Jeffrey Feltman , U.S. Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa, travelling to the...
Jeffrey Feltman , who was named as U.S. Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa in April of this year, is visiting as Ethiopia is preparing to undertake the second filling of the Grand Ethiopian...
View ArticleEuropean Union will not observe the Ethiopian Election
European Union accuses Ethiopian government for not agreeing with “Key parameters” for the deployment of observer mission borkena The European Union on Sunday announced that it has cancelled...
View ArticleEthiopia celebrated the 80th anniversary of Victory Day, Patriots Day
Photo : EBC borkena Ethiopia on Wednesday celebrated the 80th anniversary of Victory Day at the Dilachin Statue (it means our victory ) near Arat Kilo, Addis Ababa. Ethiopian Patriots who took part...
View ArticleAbiy Ahmed’s administration claims it foiled plot to disrupt election
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Security Task Force seems to see the movement for Addis Ababa as a “terrorist activity” borkena Ethiopia’s Intelligence, Security and Anti-Terrorism Task Force on...
View ArticleEthiopian Parliament approves TPLF, OLF Shane designation as terrorist...
The Ethiopian Parliament nodded to the claim that OLF Shane and TPLF have been pursuing terrorism as a means to achieve political objective borkena The House of People’s Representatives of Ethiopia...
View ArticleSudan : U.S. delegates see a single army under civilian control as essential...
U.S. senator Christopher Coons called for a single armed force under a civilian government in Sudan, sees it as essential for democratic transition General Abdel-Fattah Burhan meeting with U.S....
View ArticleAbune Mathias video “blasts genocide in Tigray” says AP report
An American man running a “charitable organization” who is said to have known Abune Mathias for several years took the video says AP but it was not published. Abune Mathias during Siklet celebration...
View ArticleESAT declared a public media with Andargachew Tsige as Director
About two years ago, there were reports about divisions within ESAT board of Directors borkena The Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT), Ethiopian Broadcaster which was initially launched in the...
View ArticleAbune Mathias video message about Tigray “genocide”, reactions to it
Abune Mathias claims a campaign to decimate ethnic Tigreans underway, even calling it “genocide.” While expressing anger that PM Abiy Ahmed’s government stifled the patriarch and a potential danger...
View ArticleEthiopian Church remarks over Patriarch’s video message about “Tigray Genocide”
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Holy Synod will meet to discuss his Holiness Abune Mathias’ video message which was released over the weekend Archbishop Abune Yosef, Secretary of the Holy Synod...
View ArticleU.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia hosted Patriarch Abune Mathias
Abune Mathias pausing with the U.S. Ambassador at the residence of the Ambassador. The identity of the person on the left of Abune Mathias is unspecified ( Photo : U.S. Embassy Facebook page) borkena...
View ArticleAddis Ababa city administration reconsiders position on Iftar on Meskel Square
borkena A day after reported cancellation of Meskel Square Iftar, Addis Ababa, the city administration appears to reconsider its decision. A report by Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC)...
View ArticleAttorney General on the killings in Axum city, Tigray region of Ethiopia
Most of the deaths in Axum City during in late November 2020 are those who took part in the war on the part of Tigray People’s Liberation Front, says Attorney General report borkena The Federal...
View ArticleEthiopia says terror plot targeting capital Addis, oromo region foiled
Intelligence and Security Task Force of Ethiopia arrested over 100 in connection with alleged terror plot targeting the capital Addis Ababa and some other cities in the oromo region of Ethiopia Some...
View ArticleGreat Street Iftar in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa City administration said the Great Street Iftar event concluded peacefully without any security incident A partial view of the Great Street Iftar in Addis Ababa ( Photo credit : ENA)...
View ArticleEuropean Union, Russia to send election observers to Ethiopia
A week ago the European Union said it has cancelled plans to send election observers to Ethiopia Dina Mufti, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, during weekly briefing on May...
View ArticleEthiopia’s giant service provider Ethio Telecom inaugurated Tele Birr service
TeleBirr Mobile Money service is expected to have up to 53 million users in the country Firehiwot Tamiru, CEO of Ethio Telecom, during the inauguration of TeleBirr ( Photo : EBC) borkena Ethiopia on...
View ArticleExtrajudicial killing in Dembi Dollo, Oromo region, EHRC calls for investigation
Ethiopian Human Rights Commission condemned the extrajudicial killings in the Oromo regional state of Ethiopia borkena The Oromo regional State of Ethiopia has been a hell for some Ethiopians for...
View ArticleTigray Region farmers “not allowed to carry out farming activity” : report
The restriction on farmers has caused severe famine in the region, says the region’s interim administration Mekelle City (File ) borkena The Tigray region interim administration disclosed that farmers...
View ArticleEthiopian Muslims celebrating Eid – Al – Fitir on Thursday
Graphics : Ethiopian Tourism borkena Ethiopian Muslims are poised to celebrate the 1442nd Eid al-Fitr on Thursday. It marks the end of a month long Holy Month of Ramadan, in the Islamic religious...
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