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Birr Metrics
Somalia has become the 50th State Party to the African Continental Free Trade Area after depositing its instrument of ratification at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa on September 4, giving Somali businesses a formal place in Africa’s single-market framework. The instrument was deposited with Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, chairperson of the African...
BBC Amharic
Birr Metrics
Gold and coffee mask a shakier picture beneath the country’s record trade figures FOR A country that spent much of the past decade rationing dollars to its own importers, Ethiopia’s export figures now read like a rebuke to the pessimists. Goods exports rose from 3.6 billion US dollars in the 2022/23 fiscal year to 10.7...
BBC Amharic
Birr Metrics
Tax systems are built on an uncomfortable bargain. Governments demand money from economic activity; businesses accept that obligation in return for rules that are clear, predictable and applied evenly. When that bargain breaks down, the damage is greater than the revenue that goes uncollected. It weakens competition, encourages informality and makes honest...
BBC Amharic
Birr Metrics
The ongoing El Niño could become the strongest since the global record-keeping began 40 years ago, the United Nations has warned, as Kenya and its East African neighbours brace for heavy rainfall that could displace as many as 500,000 people across the region. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said the weather phenomenon is likely to...
BBC Amharic
ዛሬ ዓለም አቀፍ የንጹሕ አየር እና የሰማያዊ ሰማይ ቀን ነው። የዓለም ጤና ድርጅት እንደሚለው፤ 99 በመቶው የዓለም ሕዝብ የሚተነፍሰው አየር ተበክሏል። የአዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርስቲ ባለሙያዎች የተሳተፉበት ጥናት እንዲሁም ሌላ ናሳ የሠራው ጥናት እንደሚያሳየው፤ በአዲስ አበባ የትራፊክ መጨናነቅ ባለባቸው ሰዓቶች እንዲሁም በዓመት በዓል ወቅት የአየር ብክለት ይጨምራል። ለመሆኑ በአዲስ አበባ ዋነኛ በካይ የትኞቹ ናቸው?
DW Amharic
አማራጭ ለጀርመን (AFD) ፓርቲ ምርጫውን ካሸነፈ በጀርመን የመቆየት ሕጋዊ መብት የሌላቸውን የውጭ አገር ሰዎች ለማባረር ፓርቲው ቃል ገብቷል።
Birr Metrics
Somaliland has appointed veteran government official and diplomat Sharmarke Ahmed Muhumed Gelle as its representative to Ethiopia, placing an experienced governance reformer at the centre of its engagement with a neighbour that remains critical to its political, economic and regional strategy. Gelle’s appointment was announced on September 5 as part of a...
