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About 60% Ethiopian labor population deployed to cash crop farming sector, which include spices, coffee, tea, cut flowers, honey, cotton, wheat, oilseeds, khat, beeswax, vegetables, fruits and pulses. The high-value oil seeds cultivated in Ethiopia for exports accounted $446 million while fruits and vegetables accounted $538 million in 2017.
1 July – 166 people are killed in protests after the death of Ethiopian singer Hachalu Hundessa. [12] 29 August – 2020 Ethiopian general election [13] [14] [15] 4 September – Elections are announced for 8 September in Tigray Region. [16] 7 September – Journalists are banned from observing the elections in Tigray.
3 January – Sudan, Egypt, and Ethiopia agree to hold further talks this month to resolve their dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile. [1]5 January – The government promises to repair the centuries-old Al Nejashi Mosque and the Orthodox Christian of Saint Emmanuel in Wukro that were damaged in December 2020 during the Tigray conflict in the Tigray conflict.
A local newspaper reported that 2.4 billion Ethiopian birr ($42 million) was lost. The problem was caused by a “routine system update and inspection” rather than a cyberattack, Ethiopia’s ...
A Government-owned corporation is a legal entity that undertakes commercial activities on behalf of an owner government. There is no standard definition of a government-owned corporation (GOC) or state-owned enterprise (SOE), although the two terms can be used interchangeably.
Since its foundation, Addis Ababa has become home to many industries; food factories such as flour mills, bakeries, alcohol distilleries as well as printing press commenced in Addis Ababa in the 1890s. By the first decade of the 20th century, industrial activities became operational. A minting machine was installed in the Ghibi in 1903.
The Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MinT) (formerly known as the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Ministry of Communication & Information Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology) is an Ethiopian government department responsible for science and technological development in Ethiopia as well as a governing body of communications.
In early February 2021, Muferiat Kamil, Ethiopian Minister of Peace, agreed with World Food Programme representatives to allow increased food distribution in Tigray Region. [9] While the situation improved after the March 2022 truce and allowed for humanitarian distribution of food, the lack of rain in the spring of 2022 compounded the already ...