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Roads Authority Pays 23m Br for a Kilometer

The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) awarded to YENCOMAD Construction Plc what is said to be the most expensive road construction project in Ethiopia at nearly 23 million Br for a kilometre of a two lane road.

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Three Join EIC Board

The appointment of the new directors, including Daba Debele, head the Capacity Building Bureau of the Addis Abeba City Administration; Degu Lakew,  head of the Government Accounts Sub-processes at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED); and Alemnesh Worku, ...

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Branding Products by Origin Extended

The Home Garden Project, which has undertaken a study to identify certain products to be branded and promoted by place of origin, is expecting an extension beyond its envisaged termination at the end of 2010, because of a delay in the ratification of the Geographical Indication Bill, which would ...

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2009 YEAR REVIEW

 
 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Agenda    

The market for day labourers, in Addis Abeba, has matched the construction....

 
   

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Editor's Note  

Members of the civil service in this administration ....

 
   

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Economic Commentary  

In the aftermath of the much talked about deal on global warming, in Copenhagen, Denmark, proponents and critics alike are taking stock of the results. Despite its modest gains, particularly in bringing on board a rebel country such as the United States, and pledges for financing mitigation, the summit missed its main target - big time. It failed to reach a legally binding carbon emissions target, argues Negusu Aklilu, an Interim Coordinator ..

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Opinion  

We are at a moment when the range of uncertainties facing the global economy is unusually wide. We have just passed through the worst financial crisis since World War II. The only relevant comparisons are with the Japanese real-estate bubble, which burst in 1991 (and from which Japan has not recovered), and the Great Depression of the 1930s - except that this...

   

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  Gossip  
 

On Saturday, January 9, 2010, Alemu Tafesse’s family, a well-known in business circles, wedded their youngest son, Tafesse Alemu, a resident of California, to an Ethiopian Airlines’ cabin crew staff, by the name of Yodit. She is known rather for being a poster child of the airline - ...

   

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"In Ethiopia, citizenship is being replaced by [party] membership."

Gebru Asrat, former president of the Tigray Regional State and founder of the opposition party, Arena Tigray, which split from the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, said in an interview with the Amharic weekly, Negad Ras, on Wednesday, January 6, 2010. He went on to explain that there are two kinds of citizens, those who are party members and those who are not. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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The balance sheet from the climate talks held in Copenhagen, Denmark, has not been made clear. Several advocates for a multilateral deal, including Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s close friend Jeffrey Sachs (PhD) were disappointed with the .....PLEASE SEE THE STORY

 

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Wearing a T-shirt labeled "Free Birtukan" with a black piece of cloth tied around their mouth and  their hands chained, unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) members empathise with their imprisoned leader.More

 
 
 
 
View Point

And certain principles set out in the 1992 Rio Framework Convention, including "common but differentiated responsibilities ...

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Life Matters
 

Whenever this multinational holiday season creeps upon us, I always find a way ...
 

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Ethiopia is poised to become the largest producer of electricity in Africa.

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