Eight people killed in Lalibela during attempt to diffuse conflict
Lalibela townPhoto : Katie Aunewww.katieaune.com borkena November 4,2018 Eight people are killed, and six others wounded this morning in Lalibela town, North Central Ethiopia, during an attempt to...
View ArticleARDUF/Uguugumo conference resolution on the current crisis in the afar region
ARDUF ARDUF Conference Resolution (27 oct 2018 ) November 4,2018 PREAMBLE The first general conference of the ARDUF/ UGUUGUMO was held on October 27, 2018, in Brussels, Belgium. It brought together the...
View ArticleEthiopia to introduce reform in the defense force
Photo source : SM borkena November 4,2018 Ethiopia is working on a reform in the defense sector. It was discussed during yesterday’s 55th regular session of council of ministers, according a report by...
View ArticleFitsum Aregaa leaves as the Office of the Prime Minister reorganizes
New chief of staff in the office of PM, Shimeles AbdissaPhoto : EBC borkena November 6,2018 Fitsum Aregaa has been serving as Chief of Staff in the Office of the Prime Minister for several months now....
View ArticleFour killed in accidental grenade explosion in North West Ethiopia
Map source : Google borkena November 6,2018 Four people are reportedly killed and two others wounded when F1 grenade accidentally exploded in residence today, reported Amhara Mass Media Agency (AMMA)....
View ArticleEritrean president visiting Ethiopia for the third time in three months
President Isayas AfeworkiSource : FBC borkena November 7,2018 Eritrean president Isayas Afewoki is visiting Ethiopia for the third time in less than four months. This time he is visiting Gonder and...
View Article300, including ethnic Tigreans,reportedly displaced from Metema
Photo : DW Amharic borkena November 7,2018 A report by DW Amharic today says that several residents of Metema, a border town in North West Ethiopia, are hurt following violence in the town. The report...
View ArticleBirtukan Mideksa returned to Ethiopia after seven years in exile
Birtukan Mideksa after arrival at Bole international AirportPhoto : Social Media borkena November 7,2018 Ethiopia’s former, and the only women, opposition leader, Birtukan Mideksa, arrived at Bole...
View ArticleEthiopia working on navy and naval base near Red Sea and Indian Ocean
If what the Deputy Chief of Staff of Ethiopian Defense Force says is true, Ethiopian Navy could be reinstated. Deputy Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian Defense Force, Gen. Berhanu JulaSource : EPRDF...
View ArticleMilitary Operation guideline to be revised as part of Defense Force Reform
Military Operation guideline to be revised as part of Defense Force Reform in a way to put in place strong assignment and control system Abiy Ahmed during discussion with military officersSource : PMO...
View ArticleMass graves with 200 human remains uncovered, says police
Somali region new president,Mustafa Mohammed Omar, confirmed that there are “several” mass graves in the region Google Map of South Eastern Ethiopia borkena November 9,2018 Ethiopian police says that...
View ArticleAbiy Ahmed sees need for political integration between Eritrea, Ethiopia and...
The three leaders inaugurating new hospital in Bahir DarPhoto : FBC borkena November 10,2018 The leaders of Eritrea and Somalia were in Ethiopia for two days official visit which was initiated by Prime...
View ArticleAddis Ababa City Administration suspended transfer of 133.6 hectares of land
Photo : ENA borkena October 28,2018 In its regular meeting yesterday, Addis Ababa city administration passed decision to suspend 133.6 hectares of land, which it says was identified during the second...
View ArticleHundreds of illegal arms originating from Sudan seized as oil tanker truck...
Hundreds of illegal arms which seem to be smuggled from Sudan is seized in Amhara region of Ethiopia. Some of the illegal arms seized from the oil tanker truckPhoto : AMMA borkena October 28,2018 98 AK...
View ArticleEthiopia inaugurated Rib irrigation project in Southern Gonder
Prime Minister Abiy at the Inaugural ceremony of Rib Irrigation ProjectPhoto : AMMA borkena October 28,2018 Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, his deputy and Amhara regional state authorities including head of...
View ArticleColonel Goshu Wolde returned to Ethiopia after 32 years in exile
Goshu Wolde at Bole internationalPhoto : FBC borkena October 29,2018 Colonel Goshu Wolde, 76, returned to Ethiopia after 32 years in exile. He has been living in the United States since he sent his...
View ArticleAmnesty International hails arrest of authorities for human rights violations
borkena November 13,2018, In a press release issued yesterday, Joan Nyanyuki, Amnesty International’s Director for East Africa,the Horn and Great Lakes hailed the arrest of former authorities...
View ArticleOromo Democratic Party and Oromo Liberation Front reached another agreement
Photo credit : OBN borkena November 14,2018 In August 2018, Lemma Megersa, deputy chairman of what is now Oromo Democratic Party (ODP), and president of Oromia regional state, and Workeneh Gebeyehu,...
View Article“Can’t afford to pay for lawyer,” says corruption suspect Gen. Kinfe Dagnaw
Kinfe Kagnaw as he arrived in Addis AbabaPhoto : Screenshot from FBC video borkena November 14,2018 General Kinfe Dagnaw, former director of state owned METEC business empire, appeared in a Federal...
View ArticleEthiopia’s former Deputy-Intelligence Chief arrested
Yared Zerihun after his arrestPhoto : SM borkena November 15,2018 Former Deputy Chief of National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), Yared Zerihun, is arrested earlier today as Ethiopian...
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