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Low-cost housing in Addis centre
Tuesday, February 9th 2010Addis Ababa city council has announced plans to demolish part of the city centre and build low-cost condominium housing in its place. The English-language business weekly Capital Ethiopia reports that the areas earmarked for demolition include parts of Arada sub-city,...
>moreAfrican Union elects Bingu wa Mutharika as new president
Tuesday, February 2nd 2010The African Union has decided not to confirm the Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, as its president for a second year. The position has gone to the president of Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika, an economist who first took up office...
>moreAfrican Union considers Haiti resettlement
Monday, February 1st 2010African leaders considered a proposal by Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade to resettle Haitians made homeless by the earthquake on 12 January during the three-day African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa from 31 January-2 February. The proposal drew inspiration from...
>moreAddis Ababa to get solar street lighting
Monday, February 1st 2010Ten street lights near Meskel Square are to be powered by solar panels in a pilot scheme that could pave the way for the use of solar powered street lighting across Addis Ababa. The project is the work of JB...
>moreEthiopian Airlines plane crashes off Lebanon
Monday, January 25th 2010An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 82 passengers and eight crew members crashed in the sea off Lebanon on 25 January just a few minutes after leaving Beirut for Addis Ababa. So far over 20 bodies have been recovered but there...
>moreEthiopia Hotels Enterprise up for sale
Tuesday, January 19th 2010The Ethiopian government has put up for privatisation the state owned Ethiopia Hotels Enterprise (EHE), which controls hotels and restaurants in prime central Addis Ababa locations. The Privatization and Public Enterprises Supervising Agency (PPESA) announced the sale of EHE, according...
>moreTimeshare resort opens on Lake Langano.
Saturday, January 16th 2010Lake Langano 200 km south of Addis Ababa is the site of a new timeshare resort, the first of its kind in Ethiopia. The complex has been developed by the Africa Vacation Club Ethiopia at a cost of 35 million birr....
>moreEgypt to lease Ethiopia farmland
Saturday, January 16th 2010The Ethiopian government has agreed to lease 20,000 hectares of land in the northern Afar region to Egypt for commercial farming purposes, the English-language business weekly newspaper Capital Ethiopia reports. The agreement comes on the heels of similar deals with...
>moreNew traffic regulations in Addis Ababa
Wednesday, December 23rd 2009The city council has introduced tough new road rules in a bid to improve road safety in the city, the English-language business weekly Capital Ethiopia reports. The use of seatbelts is now obligatory and driving while using a mobile phone...
>moreEnat, meaning “mother” in Amharic, is the name of the first bank specifically targeting women in Ethiopia. The operation is the brainchild of Meaza Ashenafi, the founder and former director of the Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association, who has championed women’s rights...
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