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WHAT A NOSE-DIVE !
Toyota automobile plunged into a ravine on the night
of May 23, 2009, at around 7:30pm, not far from the
CMC residential complex, in front of
Yetebaberut
Gas station. The driver lost control while turning,
according to eye witnesses in the area. The vehicle
was left at the accident scene for a few days for
insurance officials to inspect the extent of the
damage. It was difficult to read its plate number
because front of the car was buried into the
ground, and the back of the car was much higher than
an average person’s height. There was no loss of
life or injury, there were two people inside the
vehicle.
“The [passengers] went out the windows on each
side,” eye witnesses told Fortune.
Over 300 people died in traffic accidents last year.
Over 82pc of traffic fatalities were pedestrians,
according to data from the city’s traffic
department. Over the past decade, close to 200
million Br worth of damage was registered in the
city due to traffic accidents. |
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Heavyweight Bid for Textbook Revision |
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The Ministry of Education (MoE) has opened part of a
3.61 billion Br tender to hire printers that could
publish and distribute four school textbooks,
including teachers’ guides, for high school
students. The tenders consisted of over 4,000 pages
of bid documents; weighing five kilos and worth
1,000 Br each, |
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Woman Files One of Highest Civil Suits Ever,
300m Br |
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One of the most expensive litigations in Ethiopia's
judicial history has been filed by a prominent
businesswoman, Mekia Mamio Sikessa, who is claiming
compensation worth 300 million Br from two
expatriates who allegedly provided faulty
consultancy services to her agro-business company.
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Mines
Ministry Seals 95.6m Br Energy Deal with GTZ |
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In an over 95.6 million Br (six million Euros) deal,
the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) is to partner
with the Ethiopian Ministry Mines and Energy (MoME)
on a number of energy related works, including the
development of a digital energy database and
information system.
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Rough Times for Arbaminch Textile |
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Already facing a serious financial crisis, the
Arbaminch Textile Factory is now bogged down by
large bills from two governmental institutions – the
state power utility and the Revenue and Customs
Authority (RCuA).
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British Council to Mark New Opening of
Building with Series of Informative Events |
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British Council Ethiopia’s new two storey building
on Comoros Street around the British Embassy will be
officially opened in the presence of over 300
invited guests and members, on June 4, 2009.
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Demand for Stone Increasing but Mineral
Mining on Hold |
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Small-scale businesses trading in basaltic stone,
red ash and selected material sourced from areas
around Addis Abeba but within the Oromia Regional
State still have to wait for the green light from
regional authorities to resume operations. |
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Taking Corruption by the Horns |
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Frene Ginwala (PhD), former house speaker for the
South African Parliament (1994 to 2004) heads the
African Union (AU) Commission Advisory Board on
Corruption, which is entrusted with advising the
commission in the fight against corruption in the
continent. The board, which has yet to develop a
short-term action plan and budget estimate, will
submit these to the relevant AU structures for
funding. It conducted its first meeting from May
26-28, 2009, at the AU headquarters. |
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Addis Broadcasting in Rows with Customs
Authority |
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Five individuals, two of whom hold managerial
positions at Addis Broadcasting Company (ABC), a
private company involved in media business, were
brought before Arada Criminal Bench last Friday May
29, 2009, after intelligence officers of the Revenue
and Customs Authority (RCuA) arrested them, last
Wednesday, sources disclosed.
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Parliament Oks BPR Retrenchment Package Bill |
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A contentious bill that will determine the benefits
to be given to civil servants laid off during the
implementation of Business Process Reengineering
Process (BPR) has been approved by Parliament early
last week.
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Liege Showcases Horticultural Exports |
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The Ethiopian Cargo and Airport of Liege, organized
a workshop on May 30, 2009, to discuss how the
horticulture export products are being transferred
from Liege to their final sale destination in
Holland. |
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Locally Produced Chemical Analyzer Impresses |
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Q-diagnostics Plc, a private company engaged in
medical devices manufacturing business, has
assembled its first laboratory equipment.
Lab-assist Clinical Chemistry Analyzer can conduct
24 types of clinical chemical analyses. |
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Hawassa Chamber 10m Br Construction Project
up for Bid |
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The Hawassa Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral
Associations (HCCSA) will take another step toward
ending its use of a small office in the town’s bus
terminal. It will start the construction of a
four-storey mixed use building in a matter of weeks. |
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Bank of Abyssinia Hauls Inactive Candle
Producer to Life |
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Raw material starved Sunlight Industries and
Distribution Share Company (SIDCo), a major candle
producer owned by four shareholders, has been
rescued from running out of the meagre stock of the
major input for the second time in less than six
months. This shortage has been due to the power
shedding; for much of the week, it can not produce
up to its normal capacity because the lack of power.
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Bone of Contention over Water Authority’s
Split |
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The debate, which has been going on for the last 15
days, is over the would be roles and duties of the
resultant four agencies that would be born out of
the restructuring; the split is the result of the
Business Process Reengineering (BPR) study,
according to the sources. |
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Ethiopian to Head Central Africa’s Peace
Building Office |
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Sahel-work Zewde, director general of the
Directorate of African Affairs at the Foreign
Affairs Ministry (MoFA), has been appointed as
Special Representative of the United Nations (UN)
Secretary-General for Central African Republic
(CAR). |
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Former City Manager Survives Crash |
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Wubishet Brehanu (PhD), former city manager of the
Caretaker Administration and temporary board
president of Hagere Construction, survived a car
accident near Kaso Sarbi Kebelle in Sululta Town of
the Oromia Regional State.
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First Full BPR Implementation at City Revenue
Authority |
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The former Addis Abeba Revenue Agency – which has
just become an authority – will be the first city
government agency to fully implement the Business
Process Reengineering (BPR), tomorrow a mechanism
the government designed hoping it would increase the
efficiency of its institutes. |
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