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  • 04 March, 2021

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Political & Humanitarian Crisis in Ethiopia- Important Relevant Facts

Political & Humanitarian Crisis in Ethiopia- Important Relevant Facts

  • It is a landlocked country.

  • The Horn of Africa houses the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.

  • The Tigray people make up roughly 6% of the population, while the Oromos have a 34% share and the Amharas 27%.

  • The Oromos have alleged marginalisation and called for better representation.

India-Ethiopia Relations

  • Ethiopia is one of the largest recipients of long term concessional credit from India in Africa.
  • Lines of Credit worth more than USD1 billion have been sanctioned to Ethiopia for sectors such as rural electrification, sugar industry and railways.
  • Tele-Education and Tele-Medicine services under the Pan Africa e-Network Project were launched in Addis Ababa in July 2007.
  • Bilateral trade between Ethiopia and India stood at USD 1.28 billion in 2018-19, out of which Indian exports to Ethiopia were USD 1.23 billion and imports were USD 55.01 million.

Source: TH


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