PM Abiy Ahmed made peace with a lone protester in Washington DC
Abiy Ahmed with Shimeles the protesterSource : Kassahun Yilma borkena July 26,2018 Ethiopians in Washingon area have been waiting for the arrival of Abiy Ahmed to celebrate him and to express their...
View ArticleANDM lost Tesfaye Getachew, a comrade and a staunch reformer
The late Tesfaye GetachewSource : AMMA borkena July 27,2018 Amhara National Democratic Movement (ANDM) lost Tesfaye Getachew who is said to be a notable reformer and one of the right-hand man of the...
View ArticlePM Abiy Ahmed met vice president Mike Pence at the White House
Photo : Fitsum Arega Twitter page borkena July 27,2018 Prime minister Abiy Ahmed met with United States’ vice president Mike Pence at the White House today, reported Voice of America Amharic service...
View ArticleMayor Bowser Proclaims Ethiopia Day in Washington DC
borkena July 27,2018 Washington DC Mayor, Mayor Muriel Bowser, proclaimed tomorrow July 28,2018 Ethiopian Day in recognition of Prime minister Abiy Ahmed visit and the meeting with Ethiopians in...
View ArticlePM minister Abiy Ahmed met with AG 7 rebels leaders in Washington DC
Berhanu Nega (Dr.)Photo source : ESAT borkena July 28,2018 Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed reportedly met with five senior leaders of Arbegnoch Ginbot 7 closed doors at Water Gates Hotel in Washington DC....
View ArticleGrand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Engineer laid to rest at Selassie
Photo : EBC bokena July 29,2018 Updated July 29,2018 at 11:37 local time Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Engineer, Simegnew Bekele, is laid to rest at Kidist Selassie Menbere Tsebaot Church (the Holy...
View ArticleEthiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church Holy Synod lifted excommunication
borkena July 30,2018 In an emergency meeting called for today, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church Holy Synod based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, lifted the excommunication of members of the Holy Synod...
View Article40 highly armed men reportedly under siege at Alula Aba Nega Airport in Mekelle
borkena July 31,2018 Updated July 31,2018,16:22 Toronto time A report by DW Amharic today says about forty highly armed men,including machine gun,are captured at Alula Abanega international airport in...
View ArticleEthiopia opening a consular office in Minneapolis,Minnesota
Ethiopia is opening a consular office in Minneapolis,Minnesota – the third in North America and the second one in the Untied States Ethiopian Foreign Affairs Minister,Workeneh Gebeyehu greeting...
View ArticleThe fourth patriarch of Ethiopia returned home after 27 years in exile
Followers of Ethiopian Orthodox Church elated as the fourth Patriarch returned home after 27 years in exile. Abune Merkorios upon arrival at Bole International AirportSource : EBC borkena August 1,2018...
View ArticleFekadu Teklemariam, a prominent Ethiopian actor, dies at 62
borkena August 1,2018 Fekadu Teklemariam (pictured above), a prominent Ethiopian actor died in Arsema, North Wollo, where he went for spiritual healing, Ethiopian Broadcasting Service reported...
View ArticleDessie Youth group allegedly foiled what looks like a political abduction
borkena August 2, 2018 A youth group in Dessie, which is some 400 kilometers north of the capital, reportedly foiled what looked like a political abduction of a person who was recently released from...
View ArticleEthiopian prosecutor set to charge five suspects of grenade attack
borkena August 3,2018 Ethiopian prosecutor announced today that it is set to sue five suspects in connection with the grenade attack of June 23 in Addis Ababa during a rally organized to support the...
View ArticleDire Dawa under Command Post following security concerns
Dire DawaPhoto credit : DW Amharic borkena August 3,2018 Command Post, a supreme authority that resonates with a time during which Ethiopia was unstable to the point that a state of emergency had to be...
View ArticleEthiopian Defense force reportedly clashed with Ethio-Somali region special...
Unverified photo shows situation in some parts of JijigaSource : SM borkena August 4,2018 Ethio-Somali region Special Forces clashed with Ethiopian defense force, which is deployed to the region...
View ArticleEthio-Somali region president Abdi Mohamoud Omar arrested
Abdi Mohamoud Omar, a,k.a Abdi Iley, is said to be in custody after military engagement between his special forces and federal government forces. Abdi Mohamoud, president of Ethiopia-Somali region...
View ArticleEthiopian Muslim theology scholars returned to Ethiopia after decades in exile
borkena August 5,2018 Sheik SeidSource : EBC Three Ethiopian Muslim theology scholars, Ulama as they are called in the Islamic Religious Tradition, returned to Ethiopia after over two decades in exile....
View ArticleTigray Regional State issued vague statement on the situation in Jijiga
borkena August 5,2018 Tigray regional state issued a statement yesterday regarding the situation in Jijiga. The statement which is issued by Tigray Communication Affairs Bureau and shared on social...
View ArticleBreaking News : Abdi Mohamoud Omar (Abdi Illey) resigned as Somali region...
Two days ago Somali region’s president Abdi Mohamoud Omar was reported to be in custody. Now the region’s media reports the he resigned. Source : Ethiopia Somali News Agency borkena August 6,2018...
View ArticleLemma Megersa and Workeneh Gebeyehu to engage OLF in Asmara
Workeneh and LemmaSource : SM borkena August 6,2018 President of Oromo regional State, Lemma Megersa, and Federal Foreign Affairs Minister, Workneh Gebyeu are in Asmara, to hold talks with Dawud Ibsa...
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