Unlimited liability refers to the full legal responsibility that business owners and partners assume for all business debts. This liability isn’t capped and obligations can be paid through the seizure and sale of the owners’ personal assets without the protection that the popular limited liability business structure provides.

Tigray was once considered a model in the fight against HIV. Years of awareness-raising efforts had brought the region’s HIV prevalence rate to 1.4%, one of the lowest in Ethiopia.

Then, in 2020, war began between Ethiopia’s government, backed by neighboring Eritrea, and Tigray fighters.

Now, the average monthly positive rate has “increased considerably”, said Akberet Mengesha, the Anti-retroviral therapy Department Coordinator at the Ayder Refferal Hospital in Mekele, Tigray region.

Sexual violence was widespread in the two-year conflict, which also had mass killings, hunger and disease. As many as 10% of women and girls aged between 15 and 49 in the region of 6 million people were subject to sexual abuse, mostly rape and gang rape, according to a study published by BMJ Global Health in 2023.

At the same time, Tigray’s health system was systematically looted and destroyed, leaving only 17% of health centers functional, according to another study in the same journal.

The Ministry of Finance has officially briefed major State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) on the country’s ongoing debt restructuring efforts following the recent agreement reached with the Official Creditor Committee (OCC).

The State Minister of Finance, Eyob Tekalegn, advised the major State-Owned Enterprises to commence preparations for the upcoming Memorandum of Understanding negotiations, ensuring alignment with Ethiopia’s broader economic reform agenda.

The engagement marks a crucial step in enhancing transparency, coordination, and financial sustainability as Ethiopia advances its debt restructuring process.

The Peace Support Operations Division (PSOD) of the African Union Commission (AUC), Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and representatives from AUSSOM Troop and Police Contributing Countries have concluded a four-day technical working session to finalise the capabilities, force composition, and deployment plans of the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM). 

The workshop, an important step toward the closure and liquidation of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) and the startup for AUSSOM, which becomes fully operational by 1 July 2025, was a follow-on session from the Somalia Operations Coordination Committee (SOCC) meeting which took place in February 2025 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with Chiefs of Defence Forces, Inspectors General of Police, and Ministers of Defence and Security from both Troop and Police Contributing Countries (T/PCCs) to define the operational roadmap for AUSSOM.