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Eyob Tekalegn told Addis Fortune the northern conflict needed a cautious response but had not been a major concern, calling the federal counteroffensive swift and effective. The IMF, a day earlier, called the conflicts an alarming risk.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 22, 2026
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The gross award runs to 242.7 million dollars, of which the Ethiopian Railway Corporation's direct liability is 9.4 million. After a refunded advance the balance is 213.6 million before interest; Yapi Merkezi puts the total at 307.6 million.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 21, 2026
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Collections reached Birr 1.518 trillion in 2025/26, close to three times the level of two years earlier. A weaker Birr accounts for part of the rise, and new levies are landing on households already under pressure.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 20, 2026
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The Fund told Addis Fortune it is following developments closely and assessing any impact on Ethiopia's 3.4-billion-dollar arrangement. It has not said targets were missed or disbursements suspended.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 20, 2026
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The federal government's own Damage and Needs Assessment puts conflict damage and losses from the last war at about 28.8 billion dollars, with 19.7 billion needed for recovery. Tigray's new caretaker administration has six months and a reconstruction mandate.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 16, 2026
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A three-judge federal panel has suspended enforcement of a directive requiring lawyers to register for value-added tax, and ruled that the lawyers challenging it need not post a financial bond first.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 14, 2026
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A draft framework from the Ethiopian Capital Market Authority would create an Investor Compensation Fund covering foreign portfolio investors for losses caused by the failure of a licensed service provider or of market infrastructure.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 6, 2026
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Muferihat Kamil was elected Speaker of the House of Federation for five years, succeeding Agegnehu Teshager. Desta Ledamo, removed as Sidama's president last week, is her deputy.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 6, 2026
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Addis Fortune reports that research and community complaints around Ethiopia's horticulture and gold sectors tell a harder story than the campaigns do, on chemicals, water and worker health. The question it puts is enforcement, not existence.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 2, 2026
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FaydaVerse's proposed tariff runs to 11 tiers and charges per identity check, including failed ones. It arrives as bank expenses eat 81.3pc of income, and the banks want the price fixed for two to three years.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 1, 2026
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Federal trade officials say accession talks have reached the draft Working Party Report stage, with bilateral market-access negotiations opened with 17 members including the United States and the European Union, and 11 concluded.
Fact.et Staff · Oct 1, 2026
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Membership of the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System gives Ethiopian firms a route to settle cross-border payments with African counterparties without converting through the dollar. For a country that rations foreign exchange, that is the point.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 30, 2026
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A draft amendment to Proclamation No. 1286/2015 was approved unanimously at the Council of Ministers' 59th regular session and referred to the House of Peoples' Representatives — in a week when foreign governments are issuing statements about Ethiopian federal forces.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 28, 2026
300Mayor Adanech Abiebie has set a five-year goal of making the capital a major medical-tourism destination. Addis Fortune points out that weekly flights to Delhi, Mumbai and Dubai still carry Ethiopian patients — and their foreign currency — the other way.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 27, 2026
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Ethiopia's latest tax administration law, effective 30 July 2026, adds a formal conciliation route for tax disputes and rewrites the rules on assessments and limitation periods. Conciliation is voluntary, confidential, and cannot be forced on either side.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 26, 2026
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Directive No. 1150/2026 creates six types of collective investment scheme and lets the wider public into Ethiopia's capital market. The licensed fund managers, custodians and valuers needed to operate them barely exist.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 24, 2026
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The Trade & Development Bank has approved a 50-million-dollar loan for the 300MW Aysha wind project, Ethiopia's first wind-based independent power producer. The 508-million-dollar scheme is closer to financial close but has not broken ground.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 22, 2026
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The National Bank of Ethiopia has ordered all banks to stop crediting deposit interest upfront after supervisors found lenders advancing interest on time deposits. The prohibition takes effect immediately.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 21, 2026
1000The day in policy: a mortgage-refinancing company capitalised at 100 billion birr with IFC backing, an argument that farmers should count as investors, and how untracked vehicle age quietly distorts fleet insurance.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 20, 2026
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The day in policy: the national ID programme becomes a state-owned enterprise inside the sovereign wealth fund, five years of export receipts add to $31.04 billion, and between 5.3 and 5.8 million children are out of school in two regions.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 4, 2026
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