Movie star Rahmatou Keita campaign to make Amharic language one of official...
Rahmatou Keita speaks passionately about Amharic language. And she is campaigning to make it one of the official languages of African Union. borkena,Ethiopian News October 27,2017 Rahmatou KeitaPhoto :...
View ArticleTwo Agazi soldiers reportedly killed and two others wounded in Ginchi, Ethiopia
The protest in Oromo region of Ethiopia was started first in Ginchi some two years ago. Credit : Social media borkena,Ethiopian News October 27,2017 A social media update by Ethiopian Satellite...
View ArticleTedros Adhanom feeling the burn from the hot seat ; call for his resignation...
Is it time for Tedros Adhanom to lose his WHO Directorate General position before he loses himself World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stands outside the WHO...
View ArticleEthiopian Airlines now operates boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
Ethiopian Airlines is the first airline in Africa to operate the 787-9 Dreamliner carries much-needed medical equipment and supplies to Ethiopia borkena, Ethiopian News October 27,2017 Boeing 787-9...
View ArticleAnother horrifying ethnic violence left 50 people dead in Western Ethiopia
Manufactured ethnic tension escalating and causing serious crisis in Ethiopia Kamashi Zone – BenshangulSource : Gooogle borkena,Ethiopian News October 28,2017 At least 50 people are brutally massacred...
View ArticleAbune Mathias not resigning ; changed his mind
Ethiopian Orthodox Church Patriarch Abune Matthias (Photo: Al-Ahram) borkena,Ethiopian News October 28,2017 Last week, borkena reported that Ethiopian Orthodox Church Patriarch, Abune Mathias , told...
View ArticleOPDO central committee meeting in Nazret (Adama)
Can OPDO break apart TPLF shackle ? Lemma Megersa – OPDO chairman borkena, Ethiopian News October 28,2017 Central Committee of Oromo People’s Democratic Organization (OPDO) is having its regular...
View ArticleEthiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church declared 14 days of prayer for peace in...
Starting Monday, November 6, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church will have 14 days of prayer for peace in Ethiopia borkena,Ethiopian News October 31,2017 What Ethnic politics politicians introduced as...
View ArticleTigray regional state’s letter to Ethiopian Broadcast Authority
borkena, Ethiopian News October 31.2017 In a letter sent to Ethiopian Broadcast Authority, which is a federal government agency, Tigray region Public and Government Relation Bureau requested that...
View ArticleGranted bail to Bekele Gerba annulled
Bekele Gerba in handcuffsSource : Social Media borkena,Ethiopian News November 1,2017 Ethiopian supreme court Cessation bench suspended bail right granted to Bekele Gerba, secretary of Oromo...
View ArticleGuraghigna singer Melaku Bireda in hospital
Melaku Bireda in Hospital borkena,Ethiopian News November 1,2017 Melaku Bireda is a popular guraghigna singer. He is known for his anti-oppression stand and opposed the ruling party in power – the...
View ArticleGovernment implicates Eritrea in “foiled” bomb attack in Bahir Dar
Ginbot 7 and Eritrea blamed for “foiled bomb attack ” in Bahir Dar ,Ethiopia Bahir Dar City – Ethiopia borkena, Ethiopian News November 1,2017 Ethiopian government says that it foiled plot to bomb two...
View ArticleFeyisa Lilesa : “I will be very happy to run for my country Ethiopia anytime”
Feyisa Lilesa misses the life he had in Ethiopia and will be happy to run for his country anytime if he is asked to Feyisa LilesaSource : BBC Amharic November 2,2017 borkena,Ethiopian News Rio Olympic...
View ArticleSolomon Deressa, prominent Ethiopian poet dies
Solomon Deressa died in the United States borkena, Ethiopian News November 2,2017 The Late Solomon DeressaPhoto : ETV Solomon Deressa – a prominent Ethiopian poet – passed away today at the age of 80,...
View ArticleSomali Oromo conflict : Displaced Oromos to return to Somali region
Confidence and Trust building in Somali Oromo conflict to go hand in hand with returning those displaced due to the conflict, according to government authorities borkena, Ethiopian News November 3,2017...
View ArticleThe substance of Lemma Megeresa and Oromo People’s Democratic Organization’s...
Why the Oromo Nationalist Lemma Megersa and his party need to the taken with a grain of salt Lemma Megersa – OPDO chairman borkena, Ethiopian News Editorial November 3,2017 In spite of its appeal to...
View ArticleBereket Simon reportedly under investigation for corruption
Bereket Simon and his wife under investigation Bereket Simon borkena, Ethoipian News November 3,2017 Not long after he resigned as a policy advisor to the prime minister and minister of policy research...
View ArticleAcademics at the Amhara-Oromo conference in Bahir Dar recommended Oromo...
Academics says promoting social and cultural relations, teaching Oromo language in Amhara and Amharic langauge in Oromo region important borkena,Ethiopian News November 4,2017 The conference in Bahir...
View ArticleAl Amoudi arrested in Saudi Arabia in connection with alleged corruption
Saudi-Ethiopian born billionaire Al Amoudi detained in Saudi Arabia Al-AmoudiSource : www.leseco.me borkena, Ethiopian News November 5,2017 Billionaire Mohamed Al Amoudi is reportedly arrested in Saudi...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia freezing bank accounts of Al Amoudi and other detained billionaires
Al Amoudi among detainees whose bank account in Saudi is frozen Al Amoudi Ethiopian News borkena November 6,2017 Days after Saudi authorities mounted what is said to be unprecedented crackdown on...
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