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The International Monetary Fund has replaced Tobias Rasmussen with Kyungsuk Lee as its Resident Representative in Ethiopia, marking a change of the Fund’s senior representative in the country as Addis Ababa continues to implement an IMF-backed economic reform programme. Lee took up the post on August 10, the same day Rasmussen’s tenure ended, Kwabena...
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Ethiopia is set to gain access to expanded BRICS cooperation on affordable medicines, digital health, pandemic preparedness and medical research after the group’s health ministers adopted a framework aimed at strengthening healthcare systems across its 11 member countries. The 16th BRICS Health Ministers’ Meeting, held in Chandigarh, India, from July 22 to...
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በትግራይ ክልል ራያ አላማጣ ወረዳ "መረዋ" የተባለ ቀበሌ ላይ በተፈጸመ የድሮን ጥቃት የሰዎች ሕይወት ማለፉን የአካባቢው ባለሥልጣን እና የትግራይ ኃይሎች ምንጮች ተናገሩ። "ትምህርት ቤት" ላይ ተፈጸመ በተባለው ጥቃት "ሦስት የትግራይ ኃይሎች አባላት ሲገደሉ፤ ሰባቱ መጎዳታቸውን" ምንጮቹ ለቢቢሲ ትግርኛ ገልጸዋል።
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M-Pesa Ethiopia has expanded access to cash withdrawals by allowing its customers to use supported Bank of Abyssinia ATMs without a physical bank card, deepening the mobile money service’s integration with the banking system. The service enables M-Pesa customers to initiate an ATM withdrawal directly through the M-Pesa app, select the “Withdraw at ATM”...
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The Ministry of Health is moving to strengthen enforcement of rules governing the marketing of breast-milk substitutes, including action against inappropriate promotion of infant formula through mainstream and social media. State Minister of Health Dereje Duguma (MD) made the commitment during the commemoration of World Breastfeeding Week 2026, held under...
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Ethiopia has reduced the minimum amount foreign nationals must commit to owning a residential property to 100,000 US dollars in selected regions, departing from the uniform 150,000-dollar requirement established under the proclamation that first opened the country’s housing market to foreign buyers. Directive No. 1147/2018, issued by the Ministry of Urban...
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