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Roads Authority to Cut Budget Down to Size |
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The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) was told to
bring down its ambitious budget request of 15
billion Br for 2010/11. |
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NAHO Plc First to Gain from PM’s Hotel
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Five-thousand hectares of land taken from the
Ministry of Mines and Energy (MoME) has been leased
to NAHO Plc for the construction of a hotel. |
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More Contractors to Qualify for ERA Projects |
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The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) is to encourage
the participation of contractors hitherto absent in
road tenders by making changes to its set of
requirements. |
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Gov’t Seals Tannery Chemical Deal with German
BASF |
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BASF, a German company, is to bring a steady supply
of chemicals to Ethiopia, to be sold to local
tanneries in the local currency, the Birr. |
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Ayat Defence Objects to Prosecution’s Charges
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The defence lawyers in the Ayat case presented
their objections to the charges instituted by the
prosecutors of the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs
Authority (ERCA); the court also denied the
defendants the right to bail. |
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| Agenda |
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For the first time in the history of the EPRDF, a
generation of young men... |
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Editor's Note |
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In many ways
the Revolutionary Democrats are more than a
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Economic
Commentary |
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Following
the introduction of value-added tax (VAT) in December 2005, revenues of the
Federal Government have shown a significant swell. Nonetheless, the way in which
the system is being implemented has become a subject of debate in Parliament and
a campaign platform for opposition parties, such as Lidetu Ayalew’s Ethiopian
Democratic Party (EDP). Eyob Tesfaye (PhD), a macroeconomic analyst and .... |
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| Opinion |
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In the six days of the
ash cloud ban, Ethiopia lost about six million
dollars worth of flower exports. Kenya lost
thousands of jobs and at least 12 million dollars as
tonnes of export produce rotted due to the lack of
flights. Because of the backlog,.. |
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Gossip |
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Never mind that
national elections may get rigged, manipulated, or
are always within the possibility of having
irregularities, only to use the terminology of what
seems to now be the industry of election
observation. |
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"We
have forgotten Addis Abeba." |
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Hailu Shawel (Eng), chairman of the
All Ethiopian Unity Organisation (AEUO), explained his certainty
of winning despite not having campaigned as much as he would
have like to in the capital. The party will intensify its
campaign in Addis Abeba during the final weeks before the
election, he said in the April 30, 2010, edition of the Amharic
weekly Senned. |
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The Forum for Justice and Democratic Dialogue (FJDD),
a.k.a. Medrek, was borne out of the frustration of
the past political stalemate and despairing outlook
of the future, attributed to the electorate’s
indifference to politics following the 2005
electoral debacle.
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Maybe postelection times will
prove many people wrong. The 2010 National Elections are
indeed a step forward compared to the ones held in 2005,
even though they appear much poorer than the previous
election. It is true that they are less lively and much less
endowed with.....
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Cash transactions in
Ethiopia’s economy constitute the bulk of spending.
This is simply because the payment system of the
country is not developed, and modern payment ... |
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Life Matters |
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One of the most
interest parts of having one’s personal email
account published in a public ... |
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View From Arada |
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The new roads in the capital
have more of an emphasis on swift vehicle transportation,
unlike the.. |
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