ESAT News (July 17, 2017) Egypt’s top diplomat in Addis Ababa talks to Ethiopian House Speaker on issues related to the Grand Dam being built by the latter as recent reports of water filling of the dam has worried Egyptians. A delegation led by Egypt’s Ambassador to Ethiopia Abubakar Hefni Mahmoud met Ethiopia’s House Speaker Abadula Gemeda on Saturday. Reports ...
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Ethiopia: Businesses shut down in protest against high tax assessment
ESAT News (July 17, 2017) Businesses in several towns in the Oromo region of Ethiopia remained closed in protest against high taxes imposed on small business owners and vendors, which they said were assessed based on estimated sales that do not reflect their real sales. Business owners complained that the recent assessment of taxes by authorities were arbitrary and the ...
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