Ethiopia unites in planting for the future

The people of Ethiopia planted over 350 million trees in just 12 hours on Monday, setting a new unofficial world record. ...

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trump card in the trade war

Ethiopia could be the first African country to show China it has bargaining power

The light railway system in Addis Ababa provides a direct view into the successful and tangible economic diplomacy of China across the African ... continent. This example of mass public transport is unique in sub-Saharan Africa, with the train and extensive track providing a manifestation of development and growth in this populous East African country.

Going green

GreenPath taps into Ethiopia’s burgeoning organic farming market

A small start-up has developed a niche in providing organic produce grown by smallholders to markets in places like London and Dubai. ...

School days

Ethiopia and Liberia: diverse challenges of meeting education goals

As the UN High-Level Political Forum on sustainable development kicks off in New York, The Africa Report compares Ethiopia and Liberia's trajectories ... in the quest for Goal 4: Education for All.

suspicions and tensions

Ethiopia and Eritrea: the warm glow is fading

Despite the historic ending of war, the beginning of a new relationship is still a work in progress and suspicion is returning on both ... sides.

The EPRDF's headaches

Amidst instability, Ethiopia’s Abiy wants to strengthen the ruling alliance

As Ethiopia moves on from the attempted coup last month, the future of its ruling party has never been shakier. ...

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