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Business tycoon to build over 50 mln birr library for Addis Ababa University |
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Addis Ababa, January 29, 2008 (WIC) - Sheikh Mohammed Hussen Al-Amudi signed today over 50-million-birr grant agreement that will provide Addis Ababa University with an international standard library.
After signing the agreement with Addis Ababa University President Professor Andrias Eshete, the business tycoon said he would fully cover the over 50 million birr cost for the library. He further pledged to meet his obligation as a citizen in supporting the expansion of education in the country. Addis Ababa University President Professor Andrias Eshete on his part thanked the philanthropist on behalf of the students of the university and the Ethiopian people. The present library of the university which was not originally built to serve as a library is overwhelmed with over 112,000 books and research papers, he said, adding that the new library would alleviate the problem. Andrias further said the construction of a modern library would also help the effort underway for the return of the several books looted by British soldiers during the battle of Mekdela. The library will have a hall, cafeterias, bookstores, exhibition center and other rooms, it was learnt. |
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