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Updated June 18, 2007

Would-be attendants of United Insurance board meeting turn back after session is aborted when minimum quorum was not achieved, on June 16,2007 United Bank elect new board members ‘New directive won’t make much of a difference’, critics By Andualem Sisay The United Bank has elected four board members, on Thursday June 14, 2007 at a General Assembly that took place at the Hilton Hotel. Eyesuswork Zafu, Omedad plc, Ayele Belachew and Getachew Ayele have been elected according to the new directive of the National Bank of Ethiopia. According to this directive if a person serves as a board member for six consecutive years, he/she has to wait another six years to be board member again, but however can be elected if one third of the previous board members vote for them. MORE

	Agency to build residential apartments By Groum Abate TheRented Houses Agency has decided to build residential apartments that are going to be rented out to the public. According to the nine month performance report of the agency to the House of People’s Representatives, the agency decided to demolish small houses that are located in the Agency’s land and planns to build residential apartments. The government has in its long-term plans to move out of the rental business step by step, until it sells the entire property of the agency in the long run. MORE Ishac Diwan makes way for Kenichi Ohashi By Groum Abate The World Bank has appointed Kenichi Ohashi as its new country director for Ethiopia and Sudan. Kenichi Ohashi will succeed Ishac Diwan, who had been serving in the position since 1997. According to the WB, Kenichi served the World Bank as a Country director for Nepal and would be replaced by Susan Goldmark on July 1st 2007. MORE

Local News

Eritrea dismiss Ethiopia’s unconditional acceptance
UNSC confers with AU

Aviation employees express fears of layoff‘Calm down,’ says Director General

Agency move to collect 100 mln birr in arrears
To build apartments on sites of to be demolished villas

Haile to build resort in Awassa

Art & Culture

House of Mohammadali on 100 most endangered sites list

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Djibouti


Interview

Djibouti 30 years of independence

The Republic of Djibouti celebrates thirty years of independence on June 27th 2007. This is one of the smallest nations in Africa but has a big heart not only in terms of its domestic peace but also in regard to its near perfect foreign relations.
It is perhaps Ethiopia’s most important neighbor and culturally–woven out of the same cloth, so to speak.

H.E. Ambassador Ibrahim Mohamed Kamil, a career diplomat, has been representing his country in Ethiopia since 2001. He was kind enough to give CAPITAL’s Teguest Yilma an exclusive interview in connection with the 30th anniversary of Djibouti’s independence.

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		Saving Addis Ababa’s Historic Buildings - and Westminster Abbey's Holding of Ethiopian Loot
		In my last article in Capital, dear reader, I drew attention to the sad case of Qanyazmach Belihu Degefu's old house, situated in the northern section of Addis Ababa. Part of Qanyazmach's historic building, we saw, has been allowed to collapse. This issue deserves further comment - before I share with you the no less remarkable information just received from Westminster Abbey, England,
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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.

Would-be attendants of United Insurance board meeting turn back after session is aborted when minimum quorum was not achieved, on June 16,2007

United Bank elect new board members ‘New directive won’t make much of a difference’, critics

Agency to build residential apartments

Ishac Diwan makes way for Kenichi Ohashi

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Djibouti 30 years of independence

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Saving Addis Ababa’s Historic Buildings - and Westminster Abbey's Holding of Ethiopian Loot

Social mobilization against sanctioned violence against girls and women

United Bank elect new board members
‘New directive won’t make much of a difference’, critics