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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday called on authorities in Ethiopia to release a journalist being held without charge following a spate of similar arrests in recent weeks. Addis Ababa: The Ethiopian government has been condemned for detaining a journalist. (Image: Wikimedia Commons) An Ethiopian court on Tuesday extended by 14 days the pre-trial detention of Elias Gebru, Editor-in-Chief of the independent news magazine  Enku  who was detained for questioning in connection with a column published in his paper. "The detention without charge of Elias Gebru is the latest move by the Ethiopian government to tighten the noose on the country's independent press," said Mohamed Keita of the CPJ. "We call on authorities to release Elias immediately and to stop arresting journalists as a means to quell information and debate," he alleged. © somartin -  za.Fotolia.com According to the CPJ, Elias' column covered a controversial monument recen

አዲስ አበባ ፣ ግንቦት 23 ፣ 2006 (ኤፍ.ቢ.ሲ.) በ22ተኛው ሳምንት የኢትዮጵያ ፕሪሚየር ሊግ ኢትዮጵያ ቡና እና ንግድ ባንክ ድል ቀንቷቸዋል። ንግድ ናንክ በአበበ ቢቂላ ስታዲየም በተካሄደው ጨዋታ ነው ኢትዮጵያ መድህንን 2 ለ 0 የረታው። በክልል ከተሞች ዳሸን ቢራ ከወላይታ ዲቻ ፣  አርባ ምንጭ ከነማ ከሲዳማ ቡና በተመሳሳይ 0 ለ 0 ሲለያዩ ፤ ሙገር ሲሚንቶ በመብራት ሃይል 2 ለ 1 ተሸንፏል። በሌላ ጨዋታ ወደ ሀረር ያቀናው ኢትዮጵያ ቡና ሀረር ከተማን 1 ለ 0 አሸንፏል። በጉጉት ሲጠበቅ የነበረው የቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ  እና ደደቢት ግጥሚያ  3 ለ 3 በሆነ ውጤት ተጠናቋል።

- ለኤክስፖርት የተዘጋጀ ቡና ላይ የኮንትሮባንድ ንግድ ደርቷል በቡና ንግድ ተሳታፊ ሳይሆኑ የቡና ፈቃድ አውጥተው ለዓመታት የተቀመጡና ምናልባትም አጭበርባሪዎች ሊሆኑ ይችላሉ የተባሉ 37 ግለሰቦችን ፈቃድ መሰረዙን የንግድ ሚኒስትሩ አስታወቁ፡፡ የንግድ ሚኒስትሩ አቶ ከበደ ጫኔ የአሥር ወራት የሥራ አፈጻጸም ሪፖርታቸውን ለሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት ባለፈው ሳምንት ሲያቀርቡ፣ የቡና ንግድ መቀዝቀዙንና ኮንትሮባንድ መስፋፋቱን፣ እንዲሁም ከቡና ጋር የተያያዙ ችግሮችን ለመፍታት የንግድ ሚኒስቴር ምን እያደረገ እንደሆነ ተጠይቀዋል፡፡ የቡና ጉዳይ ድሮ በሚኒስቴር ደረጃ ይመራ ከነበረበት ወርዶ በአንድ ተቋም ውስጥ መመሸቁ እንደሚያሳስባቸው የተናገሩት ሚኒስትሩ፣ ከኮንትሮባንድ መስፋፋት በተጨማሪ የቡና ንግድ ሳይኖራቸው የቡና ፈቃድ ያወጡ መኖራቸውን አስረድተዋል፡፡ በቡና ንግድ ካልተሰማሩ ፈቃዱን ለምን እንደሚፈልጉት መገመት እንደሚቻል የተናገሩት ሚኒስትሩ፣ ዋነኛው መንግሥት ለቡና ንግድ የሚሰጠውን ትኩረትና ጥቅማ ጥቅም ለመቀራመት ሊሆን እንደሚችል ገልጸዋል፡፡ በቡና ንግድ ዘርፍ ለሚሰማሩ መንግሥት ቅድሚያ የባንክ ብድርና የውጭ ምንዛሪ እንዲያገኙ ስለሚያደረግ፣ እነዚህ በቡና ንግድ ላይ ለመሰማራት ፈቃድ ያወጡ ነገር ግን ኤክስፖርት አድርገው የማያውቁ ነጋዴዎች ይህንን ጥቅም ለመመዝበር አቅደው ሊሆን ይችላል ብለዋል፡፡ ‹‹እንዲህ ዓይነት የማጭበርበር ሥራ የሚሠሩ የቡና ንግድ ፈቃድ ይዘው የተቀመጡ ነጋዴዎች ፈቃድ ተሰርዟል፤›› ብለዋል፡፡ እነዚህ ነጋዴዎች የሚያገኙትን ብድር ተጠቅመው አራጣ የማበደር ተግባር ውስጥ  ተሰማርተው ሊሆኑ ይችላል የሚሉት አቶ ከበደ፣ የነጋዴዎቹን ማንነት ከመግለጽና ፈቃዳቸውን ከመሰረዝ ባለፈ የሚወሰድ ዕርምጃ ስለመኖሩ አልተናገሩ

It has finalized a partnership with Japanese firm to import green tea Aleta Land Coffee, a local coffee firm announced that it would a open trans-border coffee shop in Asia starting next year. It was made public last Saturday in Hawassa, regional capital of the Southern Nation Nationalities Peoples Regional State (SNNPR). Celebrating the 10th anniversary and inauguration of three factories in the town, Habetamu Silla, general manager of Aleta Land Group told The Reporter that establishing a trans-border coffee shop in Asia and worldwide is being undertaken along with importing green tea seedlings from Japan to send back in the form of soft drinks. Aleta Land Group was initially established in 2004 with a paid up capital of one million birr, which through years has grown to 62 million Br. “These days, many young Asians have started drinking coffee in addition to their well-known tea tradition,” Habtamu tells why his company is keen on opening coffee shops beside exporting

The quiet roads, the beautiful scenery, the spectacular lake, comfortable rooms are definitely a gateway from Addis Ababa. ምንጭ፦ www.thereporterethiopia.com These days, the dusty roads of Addis, the cars honking, the concrete jungle, are becoming too much for people to handle. Due to that people like Natan Ayele can't wait for Friday in order to get out of the city. “Thank God it is Friday,” he says. Usually, his destination is Hawassa, which is located some 270 km south of Addis. Going to the Haile Resort relaxes him and traveling gives him freedom. Whether it is going to a quiet restaurant or staying at home, Addis is the last place he wants to spend his weekends. Haile Resort is a place where he sits for hours reflecting and reading. He sometimes takes a friend to enjoy the weekend with.  Usually, when people go out of the city they tend to drink more. However, he opposes the idea of intoxication. Rather, he just sits by the pool and might have a couple of glasses of