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, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0300 It is madness trying to renew a business licence these days at the Ministry of Trade, as the deadline for renewal fast approaches, writes EDEN SAHLE and HYDRA AHMED, FORTUNE STAFF WRITERS contributed to this story as well. http://www.addisfortune.com/Agenda.htmMon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0300Rapid urbanization brought chaos to the streets of Addis Abeba that traffic often goes awry. Increasing number of cars and unmet demand for road infrastructure aggravated the problems, resulting in rising accident causalities. No more is the traffic problem of the city ignorable for both drivers and pedestrians, not to mention policy makers. http://www.addisfortune.com/fortune_editors_note.htmMon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0300It is only lately that I started to realize the operations of an economic system. For much of my life, I wondered about what defines the world as it appears. As an avid movie watcher, to the dismay of my parents, my mind was filled with the adventures of a globalized world even before developing the capacity to imagine its boundaries. http://www.addisfortune.com/opinion.htmMon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0300Watching the recent parliamentary opening session and the question and answer period with the Prime Minister was interesting though not as entertaining as in the previous parliament, wherein notable opposition figures ask challenging and pointed questions. This time around, watching parliament reminds an excerpt from George Orwell’s book, Animal Farm, that features a guy in the corner yelling the king has no clothes. Analogously, the Prime Minister’s lone voice was swallowed by the deafening silence of the majority in the house, who were passive through the whole session without any discernible contribution. http://www.addisfortune.com/ecconomic_commentary.htmMon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0300The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) recently presented for public debate a bill to provide for Licensing and Administration of Advocates Practicing before federal courts. I decided to weigh in the debate because I felt that the draft law involves violation of fundamental rights enshrined in the federal constitution. http://www.addisfortune.com/Viewpoint.htmMon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0300 Roads embrace different aspects of life in the rapidly growing Addis Abeba. Yet, poorly developed supporting infrastructures have brought increasing causalities on the streets of the city. It is as if heaven got closer than overpasses, one of the supporting infrastructures constructed poorly. http://www.addisfortune.com/View_From_Arada.htmMon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0300Authorities at the foreign office were quietly managing impending diplomatic fallout with a European Union (EU) member country last week; but this happened in a bazaar manner and no one came out to make public statement. Nonetheless, the fallout that follows the arrest late last week of the Slovak Ambassador to Ethiopia, Milan Dubcek, will no doubt be played out more prominently in the relations Ethiopia has not only with Slovakia but also with the larger family of the Union, gossip anticipates. http://www.addisfortune.com/fine_line.htmMon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0300Out and Abouthttp://www.addisfortune.com/Out_and_About.htmMon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0300