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  Click here for Last Week's Issue Updated July 16, 2007


Minister of Trade and Industry Tadesse Haile with Ato Tesfaye of Lion insurance and the president Nega G/Egziabher, at launching of Lion Insurance S.C. on July 12, 2007

Former Rental Agency heads in custody

By Tedla Desta

Two former heads of the Rental Houses Agency are in custody in an alleged case of corruption filed by the Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, Capital learnt.
Meselech Berhan, General Manager of the former Rental Houses Agency, and Wondwosen Asfaw, Technical and Engineering Department Head of the Agency, were arrested last week by the Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission for allegedly buying five lifts from Dan Technocraft in an illegal manner, Federal Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission's Education and Public Relations Head, Berhanu Aseffa told Capital.


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Shareholders, stakeholders from United Bank to sue the National Bank

By Andualem Sisay

Categorically refuting SBB/39/2006 - the new directive of the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) - shareholders and stakeholders from United Bank S.C. in their capacities as bank members as well as individually have come together to sue NBE. They are currently completing formalities to take NBE to court on the basis that shareholders' rights have been abused, or that the directive negates certain basic rights which are recognized by law.

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ETC fires sixteen employees at administrative level

By Andualem Sisay

The Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC), has fired sixteen employees working in higher levels of administration it found to be corrupt as a result of its audit report.
According to the statement by ETC released to the press on July 13, 2007, the reason for firing the officials is related to the purchae of 625 Erickson and Nokia mobile phone apparatus and Lucent PBXs.

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The Reconciler of Eras

New find of ancient fossils in Ethiopia


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Beyond Uniqueness

The sheer size of our vast country has blessed Ethiopia with a myriad of different eco-systems. It is this wealth of geological variety that has contributed to Ethiopia’s status as one of the world’s 12 centers of bio-diversity. Our country is home to 31 endemic mammals, 24 amphibians and 16 bird species. Among the rarest of the mammals is the Ethiopian wolf- the only member of its family in all of Africa and a unique canine.
Dr Zelalem Tefera is a researcher who has devoted years to studying this handsome animal and this week, shares with us some of his findings about the endangered Ethiopian wolf.


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Entreprenuer Profile is Capital’s youngest page and is already eliciting warm reviews. We have received dozens of e-mails, scores of letters and a clamor of phone calls of appreciation, suggestions and ideas which will all contribute for a better Entrepreneur Profile strengthened by your continued participation.

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Ethiopian schoolboy’s campaign for return of historical artefacts

 

In a remarkable endeavor for a pre teen child, Gabriel Berhanu Kassayie shows that the torch of Ethiopia still shines bright in far off England. Professor Pankhurst brings to us the story of a boy who is deeply aware of his identity and has taken practical steps to repossess his heritage.

 

 
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Social mobilization against sanctioned violence against girls and women

“Democracy and the Social Question“: The sixth lecture in this academic year was given by Bogalech Gebre, Director of Kembata Women’s Self-Help Centre, an NGO working in the south of Ethiopia. The lecture took place on Tuesday, 27 March, in Goethe-Institute Gebrekristos Desta Centre.

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