Region: Ethiopia

A British Virgin Islands-registered mining company is bringing an arbitration against Ethiopia after its licence for a potash project was revoked. 

22 April 2025

Two German investors in the education sector are pursuing an investment treaty claim against Ethiopia at the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

07 January 2025

A Turkish construction company and Ethiopia’s embattled state railway company are awaiting an LCIA award in a dispute reportedly worth US$2.6 billion over a project that was delayed by civil war.

17 December 2024

An Australia-based mining group is to file an ICSID claim against Ethiopia over a lithium project following the detention of one of its executives – as Ghana potentially faces arbitration after terminating gold mining leases. 

11 November 2024

The Paris Court of Appeal has refused to revive an ICC claim against an Ethiopian state agency based on an arbitrator’s alleged ties with a partner at Clyde & Co – including their participation on a roundtable at Paris Arbitration Week.

17 January 2024

A Perth-based mining group has threatened an investment treaty claim against Ethiopia over alleged attempts to cancel an exploration licence for a lithium project.

17 November 2023

A US-based investor in leasing of agricultural machinery is pursuing a claim against Ethiopia at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, it has emerged. 

10 October 2023

An Israeli businessman who was reportedly imprisoned for several years in Ethiopia has brought a claim against the state at the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

03 August 2023

A Turkish construction company behind a multibillion-dollar industrial zone project is pursuing an investment arbitration against Ethiopia, it has emerged.

20 June 2022

Two Egyptian manufacturers have threatened to file a treaty claim against Ethiopia after allegedly sustaining up to US$40 million in losses due to disruption caused by an ongoing civil war in the country.

09 September 2021