Abadula Gemeda responds to allegation of vote rigging in parliament
https://www.borkena.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Abadula-Gemeda.mp4 borkena March 4, 2018 Speaker of the Ethiopian parliament, Abadula Gemeda, appeared on state television today to explain how the...
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Russia plans to build nuclear facility for Ethiopia
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey LavrovSource : The Ethiopian Reporter borkena March 4, 2018 Russia is planning to build a nuclear facility and nuclear research institute in Ethiopia, according to a...
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Oromo region standstill as youth activists call for three days strike ;...
borkena March 5, 2018 What government hoped for when fighting so hard to get a state of declaration bill approved in the parliament last Friday, and there was an allegation of vote rigging which the...
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Yonatan Tesfaye released from prison
Yonatan Tesfaye in one of Semayawi party’s rallySource : Online Ethiopia borkena March 6, 2018 Yonathan Tesfaye, former public relation head for Semayawi party, an opposition party, is released from...
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Opposition party threatens to sue the government over the state of emergency
Oromo Federalist Congress rejects the state of emergency; vows to take the government to court Merera GudinaPhoto source : VOA Amharic borkena March 6, 2018 Oromo Federalist Congress, the largest...
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EPRDF executive to discuss next prime minister starting this Sunday
EPRDF executive committee to discuss the leadership vacancy; likely to pick prime minister sometime next week EPRDF head, Shiferaw Shigute.Source : EPRDF SM borkena February 7, 2018 The ruling...
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Ethiopia deported a British journalist
borkena March 7, 2018 William DavisionSource : William Davison Twitter page Ethiopian Immigration officials deported yesterday William Davison, a British freelance journalist who has been working as a...
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Ethiopia for working visit
Rex Tillerson has arrived in Ethiopia yesterday, and he is expected to discuss “transition” Tillerson upon his arrival in EthiopiaSource : Fana borkena March 8, 2018 Rex Tillerson has arrived in Addis...
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Sergey Lavrov arrived in Addis Ababa for an official visit
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives at Robert Mugabe International Airport in Harare, Wednesday, March, 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) via Wtop borkena March 8, 2018 Russian...
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Ethiopian girl attacked with Sulfuric acid in Maryland
borkena March 8, 2018 Selamawit used to work for Ethiopian Airlines before she immigrated to the United States two years ago. In Maryland, She was working multiples of jobs including in an Ethiopian...
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Yetnebersh Nigussie is named the winner of The Spirit of Helen Keller Award 2018
Yetnebersh NigussieSource : Hiwot Video borkena March 9, 2018 Ethiopia’s Yetnebersh Nigussie, a prominent activist known for promoting the rights of people with disabilities, is named the winner of The...
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Government dump”democratic space” rhetoric , intensify politically motivated...
As opposed to what it pledged, the government is making political arrest under the guise of Command Post. Lecturer and Blogger, Seyoum TeshomeSource : Kaliti Press borkena March 9, 2018 When the...
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Bloody day in Ethiopia Moyale as Agazi forces “mistakenly” massacre civilians
Residents of Moyale say the massacre was deliberate and orchestrated Image source : Zehabesha borkena March 10,2018 At least nine civilians were killed and more than dozens wounded when the Agazi...
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38 passengers killed after a bus plunged into a ditch in Wollo
The Bus after the accidentSource : Legambo Communications Office borkena March 13, 2018 A district communication office of Legambo in Wollo disclosed today that 38 people are killed after the bus they...
View ArticleOromo regional state rejects Command Post explanation of Moyale massacre
– Oromo regional state seems to think that the massacre in Moyale constitutes a war crime –The region wants to see those responsible, including commanders who ordered it, appear before the court....
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Argentinian President welcomed Ethiopian Airlines all female crew
borkena March 14, 2018 Argentinian President, Mauricio Macri, welcomed Ethiopian Airlines all-female crew to his capital, Buenos Aires. All Female crew was dispatched for inaugural flight to Buenos...
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Internally displaced from Ethio-Somali reportedly settled in Burayu,...
Screenshot of Google Map borkena March 14, 2018 State Media, Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) reported that about 172 households displaced from Ethio-Somali region are now settled in Bureau, a...
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Command Post arrested Top Oromo regional state official
Taye DendeaSource : Social Media borkena March 15,2018 Command Post, top TPLF military officers dominated body that is in charge of administering the state of emergency, reportedly arrested Taye...
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EPRDF council to meet next week, will announce new prime minister
borkena March 17,2018 The 180 members council of Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), coalition party that has ruled the country for more than 27 years under the firm grip of...
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World Food Program fears more refugee inflow from Ethiopia
Source : DW Amharic borkena March 18,2018 The number of Ethiopians who fled to Kenya following the killings of 10 civilians in the border town of Moyale has reached 9,600 according to the...
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