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10 Ethiopian Roads Authority, regional roads agency workers slain in Oromo...
Source : BBC Amharic News borkena 10 Ethiopian Roads Authority and Oromo region roads branch workers were reportedly killed in the West Shoa zone of Oromo region of Ethiopia. BBC Amharic News...
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Ethiopia election : High voter turnout, no security incident reported
Ethiopia’s election turned out to be rather a peaceful one, against the anticipation of western powers that have been putting pressure on Ethiopia on alleged grounds of “humanitarian crisis in the...
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NaMA expresses displeasure with what it called irregularities
Belete Molla, Leader of NaMA ( Photo credit : EBC) borkena In a brief statement issued on Monday, National Movement of Amhara (NaMA) said it took part in the election not out of the conviction that...
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Ethiopia’s Election Board says Election was peaceful, but shortages of ballot...
There are areas where elections will continue tomorrow – areas where there were shortages of ballot paper Graphics credit : National Electoral Board of Ethiopia borkena The Ethiopian election was...
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An American election observer found dead in Hotel, police investigating
John Marsh, an American who was an employee of Carter Center, was found dead in his Hotel room in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa John Marsh (left) – Photo via EBC borkena An American election...
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Gunmen disrupted voting, killing three in Oromo region of Ethiopia
This is for a second time for the gunmen, who are believed to be linked to the Oromo Liberation Front, to carry out attacks in less than a week Credit : BBC Amharic borkena On Monday this week, it...
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Afar People’s Party says election was “unsuccessful trial of democracy”
borkena In a brief statement entitled “Democratic Failure and the 6th General Election,” Afar People’s Party on Tuesday said that the election in Afar region of Ethiopia represents an...
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Preliminary Election results known in most parts of Ethiopia as Board calls...
National Electoral Board of Ethiopia is expected to announce official result of the election in the next two days borkena A day after what is said to be “Ethiopia’s first free and fair election,”...
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Sudan attempting to initiate Security Council meeting over Ethiopian Dam again
GERD Project ( Photo : SM) borkena Sudan is urging the United Nations Security Council to meet over Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) with the aim to put pressure on Ethiopia to halt the second...
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Russia reiterates support for non-intervention in Ethiopia’s internal affairs
Ethiopia expressed readiness to host the Africa-Russia forum in Addis Ababa next year. Foreign Ministers of Ethiopia and Russia meeting in Moscow on June 23 ( Photo : MFAE) borkena Ethiopia’s Deputy...
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Irrigation Development Commission to undertake 4 bln birr underground water...
Signing ceremony of the project agreement ( Photo : Public Domain ) borkena Ethiopia’s Irrigation Development Commission is poised to undertake a 4 billion birr underground water project for drinking...
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TPLF assassinated a member of Interim administration in Tigray
borkena A citizen report emerging on social media indicates that Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) killed one of the members of the Interim administration in the Tigray region. The source,...
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EZEMA vows to take election irregularities to court if board fails to address...
If the National Electoral Board fails to address complaints that EZEMA filed, the party will go to court said a statement by the party borkena Ethiopian Citizens For Social Justice (EZEMA), one of...
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Ethiopia dismiss allegations of airstrike targeting civilians in Tigray
The Airstrike was targeting TPLF forces who were celebrating an event says Ethiopian Defense Force Colonel Getnet Adane during the press conference (Photo : ENA) borkena After the Ethiopian election...
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Two local, One expatriate MSF staff found dead in Tigray
The killing of MSF staff is the second incident in a week in the region. A few days ago , the head of the investment commission in the region was found dead a day after he was kidnapped in Mekelle...
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Ethiopia : conflicting information as government introduce unilateral ceasefire
As Ethiopia announces unilateral ceasefire in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, there are also conflicting reports that Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) army, now calls itself as Tigray Defense...
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Ceasefire : Ethiopian PM explains why his government declared it, withdraw...
Ethiopian PM Abiy explained why ceasefire was needed. He said his government spent 100 billion birr in the Tigray region after the conflict started – which is more than tenfold of the regional budget...
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TPLF rebels reject government ceasefire, vows to march to Eritrea too
There are reports of wide spreading killings in the Mekelle region of Ethiopia after TPLF rebels took control of the city following the withdrawal of Ethiopian Defense Force borkena Ethnic Tigray...
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borkena Days after perplexation with the news of the unforeseen withdrawal of the Ethiopian Defense Force from, PM Abiy Ahmed spoke to journalists on Tuesday in the capital Addis Ababa. He said the...
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All sides should abide by the ceasefire, says US Acting Assistant Secretary...
borkena Robert Godec, Acting Assistant Secretary of State Bureau of African Affairs, reportedly said that parties to the conflict in Tigray should abide by the ceasefire in the interest of bringing a...
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