Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Ethiopia as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Ethiopia: Changing fortunes of work migrants
Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is being obliged to step in to prevent adverse treatment as thousands of its nationals currently working abroad are being denied ongoing residence in many countries …
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Ethiopia: Visa on Arrival for Qatari nationals
Qatari nationals are now granted visa-free entry to Ethiopia for up to three months …
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Ethiopia: New expatriate work permit portal
Employers in Ethiopia hiring foreign nationals may now utilize the Expatriate Work Permit portal (https://ewp …
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Ethiopia: Signature of a tax treaty between Luxembourg and Ethiopia
An agreement on the elimination of double taxation with respect to taxes on income and on capital and the prevention of tax evasion has just been signed with Luxembourg …
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Ethiopia: Improving employment prospects for refugees
A programme supporting vocational training and the improvement of employment prospects for refugees is now reaching its mid-term …
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Ethiopia: Labour proclamation
Companies are still adjusting to the Labour proclamation made before the current political and health crises …
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Ethiopia: Tigray conflict
Employers with staff in Africa’s second most populous nation should consider their urgent withdrawal, as the country now appears to be on the brink of a civil war …
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Ethiopia: 30 million Ethiopians need humanitarian aid
The Minister of Finance has just reported to the national parliament that 30 million Ethiopians are going to need emergency food aid in the near future …
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Ethiopia: Statutory probationary period increased
Recent amendments to Ethiopian labour law have increased the statutory probationary period from 45 to 60 working days …
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Ethiopia: Revised Labor Law grants women extended maternal leave
The Labour Proclamation No …
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Ethiopia: New visa-on-arrival introduced
In October, we reported that the Ethiopian government will soon abolish visas for all Africans …
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Ethiopia: Government to abolish visas for all Africans
According to the Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome, African nationals will soon be able to obtain visas on arrival in the country, rather than applying for them in advance …
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Ethiopia: The need to extend collective bargaining
A recent meeting of trade unions with the International Labour Organisation in Addis Ababa discussed the need to extend collective bargaining in the country, revise the minimum wage and improve protection from discrimination and harassment for female employees …
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Ethiopia: Draft law to prevent employees being hired to work abroad
The Ethiopian government has introduced a new draft law that would require employment agencies to pay a 100,000 US dollar deposit into a special fund to be used in support of workers deployed abroad …
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