Although there is not an agreed definition of de facto government in international law, this concept is commonly referred to all those entities that are in full control over the territory of a State, despite not being recognized by the international community as the legitimate government of that State.

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According to some journalistic sources, Ethiopian exporters are experiencing a serious problem of empty container availability, in counter-tendency with what it used to happen until few months ago, where the problem was the opposite, as empty containers were in excess and remained idle for long time at terminals in dry ports in Ethiopia. Unfortunately, this is happening in a period when some commodities that represent a large fraction of Ethiopian trade, such coffee, are in peak demand on international markets.

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