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Rented Houses Agency to Construct Not
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drastic turnabout to expectations that the Rented Houses
Agency (RHA) would privatise residences under its
supervision and dissolve, it rather is to join the real
estate sector with constructions that it will undertake on
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Castel Gets Ziway Plot for Wine Production |
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Finally, the Privatisation and Public Enterprises
Supervisory Agency (PPESA) has decided to give the
200hct of land that was administrated by Ziway
Agricultural Development Enterprise to the French
Castel Group.
Castel requires these tracts of land to grow grapes
for the production of wine and has projected to
invest 10 million dollars in the sector.
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African
Dev’t Bank Rejects Etio-Djibouti Power Additional Loan |
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The African Development Bank (ADB), the major
financier of the Ethiopia-Djibouti Power
Interconnection Project, rejected an additional 40.8
million dollar loan request from the governments of
Ethiopia and Djibouti. However, the Bank has
approved three international companies - French ETDE,
Indian Kalapa-Taru and Italian Siemens –
short-listed by the joint committee of the countries
for the project construction.
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One Bln Birr to Textile Sector Expansion |
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One of
government’s six top priority areas, the textile industry,
is to witness a landmark expansion at a project cost of one
billion Br in the 2007/ 08 budget year. The expansion will
be launched in six textile factories owned by the state and
leased to private companies. |
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| Agenda |
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Muluneh Tilaye, 41, shares a brick house he owns
with four members of his family |
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| Editor's Note |
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The court system has been the centre of
attention for the past |
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| Economic
Commentary |
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JEFFREY D. SACHS,
director of the Earth Institute, spells out the connections
between political instability and economic underdevelopment
as evidenced in Sudan. Taking a historical perspective in
the development of the vast region of northeast Africa,..... |
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Former senior CUD leaders, who were released from
prison after 20 months, had a celebration with the
invitation of the CUDP Chairman and Member of
Parliament, Temesgen Zewdie, and his colleagues at
the luncheon programme on Thursday, August 2, 2007,
at Ras Amba Hotel.“We are ready to handover the
party to the former leaders,” Temesgen said on the
occasion, adding that he and his colleagues have
tried their best and made great effort in Parliament
to release the prisoners. He says that he is
considered as a traitor because of his presence in
Parliament, but now he is happy that he is free from
any accusations. Birtukan Mideksa representing the
former leaders, thanked and appreciated party
members in Parliament for organising the luncheon
and expressed her feelings that the struggle .....
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A Gift to
Move Forward |
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After the
excitement following the release of CUD leaders held in Kaliti
prison facilities for two years, many procedural and practical
issues remain unanswered as to how they will integrate into the
political landscape that has developed in their absence. Questions
ranging from party registration matters to party platforms and
leadership roles must be tackled for the smooth re-entry of the
politicians after being granted amnesty. Tamrat G. Giorgis, Fortune
Staff Writer, asked Temesgen Zewde, Parliamentary whip of the
Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (CUDP), and Ayele Chamiso,
deputy chairman of CUDP, how they viewed contributions of political
opposition shaping in the future.
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VERBATIM |
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"I
asked Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to shut all the prison
facilities in the country and turn them into schools,
hospitals and museums." |
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Ephrem Issac(Professor) |
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View Point |
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The
remoteness of the Somali Regional State creates a situation
where the public receives scanty reporting on a troubled
part of the world. Bits and pieces cannot tell the complete
story of people that have been caught in ..... |
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Life Matters |
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There are a few people, after reading this column,
that make it a point to write to me whether upset or
pleased with something |
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View From Arada |
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I am sure most of my readers sip coffee,
black or with milk, at least one or two cups
a day. This is not news for people born and
bred in a coffee-sipping culture in |
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