http://www.addisfortune.com/index.htm Get the Latest Business News from Ethiopia- The Largest English Weekly in the Nation! http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit RSS Feed Creator Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0300 Now that only one more country is needed to sign the new Nile Basin Agreement in order for it to be recognised as international law by the participating countries, Egypt has taken steps to combat what seems to be the inevitable. Moving the issue in its government structure to the National Security Authority, Egypt has proceeded to lobby countries from the Far East to the West to recognise its “historic rights” to the Nile waters, writes ZEKARIAS HADDUSH, FORTUNE STAFF WRITER. http://www.addisfortune.com/Agenda.htmMon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0300Meles Zenawi, the lone chairman of the ruling Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) since its formation back in the late 1980s, has shown two sides of his persona, subsequent to the landslide gains of his party in the recent national and regional elections. http://www.addisfortune.com/fortune_editors_note.htmMon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0300The fourth national and regional elections in which 63 political parties ran for national parliamentary and regional council seats and in which close to 32 million people (half women) cast their votes, has now come to a fair ending. The party that earned the largest number of votes has become spectacularly triumphant. http://www.addisfortune.com/opinion.htmMon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Revolutionary Democrats’ scores of spectacular electoral gain has stunned the world. Their critics, however, argue that the results, deemed too good to be true, are not adequate to show the existence of democracy. It only reveals a decision by a rather subdued population, they would argue. Hence, they will have to find a source of legitimacy away from their current bid in spurring popular support, on the basis of economic prosperity and stirring nationalism, a page or two from the Chinese political book, argues this commentator, whose name Fortune withheld upon request. http://www.addisfortune.com/ecconomic_commentary.htmMon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0300There are times, few and far between, that Ethiopian Television (ETV) is the station of choice for people with access to other media outlets. The station is not reputed to broadcast clear and unbiased news reports, and often the investigative and feature style pieces that are televised are not what one would expect from a public broadcasting station, no matter what whirlpool of geopolitics it may find itself in. http://www.addisfortune.com/lifematters.htmMon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0300When close to 32 million eligible voters consciously went to the polls and elected a political party in a free, fair, and credible election, 534 seats to three, something must have gone very right for one party and something must have gone radically wrong for the losers, in this case, the ''missing'' opposition. http://www.addisfortune.com/Viewpoint.htmMon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0300This week football fans in Ethiopia will join the whole continent of Africa in celebrating the arrival of the World Cup to African soil for the first time in history. This is happening after years of delay and despite the threats and objections of those who did not want it to happen. For fans staying in Ethiopia, a virtual experience will be available on Millennium Hall’s large screens amid thousands of likeminded fans. http://www.addisfortune.com/View_From_Arada.htmMon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0300Addis Abebans are mesmerised by the prospects of Ashebir W. Giorgis (MD), a dentist with the notoriety of fighting the rich and the mighty, as the nation’s next president. Whether it is by design or the gentleman happens to be an accidental surprise is what caught much of the attention of gossip corridors this past week. http://www.MyWebSite.com/item.htmlMon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0300