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Protesters Absent as Ethiopia Marks Anniversary of Meles Rule

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Tens of thousands of Ethiopians have turned out in Addis Ababa’s main square to mark Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s 20th anniversary in power. A “day of rage” counterdemonstration planned by democracy activists failed to materialize. The turnout at Addis Ababa’s Meskel Square was a fraction of the one million predicted. And with thunder clouds hanging overhead, a scheduled four-hour event was cut in half. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s nationally televised anniversary address lasted little more than fi... (more)

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Ethiopian issues RFP for 14 aircraft - Airfinance Journal - April 2011

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Ethiopian Airlines is looking for about $1.45 billion to finance 14 Boeing aircraft. Read more: [Ethiopian Airlines][request for proposal (RFP)][$1.45 billion][Boeing 787-8][737-800][Kassim Geresu] Ethiopian Airlines has issued a request for proposal (RFP) for about $1.45 billion to finance a total of 14 Boeing aircraft. The aircraft include... Access to th... (more)

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Ethiopia crucial business partner for Turkey

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Foreign Trade Minister Zafer Çağlayan on Tuesday said Ethiopia will be an important partner for improving trade relations between African nations and Turkey. Speaking at a briefing of Turkish businessmen in Ethiopia’s capital of Addis Ababa, Çağlayan underlined Africa’s importance and added that the continent had been a forgotten land for Turkey, with trade between the two at only $5 billion in 2002, the year the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) came to power. This figure had more than tr... (more)

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Learn a lesson in order from Addis Ababa

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It was a month's absence and Gurgaon had not changed much. It was still struggling with the decision to make traffic on Cyber City road one-way and could not figure out why the roads are reduced to shambles so quickly. As our taxi trudged along the road flanked by gleaming signboards of offices of major multinationals, our thoughts went to the city where we had a comfortable stay of four weeks. Our announcement that we were going to spend a month in Addis Ababa had been greeted by friends and relatives... (more)

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Stakeholders Divide as Taxi Zoning Draws Near

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The AACTB's plan for the zoning system is to avoid this scene where people push and shove their way into a taxi during rush hour as taxis are in high demand. Sentayehu Barekew, 24, and four of her friends were taking a minibus taxi from Atobis Terra to Bole International Airport to see their friend off to the US, on Tuesday, February 8, 2011. The trip cost 25 Br for the five of them. However, upon making the return trip, they fou... (more)

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Home Buyers Sue May Real Estate

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A civil suit has been instituted against May Real Estate Development Plc, in the Federal High Court, Eighth Civil Bench, on January 21, 2011, by 28 home buyers residing in Ethiopia and the US for failing to deliver homes within the agreed time, and jacking up the cost of the units. May Real Estate, established with a paid-up capital of 1.5 million Br by Yospeh Mebratu (major shareholder with a million Birr equity contribution) and hi... (more)

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Roads Management to Approve 27m Br Bridge

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Having remained in limbo for close to a year due to changes in design specifications, the new design of the overpass bridge, which forms part of the Kality-Meskel Square interchange located around Meshualekia, is to be approved by the management board of the Addis Abeba City Roads Authority (AACRA) in two weeks’ time, after which it is to be constructed at a projected cost of close to 27 million Br. The initial design of the overpass bridge, which was awarded to Eng. Zewdie Eskinder & Co Plc, a loca... (more)

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Azeb Mesfin partners blackmail athlete Haile Gebreselassie

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The appearance and speech by superstar Ethiopian athlete Haile Gebreselassie at the ruling junta (Woyanne/EPRDF) conference in early September, had caught many by surprise. Throughout his career as an athlete, Haile has tried to distance himself from the Woyanne regime, as all the other star Ethiopian athletes. So what has caused him to show up at the ruling party’s conference now? The answer is not shocking or surprising. According to Ethiopian Review sources in Addis Ababa, Meles Zenawi’s wife Azeb Me... (more)

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Tallest building in Africa to be constructed in Ethiopia

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A land agreement signed between China-based Guangdong Chuanhui Group and the Addis Ababa City Administration, Ethiopia should see construction start later this year on Africa's tallest building. Although no final height has been given the 58-storey tower will be a five star hotel in Addis Ababa and, once completed, will be the tallest building on the continent, according to the developer. (more)

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Addis demolishings begin despite lack of compensation funds

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Over 4,500 houses located in different parts of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa have been earmarked to be demolished this year [2010-2011 fiscal year] under a development plan. The plan will not only affect illegally built houses. For the time being, the city is struggling with compensation payments to owners of legally built structures which will be affected by the plan. Most of the houses set (more)

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Ethiopia: “They stole our coffee.”

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Below is an interesting blog about the popular Starbucks inspired coffee shop in Ethiopia by Owen Barder, Director of aidinfo based in Addis Ababa and a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Global Development in Washington DC. By Owen Barder There is a chain of coffee shops in Addis Ababa called “Kaldis”, named after the [...] (more)

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Of price and menus: sleeping with bogus Prices

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The latest currency devaluation reveals one of the many strategies by which traders inflate the market to set a new false price. As sources from Addis Ababa disclosed to Addis Neger Online, major wholesalers were able to convince retailers to adjust new prices almost immediately upon verifying that the devaluation of the Birr was true. (more)

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ኢትዮጵያ በጊኒ 4ለ1 በሜዳዋ ተሸነፈች

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እሁድ ሴፕቴምበር 5/2010 በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ በአበበ ቢቂላ ስታዲየም በተደረገ የ እግር ኳስ ውድድር የጊኒ ብሄራዊ ቡድን የኢትዮጵያ አቻውን 4ለ1 አሸነፈ። ብሄራዊ ቡድናችን በቅርቡ ውጤት ያስገኛል በሚል ናይጄ-ግሊዛዊ ዜግነት ያለውን የውጭ አሰልጣኝ ቢያመጣም 4ለ1 በሆነ ሰፊ ውጤት ተሸንፏል። (more)

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የጊዮርጊሱ ግርግር - መልካም አዲስ ዓመት!

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ነሐሴ 27 ቀን 2002 ዓ.ም. አዲስ አበባ ጊዮርጊስ አካባቢ ነው። ሰዎች በአንድ ቦታ ተከማችተዋል። ግርግር ነገር ይታያል። በመንገድ የሚያልፉ አንድ አባት በመኪና ውስጥ አብረዋቸው ያሉትን «ምንድን ነው የተፈጠረው?» ይሉና ይጠይቃሉ። ሹፌራቸው መኪናውን ቀስ አድርጎ እንዲያቆም ያዛሉ። ከሹፌሩ ሌላ አብሯቸው መኪናው ውስጥ የሚገኝ አንድ ወጣት ከመኪናው ወርዶ፣ ነገሩ ምን እንደሆነ አጣርቶ እንዲመጣ ይልካሉ። ወጣቱ፣ ፈጥኖ ብዙ ሰዎች ወደ ተሰበሰቡበት ያመራል። እየሆነ የየነበረውን ተመልክቶ ይመለሳል። (more)

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Ethiopian Airlines seals finance deal for new aircraft

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Information was received last week from Addis Ababa, that Ethiopian Airlines had signed a deal worth more than US$1.5 billion earlier that week with the American Export–Import Bank. The funds will be used to pay for five B777 and ten B787 aircraft presently on order from Boeing Corporation and due for delivery over the coming [...] (more)

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“Merkato”, The Home of Two Religions

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During the Jumaa prayers, Islamic parching (hutba) will be presented by the Imam. Sometimes it coincides with the sound of the Mass prayers from the church. The faithful will be disturbed by a mingled and distorted voice from the two loud speakers. St. Raguel’s Church has a big building on one side of the fence. The shops in the building exhibit the same confusion. (more)

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Awramba Times’ Office Attacked

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Awramba Times (Addis Ababa):- Yesterday, August 17, 2010, around 8 o’clock in the evening, an “unknown men” tried to enter into Awramba Times’s (AT) office. And in a separate incident which occurred six hours before the evening’s outrageous act, and which some witnesses that happened to be at the place have substantially speculated it as [...] (more)

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Ethiopia: Great run for Birtukan Mideksa in Tubingen

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Birtukan Mideksa, an opposition party leader, is serving a life sentence in Kaliti Prison in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Amnesty International considers her a prisoner of conscience, imprisoned for peacefully exercising her right to freedom of expression and association. Birtukan Mideksa was previously arrested in November 2005 after the Coalition for Unity and Democracy [...] (more)

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Ethiopia: Addis, Adama Problem Prone Tax Zones - Tax Authority

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Melaku Fenta, director general of the ERCA, at the high-level tax payers' meeting answers the questions from the people gathered. Sitting on his right are Tewodros Tefera (centre), deputy director of operations of the ERCA, and Shewarega Tsegaye, office manager for the high-level taxpayers' branch. The city's business... (more)

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Getu Gelete Faces Criminal Charges

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Getu Gelete, owner of Getu Commercial Center and former general manager and shareholder of GetAs International Plc, was charged with fraud by federal prosecutors on July 23, 2010, upon a complaint from Helen Anbesso. Helen lodged her complaint to the Addis Abeba Police Commission a few months ago, stating that ... (more)

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