Posts Tagged ‘addis ababa’

The Philadelphia Inquirer-Singer Lauren Hart didn't sing the national anthem before Saturday's Flyers-Penguins playoff game because she and her husband, coffee magnate/explorer Todd Carmichael, were en route to Ethiopia to adopt their first child. It was Hart's first missed anthem in eight seasons, and the Flyers - which supported the trip - put up a video of ... Full story

CAPITAL-Following the Mexican government's health alert to all states instructing them to take preventive measures against the influenza outbreak in the country on April 16, efforts are underway to prevent its spreading. As part of the drive to achieve this, countries in East Africa held their own planning with a meeting in Addis Ababa from April 28 ... Full story

Addis Ababa City Police Commission looks set to return to the control of the city administration now led by the national ruling party, the EPRDF. The commission was transferred to the control of the Federal Police by the EPRDF in the aftermath of the disputed 2005 general election. This move came about after the Coalition ... Full story

A decommissioned ambulance dedicated to former Ottawa mayor Marion Dewar will soon be in service in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. At a handover ceremony outside City Hall yesterday, Councillor Diane Deans gave the keys to the ambulance to Samuel Getachew of Friends of Ethiopia, which organized the project and raised the money to ship the ambulance to Ethiopia. ... Full story

As Ethiopia mourns the passing of musical legend Tilahun Gessesse, an anticipated high-profile concert has been postponed. Musical superstars Aster Awek, Gosaye Tesfaye and Pras Michel were scheduled to perform this upcoming  Saturday April 25 at the well known Millennium Hall in Addis Ababa. Due to the passing of Tilahun, event organizers have decided to postpone ... Full story

ADDIS ABABA - Africa must manufacture its own generic drugs if it is to fight HIV/AIDS and ensure the financial crisis does not stop patients from getting treatment, the new head of the U.N.'s AIDS agency said on Wednesday. "We should facilitate a discussion around how we can build a business case for producing generic drugs in Africa so that it can increase coverage but can, ... Full story

Japanese trading houses are in talks with Ethiopian coffee exporters to resume purchases of beans from the Horn of Africa country, a year after imports were slashed when several contaminated shipments were discovered. “Some Japanese businesses are seriously negotiating with Ethiopian businesses for the resumption of imports to Japan,” Kinichi Komano, Japan’s ambassador to Ethiopia, said ... Full story

The Addis Ababa City Housing Development Program (AACHDP) summoned at the end of last week, 4500 city dwellers whose names were on the waiting list for the fourth round condominium lottery drawn a month ago. The lottery was to distribute 15,000 individual apartments to the winners. AACHDP called in those on the waiting list when only 10 ... Full story

The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) awarded the project to acquire card based payment system to M2M Group, a Morocco based company. The contract agreement between the two was finally signed on March 20, 17 months after the tender was floated. Sources within CBE told Capital, the project that entails supply of the hardware and installation is ... Full story

Three districts have started mega projects of condominium construction on 188hct of an entirely new development site about 13Km from downtown Addis, near Summit area, in the south east part of the city. The over 942 million Br worth of condos construction, which started last month, is still in its initial stage on the wide ... Full story