Finally, the much talked about - if not highly
anticipated - performance by the
international Pop and R&B icon, Beyoncé Giselle Knowles, in
Addis Abeba is real. According to a reliable source, the
deal for Beyoncé to thrill her fans in Ethiopia is 99.9pc
done. Find Out More
One Step Closer with Long Road Ahead
For critics of this administration last Wednesday,
September 26, was their field day at the United
States (US) House of People’s Representatives. To
its supporters, nothing is alarming, but it is the
start of a diplomatic battle yet to be fought for
the years to come.
Having completed the first two phases of the Road
Sector Development Programme (RSDP) in June 2007,
the Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) launched the
third phase of the programme, which will last for
three years ...
In what is considered a fundamental shift from its
previous economic convictions, the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) urged
African countries in its latest report to adopt a
......
Capital Industrial Zone Scraped Against Master Plan
The Addis Abeba City Caretaker Administration
Cabinet dubbed the Jomo-Repi Industrial Zone a
residential site overriding the city master plan for
the first time in its tenure.
Gov’t
Explores Three Options on FIRA, Customs Fate
Reformers at the federal government are exploring at
least three options in their bid to change two of
the most contentious state agencies from “function
based” to “process focused” service delivery
institutions.
In reference to the directive issued by the Ministry
of Revenue (MoR) for obligatory use of cash
registration machines, Petram Plc, which is one of
the pre-accredited suppliers of the machine, is to
import about .......
A
statement made by Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin
last week that Ethiopia is pushed to consider
terminating the Algiers Agreement signed in December
2000 or suspending its implementation has put fevers
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Meles Zenawi's bruised image is slowly recovering in
Addis Abeba, a stronghold of his opposition, while
Teddy Afro begins to personify someone that is more
than a singer, reports Tamrat G. Giorgis,
Fortune Staff Writer. Read More
Once a
glorious mode of transportation connecting Ethiopia’s
interior to present-day Djibouti and its ocean outlet, the
railway linking the two countries’ capitals is in a
dilapidated state. Read More
VERBATIM
"I am
Ethiopian by birth, Barbadian by parentage, Burkinabe by
deed, African by heritage, British by registration and
American by naturalisation."
Abiy Ford (Prof.), former
head of the School of Journalism and Communications at Addis
Abeba University (AAU), dug into his multiple identities to the
amusement of attendees in a packed conference hall at the
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) during a forum on the
historic context of Ethiopian-American relations and role of the
Diaspora in Ethiopian development on Thursday, September 27,
2007.
As
terrorism and security have increasingly become a concern of
every public place from hotels to malls, frisking and
searches is now more pervasive. The efficacy and rationality
of such practices is called into question ......
