Ministry of Revenues said it has collected over 212 billion Birr during the last nine months of the current fiscal year.
The performance shows 15.95 percent increment when compared to the same period in the previous year, it was learned.
About 128.2 billion Birr of the collected money was generated from domestic tax, over 84.1 billion Birr and 166 million Birr from export tax and lottery, respectively.
The ministry noted that the performance can be described as good since the country is in a difficult period of insecurity and COVID-19 pandemic.
Revenues Ministry collects over 212 Billion Birr
Residents of Somalia’s capital flee amid splits within security forces
Residents of the Somali capital Mogadishu fled neighbourhoods on Tuesday fearing renewed clashes between rival factions in the security forces, who have split in a dispute over an extension to the president’s term. Government forces also raided an independent radio station and confiscated equipment. Forces loyal to the opposition hold parts of the city and the two sides clashed over the weekend, raising fears that al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab insurgents could exploit a security vacuum as state forces turn on each other. read more Earlier this month, Somalia’s lower house of parliament voted to extend President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed’s four-year term in office but the Senate rejected the move, provoking the crisis.
UN experts say South Sudan divisions widen, new war possible
U.N. experts are warning that political, military and ethnic divisions in South Sudan are widening, leading to multiple violent incidents between the main signatories to last year’s cease-fire, the possibility of renewed war, and nearly 100,000 people facing “famine-like conditions.” The experts said in an 81-page report circulated that the slow pace of reforms by President Salva Kiir’s government and more than a year of political disputes and disagreements over how to implement the February 2020 cease-fire and a 2018 peace agreement has led to frayed relations between Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar. Discontent within Kiir’s Sudan People’s Liberation Movement and his power base in the Dinka ethnic group over his handling of the transition “has led to calls for new leadership,” the panel of experts said in the report to the U.N. Security Council.… Intense international pressure followed the recent peace deal and coalition government led by Kiir, with Machar as his deputy. But the government has failed to achieve many reforms including completing unification of the army command, graduating a unified force, and reconstituting the Transitional National Legislative Assembly.
Ethiopians in US contribute over $600,000 for GERD
Ethiopian Diaspora residing in the western United States have contributed over $600,000 for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) during the past nine months.
This was announced by Ambassador Mulugeta Kelil, Ethiopia’s Consul General in Los Angeles, during a discussion held with Ethiopian Diaspora in Los Angeles.
During the discussion, Selamawit Dawit, Director-General of the Ethiopian Diaspora Agency, lauded on-going efforts of the Diaspora community to support their country of origin.
After calling on them to strengthen their efforts, Selamawit said her agency will continue to work closely with the Diaspora community to enable the country get the maximum benefit it deserves from them.
