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Privatisation of Four State Enterprises on
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Four state enterprises out of six are going private;
for which offers were approved by the board of the
Privatisation and Public Enterprises Supervising
Agency (PPESA) on March 19, 2010. |
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bars Embassies
from Election Observation |
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) officially
prohibited foreign embassies in Ethiopia and
international organisations from observing the 2010
National Elections, the fourth since the overthrow
of the Derg. |
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Court Rejects All Ayat Objections |
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The judge presiding over the Ayat case rejected all
the objections of the defence lawyers, on May 11,
2010, on the charges instituted by the prosecutors
of the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority (ERCA);
the defendants pleaded not guilty during the same
hearing. |
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Third-party Insurance Soon to be Required |
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The Office of the Fund, established by the Vehicle
Insurance against Third-party Risks Proclamation No.
559/2008 and created in 2009 to manage the insurance
fund for the treatment of people injured in traffic
accidents, is expected to go operational in July
2010. |
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Customs Authority’s Collections Top
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The Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority (ERCA)
collected 25.59 billion Br, topping its expectations
by about 0.19pc and that of the government by
26.41pc for the first three quarters of the fiscal
year. |
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For the past couple of
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Editor's Note |
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A week from
today, the majority of the 32 million voters
registered to take ... |
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Economic
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The burgeoning share companies
soliciting equity from members of the public have become a phenomenon. Many of
them, if not all, author what they describe as a prospectus, detailing the
rationale as to why they deserve the investment they seek. Nonetheless,
prospective investors are at the mercy of promoters in the absence of
independent investment analysts advising on the particular company in the
offering and the sector it involves in. |
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Is this surprising for
an unstable nation that underwent two failed coups
in less than half a century, with a backdrop of
other coup attempts throughout the past years? How
virtuous it.. |
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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
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"We
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Ayele Chamiso, chairman of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD),
said this when asked about the effect of the Electoral Code of
Conduct in an interview with Addis Zemen published on May 9,
2010. |
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Electoral Punch- Party of Future |
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This time next week, millions
of voters will be flocking to poling stations nationwide to
cast their votes. If someone unlawfully messes with the
votes or the counting, others may or may not hear of it.
Whatever is heard, it is going to be highly unlikely to .....
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View Point |
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How about campaign
promises such as these, “Vote for us as we will open
10 new FM radio stations all dedicated to hip-hop.
All the English Premier League matches will be
televised free on all of .... |
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Life Matters |
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It would be foolish to
pass up yet another opportunity this year to write
about the contemporary history .... |
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View From Arada |
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Kisho, a
10-year old boy who shines shoes in front of Prima Café near
Axum Hotel, was sitting .... |
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