The leather factory is one of the industries that has been devastated by the Tigray war, which began in 2018 as a dispute between the federal government and the TPLF-led administration in Tigray. Sheba, according to the delegate’s assessment, has been completely destroyed by the war, and the current status of its 1200 employees is unknown. Bombs have devastated every component of the factory,” Kassahun told The Reporter. “Based on current market prices, at least 2.9 billion birr is required to reconstruct the factory,” Kassahun stated. “Almeda employed almost 5,000 individuals before to the war, and all of these people have become unemployed as a result of the factory’s destruction from the war,” Kassahun continued.

Source: Ethiopian News March 04, 2023 20:46 UTC