Ethiopia has decided that only electric cars may be imported into the country. The move is a major step towards sustainable mobility and is ahead of the European Union's plans to ban internal combustion engines from 2035.
@sir_pronoun GERD (the dam) is already partly operating but yes contested.
The plan seems to be primarily aimed at slowing fuel imports. Worth noting their leader Abiy has created a coalition of almost all the political parties so it’s now almost a de-facto one party state (except places he has attacked like Tigray, which is now in famine).
@sir_pronoun GERD (the dam) is already partly operating but yes contested.
The plan seems to be primarily aimed at slowing fuel imports. Worth noting their leader Abiy has created a coalition of almost all the political parties so it’s now almost a de-facto one party state (except places he has attacked like Tigray, which is now in famine).
Here is a better article on it
Personally I think there’s going to be problems.