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	Arkebe Oqubay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Arkebe Oqubay is Mayor of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
		On March 31, 2005, Arkebe Oqubay was named African Mayor of 2005 by Broadcasting Network of Africa.
		Mayor Arkebe Oqubay lost the mayorship of Addis Ababa in May of 2005, but as the opposition which swept the election in the capital was not permitted to assume control of the city, he has remained in office.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arkebe_Oqubay (113 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Mayor Arkebe Oqubay, on Thursday, said that the administration's 2004-2005 annual capital budget, which was 1.9 billion birr, was reduced to 1.1 billion birr.
		Arkebe said the capital budget was used to finance schools' construction, real state and industrial zones development adding the administration anticipates to finalize on going projects before it hands over office to the new administration.
		Arkebe said recently different bills related to the responsibility of the city administration and the federal government were presented to Parliament for endorsement.
	www.andenet.com /news-Jul3-2.htm (394 words)

	ZoomInfo Web Summary: Arkebe Mitiku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Arkebe Oqubay Mitiku, whose real name is Yohannes Uqbay Mitiku, was born in Adwa, a town in northern Tigray Regional State.
		Arkebe Oqubay Mitiku is also a private share-holder and a member of the board of Africa Insurance SC.
		Arkebe Oqubay Mitiku is interested in computers and in 1996 graduated by correspondence with an MBA from the University of London.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Mitiku_Arkebe_315531257.htm (352 words)

	City Mayors: Mayor of Addis Ababa
		Oqubay has also created institutions that did not exist before his appointment: for example, for housing and street cleaning.
		Mayor Oqubay's top social priority is the prevention of HIV/AIDS, and to that end he has established 68 Visit Centres providing counselling and testing.
		Oqubay wants to phase out so-called multiple shift education, where students are taught in shifts because of too few classrooms.
	www.citymayors.com /mayors/addis_mayor.html (2524 words)

	World Mayor: Commenting on Arkebe Oqubay - Mayor of Addis Ababa
		Arkebe Oqubay is the most dynamic and workaholic Mayor that the city of Addis Ababa has ever seen.
		Mayor Arkebe has demonstrated his ability to mobilise the public to rally behind him in his efforts to reduce poverty, improve governance, and raise the city's urban standard within a very short period of time.
		Arkebe Oqubay is a leader who proves against all odds that change is possible for those who commit them selves to solve the problems of their people.
	www.worldmayor.com /voting05/comments_addis.html (1525 words)

	:: JOBURG, ADDIS ABABA FORGE STRONG LINKS :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Oqubay responded by saying he would cherish the memory of his stay in Johannesburg, "especially in Soweto".
		Given the desire and commitment on both sides, said Oqubay, "the relationship between Johannesburg, the economic powerhouse of Africa, and Addis Ababa, the diplomatic capital of Africa and the seat of the African Union and the Economic Commission for Africa, will definitely become an exemplary African twin city model worth replicating".
		Masondo and Oqubay then signed the Memorandum of Understanding to "serve as a foundation for the implementation of the cooperation and a lasting partnership".
	www.joburg.org.za /2003/oct/oct10_ethiopia.stm (742 words)

	Arkebe Oqubay Launches Trees for Cities in London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Ato Arkebe Oqubay, Mayor of Addis Ababa, last Friday launched a new British NGO called Trees for Cities in London.
		Ato Arkebe will be joined at the launch by Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London.
		Myles Wickstead, HM British Ambassador to Ethiopia, who also attended the ceremony, said: “I am thrilled that Trees for Cities have chosen Addis Ababa as their first partner, and that Ato Arkebe will be present at the launch.
	www.addistribune.com /Archives/2003/07/18-07-03/Arkebe.htm (191 words)

	Bob Celebrated
		The month long celebration runs with the main theme of “Africa Unite” around which different events such as a music concert at Meskel square, a three day symposium at the UN conference center, a fund raising banquet at Sheraton Addis and an art and cultural exhibition are taking place..
		At the opening ceremony of the birthday celebrations at the city hall on 1, January the Mayor of Addis Ababa, Arkebe Oqubay, marked the occasion by bestowing Rita Marley an honourary citizenship of the city.
		Upon handing over the award, Mayor Arkebe expressed his gratitude to Rita Marley for her effort in organizing and realizing the event.
	www.capitalethiopia.com /archive/2005/feb/0001/headlines.htm (299 words)

	Interview with Arkebe Oqubay, mayor of Addis Ababa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		ETHIOPIA: Interview with Arkebe Oqubay, mayor of Addis Ababa
		ADDIS ABABA, 20 Aug 2003 (IRIN) - Arkebe Oqubay was parachuted in as mayor of Addis Ababa after Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi dissolved the entire administration for incompetence.
		IRIN is a project of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=36078 (1474 words)

	`Arkebe Launches Trees For Cities In London` (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Addis Ababa, July 12, 2003 (EH)- Arkebe Oqubay, Mayor of Addis Ababa, launched yesterday a new British NGO called Trees for Cities, according
		Myles Wickstead, British Ambassador to Ethiopia, who attended the ceremony said; "I am thrilled that Trees for Cities have chosen Addis Ababa as their first partner, and that Arkebe was present at the launch.
		Arkebe and world-famous Ethiopia musician Sileshi Demissie, were to join the celebration in London yesterday.
	www.etff.org /news_forest/london.htm (218 words)

	Mayor Arkebe Oqubay
		Arkebe Oqubay was parachuted in as mayor of Addis Ababa after Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi dissolved the entire administration for incompetence.
		Here six months into the job, Arkebe tells IRIN of the problems faced by the impoverished, sprawling city which has a population of more than three million, and the solutions he has in mind.
		We want to give special attention to bus transport because the majority of people use them.
	www.addistribune.com /Archives/2003/08/22-08-03/Oqubay.htm (1352 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| Africa diary: Ethiopia's challenge
		The Mayor, Arkebe Oqubay, outlines his priorities: tackling unemployment and poverty, as well as providing shelter and housing.
		Ato Arkebe says the plan is to build 200,000 new houses in Addis over the next five years.
		The Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, which treats women with childbirth injuries, is another place that is feeling the pressure on basic services in a poor country trying to support a population of 70 million.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/3727756.stm (858 words)

	Ambitious plans for Ethiopia's capital
		Monuments displaying the communist red star with hammer-and-sickle inset, gifts from Moscow during the nearly 20-year rule of Marxist dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam, mix with gleaming glass-and-steel banks and high-rises emblematic of Western capitalism.
		"Things have changed, and the city has the potential to be the hub and crossroads of the Arab world and Africa," said Mayor Arkebe Oqubay, who has been on television and radio trumpeting his "Clean and Green Addis" campaign.
		Oqubay is also trying to build 5,000 classrooms, hire 3,000 teachers and move thousands of street children off the corners and into schools and homes.
	www.ethiomedia.com /release/ambitious_plans_for_addis.html (974 words)

	August 25, 2003 Ethiopia News
		Mayor Arkebe Oqubay Strives To Reduce HIV/AIDS Prevalence in Addis Ababa
		Preparation was well underway to produce generic drugs here in the country, he said, adding, efforts were also being carried out to raise the awareness of the general public about ARVs.
		ADDIS ABABA (IRIN), August 20, 2003 –; Arkebe Oqubay was parachuted in as mayor of Addis Ababa after Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi dissolved the entire administration for incompetence.
	www.etharc.org /news/August25loc.htm (1887 words)

	Weblog Ethiopia
		For her part, Nigist Gebre Kristos, the wife of another member of the TPLF political bureau Arkebe Oqubay Mitiku, is none other than the sister of Berhane Gebre Kristos the Ethiopian Ambassador to Belgium, whereas Oqubay’s sister is the wife of Adis Alem Balema, a member of the TPLF central committee.
		This is so for Sebhat Nega, Tewodros Hagos (in charge of mining activity), Arkebe Oqubay and Abadi Zemu (who was the head of the Relief Society of Tigray from 1978 to 1991).
		Zemu, currently the Vice President of Tigray Regional State, was recently replaced as director general of EFFORT by the former Minister of Revenue, Getachew Belay Wendimu, who is also a member of the TPLF central committee.
	weblogethiopia.blogspot.com (1912 words)

	Addis Ababa mayor hosts New Year luncheon for AIDS orphans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The mayor of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa on Saturday hosted a luncheon for about 400 AIDS orphans and other children to mark the New Near on the Ethiopian calendar.
		"We hosted them a luncheon on Saturday with other children to give them moral support and to pass a message that the society does not discrimate against them," Mayor Arkebe Oqubay told AFP by telephone.
		The mayor said that a new anti-HIV/AIDS Council has been established, to be chaired by himself.
	www.terradaily.com /2003/030913164027.v8fdgv4d.html (259 words)

	Caribbean Net News: Bob Marley fest swings into full gear in Ethiopia
		Rita Marley, mayor of Addis Ababa Akebe Oqubay and
		The celebration kicked off late Tuesday at an opening ceremony attended by Marley's widow Rita, the grandson of former Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie, the spiritual leader of the Rastafarians, and Hollywood star Danny Glover.
		Others included members of the Rastafarian community, local leaders of the Orthodox and Muslim religions and the mayor of Addis Ababa, Arkebe Oqubay, who granted Rita Marley honorary citizenship of the city.
	www.caribbeannetnews.com /2005/02/03/fest.shtml (696 words)

	allAfrica.com: Ethiopia: City General Manager Tops Lease Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		In a city where the demand for plots is far larger than the supply given by the sole land provider, the city administration, disputes are rampant.
		First created during the tenure of Ali Abdo, now serving as the ambassador to Sudan, the Lease Board closed 3,000 files when Arkebe Oqubay handed over the city's key to the new mayor, Berhane Derriesa, on May 9, 2006.
		The new Board comprises nine members, to be chaired by the General Manager, an office occupied by Zemedkun Tekle during the time of Arkebe's provisional administration.
	allafrica.com /stories/200607050888.html (505 words)

	CCP: Press Room
		As part of the campaign to bring quality VCT services to the community, H. Ato Arkebe Oqubay, the Mayor of Addis Ababa, inaugurated the first mobile VCT center in the country supported by HHS/CDC in a ceremony on September 9.
		This technical and financial assistance will be administered through HHS/CDC-Ethiopia and Addis Ababa HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office to provide counseling and testing services to the community and serve as a model for future mobile VCT centers.
		Mayor Arkebe Oqubay publicly tested last year, an action that greatly contributed to the Addis Ababa City VCT Campaign.
	www.jhuccp.org /pressroom/2005/09-15.shtml (615 words)

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		Voluntary testing, officials said, was a vital weapon in efforts to limit the effect of HIV/AIDS, which leads to the death of about 600 people a day in Ethiopia.
		At the opening of the testing centre, the mayor of Addis Ababa, Arkebe Oqubay, took an HIV test and urged others to follow suit.
		He was the first senior government official to take a test in public.
	www.plusnews.org /AIDSreport.asp?ReportID=3303&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa (564 words)

	SudanTribune article : A critical look into the Ethiopian elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The head of Sur Construction, Arkebe Oqubay Mitiku, is also one of the leaders of the TPLF and the mayor of Addis Abeba.
		Such privileges that Tigreyans enjoy have contributed to resentments, which have taken root at the local level and are being mobilized at the national level, and have added to the growing anti-Tigreyan sentiment in Ethiopia.
		There is great likelihood that the Prime Minister will become a lame duck at best, even if he barely manages to retain his position by rigging the rural vote.
	www.sudantribune.com /article.php3?id_article=9931 (2462 words)

	Ethiopian Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The outgoing Addis Ababa mayor, Arkebe Oqubay, stopped collecting trash.
		Angry over his defeat at the May 15 election, Arkebe and his EPRDF colleagues are also plundering the Addis Ababa city resources.
		The CUD leadership is consulting with its lawyers on what legal actions to take against Ato Arekebe.
	ethiopianreview.homestead.com /index_July18_2005.html (458 words)

	afrol News - Germans to build cheap housing in Ethiopia
		The background for this enormous order is found in a regional component of the GTZ project in the Ethiopian province of Tigray, promoting housing construction with low-grade technologies, also termed "Low Cost Housing".
		Arkebe Oqubay, the Mayor of Addis Ababa, had observed the GTZ project in Tigray and was convinced it would work in the Ethiopian capital.
		According to GTZ project leader Ruth Erlbeck, the German development agency could "offer construction costs that were up 50 percent lower than the average costs."
	www.afrol.com /articles/14889 (538 words)

	GTZ. GTZ Awarded Major Construction Contract for Low-Cost Housing
		What sparked the large-scale construction contract was a regional component of the GTZ project in Tigray province for the Promotion of Housing Construction Using Simple Technology: "Low-Cost Housing" for short.
		Arkebe Oqubay, Addis Ababa's mayor, was won over to the concept at that time.
		GTZ project manager, Ruth Erlbeck, comments: "We were able to offer construction at prices up to 50 percent lower than the going rate."
	www.gtz.de /en/presse/3902.htm (553 words)

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		Leading the transformation of Addis Ababa is its mayor, Arkebe Oqubay, who, while not elected by its residents, has earned their respect and support.
		Mayor Oqubay speaks from his office in Addis Ababa's City Hall.
		He says, “In terms of international staff, if I'm not mistaken, it's next to New York, Washington and London in terms of concentration of international staff.
	quickstart.clari.net /voa/art/hp/51F873DB-7352-4E02-9661A8A0213A54B2.html (612 words)

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		The Capacity Building Bureau director of the regional state of Tigray (northern Ethiopia) just rose to the state's vice-presidency.
		Abadi Zemo replaces Arkebe Oqubay Mitiku, who was recently chosen as interim president of the Addis Ababa government's council after its dissolution by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi (ION n°1013).
		A young fl woman, who graduated in 1997 with a degree in non profit management from New York's New School for Social Research, will preside over the new Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA).
	www.africaintelligence.com /ps/AN/Arch/ION/ION_1024.asp (280 words)

	A tribute to the outgoing provisional administration of Addis Ababa
		Both the political leadership and the civil service had been characterized by inept practices, corruption and nepotism.
		It didn’t take long for the provisional administration led by Mayor Arkebe Oqubay to bring about meaningful change in the affairs of the city.
		After the decentralization and restructuring, services were brought much nearer to the community and service delivery showed dramatic improvements.
	www.waltainfo.com /Analysis/2006/May/12655.htm (2042 words)

	Fistula Foundation Newsletter
		Oprah Winfrey visits the Fistula Hospital to inaugurate a building named in her honor.
		Winfrey is pictured here with Geoffrey Weatherall, chairman of the trust which runs the hospital, and Arkebe Oqubay, mayor of Addis Ababa.
		Now, one year later, more than 17,000 donors have contributed to the Fistula Foundation as a result of Oprah's broadcast.
	www.fistulafoundation.org /newsletters/winter2005 (2207 words)

	Afiwi.Com - Your Caribbean Online
		The celebration began late Tuesday at an opening ceremony attended by Marley's widow Rita, the grandson of former Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie, Prince Bede Mariam Mekonnen, and American film star Danny Glover.
		Also present were members of the Rastafarian community, local leaders of the Orthodox and Muslim religions and the mayor of Addis Ababa, Arkebe Oqubay, who gave Rita Marley an honorary citizenship of Addis Ababa.
		Rita Marley commented: "I am greatly honoured to receive this award and know that this is brother Bob's dream come true.
	www.afiwi.com /news2.asp?id=3238 (376 words)

	Ethiopia
		However, the relationship between the central Government and local officials and among various judiciaries lacked clear delineation and consistent coordination, and occasionally actions were taken at the local level that conflicted with stated federal policy.
		In October 2002, Prime Minister Meles dissolved the Addis Ababa city government and replaced it with a provisional administration led by EPRDF/TPLF member Arkebe Oqubay.
		Under the Addis Ababa City Charter, the appointed council members can only hold office for 1 year until new elections are called; however, no elections for Addis Ababa Council members were held during the year.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27727.htm (18140 words)

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