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Djibouti Sentences Prominent Businessman to 15 Years

A criminal court in Djibouti sentenced Abdourahiman Boreh, the self exiled but richest businessman from Djibouti, to a 15-year prison term and a fine of 56,000 dollars.

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MoFED to Propose 772m Br for Pay Raises

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED) is to propose 772.3 million Br, which is one per cent of the budget for 2010/11 the next fiscal year, for salary increment of civil servants.

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Court Exonerates Fortune from Record Lawsuit

The Federal Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Federal High Court, which rejected a 20.4 million Br defamation claim by real estate pioneer Ayat SC, against Independent News & Media Plc (INMP), publisher and distributor of Fortune newspaper.

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WB Rating Slams Ethiopia’s Gender Inequality

The World Bank has made public its annual assessments of the policies and institutional qualities of member countries eligible for grants from the International Development Association (IDA), an organisation in the World Bank Group.

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Zemen Bank, KfW Sign Deal to Boost Microfinance

Zemen Bank SC is to offer parts of its loan funds to micro finance institutions (MFIs) through an agreement signed with KfW Entwicklungsbank, a developmental bank owned by the government of Germany, on Tuesday, July 6, 2010.

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Agenda    

As the government’s expanding educational policy churns out an ....

 
   

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Editor's Note  

If there is anyone in the Revolutionary Democratic camp who is humbled....

 
   

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Economic Commentary  

For many in the current political discourse, the results of the recent national elections (99.6pc win for the incumbent) demonstrate the closure of the multiparty system in Ethiopia and the narrowing of the political space in favour of one party rule by the EPRDF.

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Opinion  

Most of the news one hears from Ethiopia is about millions of people facing malnutrition and starvation. Although one wishes that the answer could be as simple as supplying food aid or high-tech quick fixes, like chemical inputs to increase production..

   

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  Gossip  
 

The fact that the destiny of Ethiopia and Eritrea is tied for eternity, is stating the obvious.

   

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"I am very glad that we went this long without getting into physical brawls, and I wish you a nice stay [in Parliament] in the future."

Bulcha Demekssa (MP-OFDM), who is retiring from politics, spoke at the last session of the fourth Parliament in its fifth extraordinary meeting on Wednesday, July 7, 2010. The Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) and its allies won all the seats of the next Parliament save four.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Intellectuals Ignite Int’l Aid Debate on WB’s Website

 
 

Just a few months after news hit the airwaves about the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) allegedly mismanaging aid money sent to mitigate the 1985 Ethiopian Famine, another debate about aid and Ethiopia has flared, this time not on the airwaves but on the Internet. ..... More

 
Digging Deep into Land Issues with Addis Abeba’s General Manager
 
 

A critical report on land use and transfer was released on June 14, 2010 by the special taskforce for the Addis Abeba City Administration. ZEKARIAS HADDUSH, FORTUNE STAFF WRITER spoke with Mekuria Haile, general manager of the Addis Abeba City  Administration, and asked how the administration planned to solve the problems and challenges outlined in the report...... More

 
 
 
 
View Point

In the run-up to the recent national elections, this newspaper published a news analysis headlined, “The EPRDF Generation” (Volume 11, Number 522, May 2, 2010).

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Life Matters
 

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
 

Child labour and abuse are serious issues that concern every family. While children in the developed...

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