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, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300 After a provisional announcement of the results of the fourth general election by the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) the Human Rights Watch (HRW) brande the election as fraudulent and rigged. Supporters of the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) went out en mass to Meskel Square on May 25, 2010. Leaders of the EPRDF, including the Prime Minister, addressed the rally. The provisional results from the NEBE showed that the EPRDF and its affiliates took 499 and 45 seats, respectively. One of the seats from the Addis Abeba constituency in Wereda 6 (Addis Ketema District) was taken by Girma Seifu, a member of the Forum for Justice and Democratic Dialogue (FJDD), a.k.a. Medrek. Another seat from the 123 constituencies of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples (SNNP) Regional State went for Ashebir Gebregiorgis (MD), an independent candidate. The provisional result of one constituency from the Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State has not been obtained yet. With over 99pc of the seats taken by the EPRDF and its affiliates, the prospects of Parliament for the next five years have become a subject of much debate among political analysts, party members, and the public as EDEN SAHLE, FORTUNE STAFF WRITER reports. http://www.addisfortune.com/addisfortunenews.htmMon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300“The most important reason [to reach out to the opposition is] the extraordinary attitude of Ethiopians who voted for the opposition. People went out of their way to ensure peace and tranquillity, not just those who voted for us but also those who voted against us. So we are reaching out to those who voted for the opposition, more than reaching out to the opposition itself.” PLEASE SEE FULL INTERVIEW http://www.addisfortune.com/addisfortunenews.htmMon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Government Communication Affairs Office labelled the preliminary report of the EU Observation Mission, which came out on May 25, 2010, as a political interpretation of basic facts. http://www.addisfortune.com/Gov't Slights EU Election Preliminary Report.htmMon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300Haile Resort, owned by the athlete Haile Gebreselassie, is to be officially inaugurated in Hawassa, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples (SNNP) Regional State on June 5 and 6, 2010. http://www.addisfortune.com/Haile Resort in Hawassa to Enter Hotel Race this Week.htmMon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300Golden Rose Agro Farms Ltd (GRAF) received favour from the court to order Ask Flower & Green Plc to pay 1.8 million Br plus interest for credit sales of chemicals and greenhouse plastic and metallic structures. http://www.addisfortune.com/Foreign Flower Firm Finds Favour from Court in Form of 1.8m Br.htmMon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300Only six of twelve public enterprises up for sale, some for the second time, have attracted bidders, with two of them only attracting one bidder each. http://www.addisfortune.com/Textile, Building Material Firms Lag behind 12 Tendered Public Firms.htmMon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300The African Union (AU) and European Union (EU) presented their preliminary reports of the 2010 National Elections of Ethiopia last week, in which the former reported a free and fair election and the latter a process with an uneven playing field. http://www.addisfortune.com/EU, AU Report Election Problems with Conflicting Analyses.htmMon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Prime Minister had only declared only results that had been announced by the board, Mehammed Abdurohman, public relations manager of the NEBE, told journalists at a press conference held on the same day, this does not contradict any of the articles of the Electoral Code of Conduct signed by the contending parties, Mehammed said. http://www.addisfortune.com/NEBE Defends PM’s Meskel Rally.htmMon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300The All Ethiopian Unity Party (AEUP) rejected the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia’s (NEBE’s) announcement and insisted for both national and regional re-elections. http://www.addisfortune.com/AEUP Lists 11 Reasons for Re-election.htmMon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Forum for Justice and Democratic Dialogue, a.k.a. Medrek, (FJDD) rejected the outcome of last week’s elections, claiming that the ruling party had invaded almost all Parliament seats via a problematic, doubtful, unfair, and unacceptable election. http://www.addisfortune.com/Medrek Rejects Election Results.htmMon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300Nasew Construction Plc (NaCo) lost a claim for 778,000 Br from Star Business Group Plc (SBG) after the court found that the plaintiff was paid more than the amount it had claimed. http://www.addisfortune.com/Receipts Show No Underpayment.htmMon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300All the Brief News Articles from various papershttp://www.addisfortune.com/newsinbrief.htmMon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300Get all the Previous Volums of the News paperhttp://www.addisfortune.com/Addis_ Fortune Archive.htmMon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300