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Let’s Stay Together
Seyoum
Mesfin (middle), minister of Foreign Affairs, joined Mohamed
Dirir (left), minister of Culture and Tourism, and Andreas
Eshete (right), president of Addis Abeba University (AAU),
at the 17th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies.
Seyoum made the keynote address at the opening of the
conference which was held at the AAU Akaki Campus which is
found in Akaki, 25km southeast of Addis Abeba on Monday,
November 2, 2009. Seyoum's presence was a delight for the
event organizers, stated Elizabeth Giorgis, acting director
of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies of the AAU. It was
also a delight for Mohamed and Andreas who seemed to be
requesting him not to go immediately after delivering his
speech. This year's conference of Ethiopian Studies was its
5oth anniversary celebration since its inception in 1959 in
Rome, Italy. The conference ended on November 6, 2009, after
listening to presentations of almost 300 scholarly works on
history and anthropology. |
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CBE Supplied
with Two of 17 Spots for New Service Centres |
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CBE requires the 17 plots for the construction of
buildings moved from to house branches rented ones.
It had applied for all these plots during the
caretaker administration of Brehane Deressa. That
administration had granted it a 7,000sqm plot to
erect a 30-storey building near Ethiopia Hotel in
Kirkos District, but CBE had asked for an extra
3,000sqm at the same site. |
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Federal
Police Commission to Restructure Top Posts |
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The Federal Police Commission business process
reengineering (BPR), which was implemented last
week, has completely changed the structure of the
commission and caused a mass reshuffle which may
affect senior positions. |
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Electronic Display Boards at $1.68m for Commodity Exchange |
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WaveTec Private Limited, a Pakistani based company,
has won a bid worth 1.68 million dollars, to supply
154 price tickers, also known as electronic display
boards, for the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX).
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Addis Land
Auction Second for Current Administration |
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The Addis Abeba City Administration is expected to
announce in December the second land auction since
Kuma Demeksa came to the mayoralty. |
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Somali State
Sees Surge in Investment |
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Investment into the Somali Regional Stateis
increaasing as the officials make land that was held
by clans available for investment as well as improve
the poor infrastructure and uncertain security in
the area, according to Abdulaziz Ahmed, acting head
of the License and Registration Department at the
Somali Regional Investment Bureau. |
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Hyper Cost of
Sugar Putting Ethiopia in a Fix |
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The price of sugar has gone up in a few months from
380 dollars to 650 dollars per tonne, or around 8.30
Br per kilo at current exchange rates. The agency
says that it cannot stabilize the local market by
importing sugar at this price. The local sugar
tender a week ago comprised of 70pc imported and
30pc manufactured by Metehara Sugar Factory. Fincha
and Wonji Shewa sugar factories were still
undergoing their annual maintenance and had not
started production yet. |
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Ground Work
for Oromia Special Zone to be Reassigned |
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The Oromia Water Works and Design Enterprise (OWWDE)
is going to handover the Integrated Land Use Plan
for the Oromia Special Zone to the Zones’ Land
Administration and Environmental Protection Office
in December 2009. |
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Gas Found, Not
Petroleum: Mining Minister |
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No petroleum has been found in Ethiopia despite
years of search, according to Ethiopian Mines and
Energy Minister (MoME), Alemayehu Tegenu. |
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Traditional Medicine to Come Under Gov't Spotlight with New
Bill |
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A new bill on food, medicine and healthcare tabled
for parliamentary discussion on Tuesday, November 3,
2009, came up with a new article that requires
certification of the practice of traditional
medicine. |
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Lost Faith in
Sheikh Propels Holeta Education to Self Reliance |
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Holeta Education Office, losing faith on the promise
from Sheikh Mohammed Al Amoudi to build a high
school for the town, is preparing to go on its own
for a much cheaper building expected to cost a mere
five million Birr. |
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Nyala Cigs
Suffer Under Sino Supplier |
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“The five samples the company sent for the
competition were acceptable,” said Ketsela Shewarega,
procurement department head. “However, the supply it
made, worth 250,000 dollars was below the standard
we specified.” |
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Dashen Decides
109m Br Dividend is Due |
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The proposal made by the Board of Directors of
Dashen Bank for a cash dividend payment of 109
million Br has been approved at the 15th ordinary
and the 13th extraordinary general assembly of the
bank’s shareholders.
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historic!
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It was
indeed an historic moment seeing Meles Zenawi, chairman of
the EPRDF, exchanging smiles and shaking hands with
opposition political leaders. Following an agreement on
electoral code of conduct negotiated by leaders of four
parties for two months, opposition leaders have asked the
code to be signed by chairpersons of the parties, according
to a top negotiator of one of the parties. The ruling party
has agreed. This led to a rather extraordinary turn of
events whereby Meles made an appearance at the Sheraton
Addis on Friday afternoon, October 2009 (before he departed
to Nigeria) and inked the deal with Hailu Shawel (AEUP),
Lidetu Ayalew (EDP), and Ayele Chamiso (CUD), in the
picture above. It is unprecedented over the past 18 years
for Meles to be seen in public, shaking hands with any
opposition leader such as Hailu (Eng.), an opposition leader
jailed and sentenced to life imprisonment before pardoned by
this administration. Smiles and hand shaking were not
reserved for the chiefs. Below is Sekoture Getachew, foreign
relations head of the EPRDF, following the suit of his
leader in extending gratitude to Getachew Mengiste (Maj.) of
AEUP. Far right (below) is Lidetu Ayalew of EDP giving ear
to Hailu, a political rival with whom he had a bitter
fallout in the aftermath of the 2005 national election.
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