ETHIOPIA: INSECURITY POSES THE PRIMARY CHALLENGE TO PRIVATISATIONS AND INVESTMENT

   Tue, 18 May 2021

Another delay to Ethiopia’s general elections is welcomed by foreign partners, but will not avoid an escalation of political, ethnic, and sectarian violence. PANGEA-RISK has identified some of the hotspots for violence in the six-month outlook, including the risk of asymmetrical warfare tactics in major cities. Mounting insecurity is subduing investor appetite for Ethiopia’s long-awaited privatisations, while the government seems to have bungled a recent telecoms licensing tender.

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