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Ethiopia implements taxation overhaul to address USAID funding gap

Ethiopia’s parliament has enacted a sweeping tax reform targeting both private and public sector employees to fill the financial void created by USAID’s recent funding suspension. The newly established Ethiopian Disaster Risk Response Fund will channel these tax revenues toward critical projects previously sustained by USAID, which had been Ethiopia’s foremost development and humanitarian partner. […]

Sudan: Two occupants of rickshaw killed at soldier-manned checkpoint during covid-19 curfew

The Sudanese army Sunday said a soldier killed Saturday two occupants of a tuk-tuk that sped through a military checkpoint in Khartoum during a coronavirus curfew. “A speeding motorized rickshaw drove through a military checkpoint in Khartoum without stopping… at 9:00 pm” on Saturday evening, army spokesman Brigadier Amer Mohamed al-Hassan said in a brief […]

Turkish ready-to-wear brands seek Moroccan suppliers

Turkish ready-to-wear stores operating in Morocco are looking for local suppliers after Morocco raised customs duty on clothes imports from Turkey. Defacto’s Morocco country manager Hassan Avsar said the company has already started textile production in Morocco. LC Waikiki is following suit seeking local suppliers for their stores, Medias 24 reported. This is a direct […]