http://www.addisfortune.com/index.htm Addisfortune is the Largest English Weekly in Ethiopia. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit RSS Feed Creator Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300 Many veterans of the Revolutionary Democrats, particularly the senior leaders from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and Amhara National Democratic Movement (ANDM), have not been enlisted to run for either the regional councils or the Federal Parliament. From Sebhat Nega to Mulugeta Alemseged and Teklewoyni Assefa to Debretsion Gebremichael (all council members of the TPLF), many have been left out from the list of candidates their organisation has fielded for the forthcoming national elections. This move is seen by political pundits as the start of a succession process that the incumbent recently said it would embark upon, with a three-phase process taking five years. The other mass of departures from the electoral game is seen at the top leadership of the ANDM, where the four most prominent veterans of the armed struggle - Addisu Legesse, Bereket Simon, Tefera Walwa and Taddese (Tinkishu) Kassa ...http://www.addisfortune.com/addisfortunenews .htmMon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED) gave up on the idea of programme based budget allocation after only a few weeks of flirting with it. http://www.addisfortune.com/MoFED Back to Line Item Budget Allocation.htmMon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300The government is not importing any cement despite rising prices in recent days because of power cuts that have forced factories to reduce production, Arkebe Okubay, state minister of Works and Urban Development (MoWUD) told Fortune. http://www.addisfortune.com/Cement Expenses Soar to 300Br Plus.htmMon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has put Ethiopia and seven other countries on its blacklist in relation to money laundering and terrorist financing, posing risks to the International Financial System. http://www.addisfortune.com/Ethiopia Put on Financial Blacklist .htmMon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Council of Ministers decided on March 5, 2010, to establish the Information and Communication Technology Park Corporation with a capital of five billion Birr. http://www.addisfortune.com/ICT Park to be Built with 5b Br.htmMon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Addis Abeba Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Association (AACCSA) is working on setting up a share company to build a trade centre which will be called the Addis Africa International Trade Centre (AAITC), according to its officials. http://www.addisfortune.com/Addis Chamber to Found Africa Trade Centre SC.htmMon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Privatisation and Public Enterprises Supervising Agency (PPESA) may reject the offer of 171 million Br made to it by Saudi Star Agricultural Development Plc for the acquisition of Agricultural Mechanisation and Technical Service (AMTS) SC, although it is the only bidder for it, an official at the agency told Fortune. http://www.addisfortune.com/PPESA May Reject Saudi Star’s Bid for Farm Machinery Firm.htmMon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300The government is planning to use a three billion Birr project being undertaken in 20 towns across the country to build their creditworthiness so they can borrow from the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) by issuing bonds. http://www.addisfortune.com/MoWUD Projects to Raise Creditworthiness of 20 Towns.htmMon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300Dashen Bank is holding the execution of a court ruling, reinstating an employee who had been suspended in relation to the formation of the labour union. http://www.addisfortune.com/Fired Employee Still Waiting on Dashen Bank.htmMon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300US government officials that met with senior government officials and some unidentified opposition leaders urged for the 2010 election to be free and fair. http://www.addisfortune.com/US Delegation Stresses Fair Elections to Gov’t, .htmMon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300All the Brief News Articles from various papershttp://www.addisfortune.com/newsinbrief.htmMon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300Get all the Previous Volums of the News paperhttp://www.addisfortune.com/Addis_ Fortune Archive.htmMon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300