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Ethiopian News Main ImageEthiopian NewsInstallment Clearance & Extended Deadlines: Ethiopia’s 2026 Customs Overhaul
March 22, 2026

Installment Clearance & Extended Deadlines: Ethiopia’s 2026 Customs Overhaul

Importers facing cash constraints may soon be allowed to clear goods in installments under a proposed amendment to the Customs Proclamation. The draft law introduces provisions allowing goods declared under…
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Ethiopian News Main ImageEthiopian News14% Take-Home Pay? Why Ethiopia’s Bank Unions Are Appealing To The PM
March 22, 2026

14% Take-Home Pay? Why Ethiopia’s Bank Unions Are Appealing To The PM

A trade union representing 150,000 workers in the finance sector says it is taking its grievances against new tax rules on employee loans to the Prime Minister after appeals to…
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Ethiopian News Main ImageEthiopian News20% Pay Cut On Unpaid Wages: Tigray’s New Salary Directive Sparks Outrage
March 21, 2026

20% Pay Cut On Unpaid Wages: Tigray’s New Salary Directive Sparks Outrage

“We’re struggling to survive.” A decision from regional officials in Tigray obliging civil servants and bank employees to give up a fifth of their earnings to bankroll assistance to displaced…
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Famine, Drought and their Cause

Famine, Drought and their Cause

A Collection focusing on the intimate side of Ethiopia

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Shemelis Desta

Personal Photographer to Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia

Shemelis Desta was an official court photographer for Emperor Haile Selassi of Ethiopia.
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