Addis Ababa City Administration Introduces Another Controversial Measure
Addis Ababa City Mayor , Adanech Abiebie (Photo : File/PD) borkena Addis Ababa City Administration is reportedly poised to administer an evaluative assessment exam for its employees, from the main...
View ArticleHistorical Gishen Debre-Kerbe Mariam Church in Amhara Region shelled with...
Gishen Debre-Kerbe Mariam By Staff Reporter ADDIS ABABA – (BORKENA) – The historical Gishen Debre-Kerbe Mariam Church of the Orthodox Christians located in South Wollo Zone, Ambassel Woreda of Amhara...
View ArticleEthiopian gov’t soldiers reportedly executed a young man in Merawi, Gojjam
Yilkal Abeje (source : AAA) borkena The Ethiopian Defense Force last Friday reportedly executed a young man in Merawi Town of Gojjam. Amhara Association of America, a civic organization based in the...
View ArticleEthiopia’s Dam on the Nile negotiation underway in Addis Ababa
Fourth Round of Negotiation over the Ethiopian Dam in Addis Ababa (Photo : Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia ) borkena Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have started the fourth round of negotiation over...
View ArticleOngoing Conflict in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia
Fano combatants (Photo : SM) borkena After the end of a seven-day ultimatum for Fano forces, the Amhara regional state made claims this week that over 5,000 Fano forces have surrendered. The claim...
View ArticleEthiopian Gov’t Confirms Arrest of Over 1,000 residents in Addis Ababa
Demelash Woldemichael , Federal Police Cheif borkena The Ethiopian Federal Police announced on Friday that it has arrested over 1,000 “suspects.” This press statement was made at the Federal Police...
View ArticleEthiopia’s National Dialogue Commission Yet to Identify Participants from...
Tibebu Tadesse, spokesperson of the commission (photo : DW Amharic) borkena Ethiopia’s National Dialogue Commission announced this week that it has identified participants in 700 districts from five...
View ArticleBahir Dar City: Four Militia Killed in Grenade Attack
Image : screenshot from ABC TV borkena Four militia members were reportedly killed, and ten others were injured in Bahir Dar after a grenade was thrown at them. ABC Amhara TV reported that the...
View ArticleYouth Mass Migration a concern in Tigray , says regional gov’t in Tigray
Record Number of Tigray Youth Migrating to Neighboring Countries and the pattern of migration is said to be alarming During public consultation in Mekelle (Photo : screenshot from VOA Amharic report)...
View ArticleAddis Ababa City Administration Cancels Efficiency Exams
File borkena The Addis Ababa City administration has canceled the controversial evaluative test scheduled for Friday. Addis Ababa University and Kotebe College were the designated institutions for...
View ArticleTigray Opposition parties form a covenant for radical change
Leader of the four opposition parties in Tigray that formed a new political covenant for radical change (photo : DW Amharic) borkena Four registered opposition parties in Ethiopia’s Tigray region have...
View ArticleFailure to pay monthly salary of teachers, health professionals brings dire...
Ethiopian government recently criticized the commission in connection with its right abuse report By Staff Reporter ADDIS ABABA –(BORKENA) – The monthly payment of teachers and health professionals in...
View ArticleEthiopia : Confession of State Minister who is seeking Asylum in the U.S.
Dr. Seyoum ( Photo : Public Domain/file) borkena The ruling government “lacks character of a government, is isolated from the public and hated.” These are the words of Dr. Seyoum Mesfin, the former...
View ArticleEthiopia Defaults: Third African Country Facing Debt Crisis
Ahmed Shide, Ethiopia’s Minister for Finance, this week said that Ethiopia is not making the payment because there are contesting practices that needs to be fixed (Photo : ENA/file) borkena Prime...
View ArticleDrone Strike Kills Protestant Church Servants in Horo Guduru, Wollega
Among the drones that Ethiopian gov’t used during the war against the TPLF. (Photo : screenshot from ETV) borkena At least eight individuals were reportedly killed in the Horo Guduru Zone of the...
View ArticleEthiopian PM Appoints New State Ministers for Peace
Dr. Keyredin Tezera and Cheru Geta Genene are replacing Taye Dendea and Dr. Seyoum Mesfin Dr. Keyredin Tezera (left) and Cherugeta Genene (right) ( Photo source : BBC Amharic ) borkena Ethiopian...
View ArticleEthiopia : Update on the Ongoing War in Amhara Region
Ethiopian Defense Force members captured during the war against the TPLF. There are reports that Thousands of Defense Force members are also captured in the War against Fano forces. (Photo : file/from...
View ArticleCanada’s Embassy Raises Concerns With The Assault of Diplomats
Canada and Ethiopia established diplomatic relation in the 1950’s during the Imperial government of Emperor Haileselassie I borkena Canada’s Embassy to Ethiopia expressed concern this week regarding...
View ArticleAbune Lukas, Ethiopian Archbishop, Call For The Military To Stop Abiy Ahmed
His Grace Abune Lukas borkena For a second time in less than a month, His Grace Abune Lukas, Archbishop of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in Australia and head of Monastery affairs, made a...
View ArticleJawar Mohammed Emerging as a ‘Pacifist,’ with Visible Political Ambitions
A ranting and notorious Jawar Mohammed who was painting a picture of a fierce ethnic Oromo revolutionary prominent for his “Ethiopia out of Oromia,” and “mencha” speech , is sounding docile and...
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