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A court in the Hague ruled Teff flour patent dispute in favor of Ethiopia
Teff flour is produced in a customary process and not eligible for patent right said the court ruling photo credit : EBC borkena February 6,2019 A court in the Hague ruled Teff flour patent right in...
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Ethiopia seized 7kg smuggled gold , over US $1.5 million
Photo credit : FBC borkena February 6,2019 Ethiopia’s Ministry of Revenue claims that it has seized 7 kilograms of smuggled gold. As well, US $ 1,527, 714 is seized. The news was covered main in state...
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Colonel Tadesse Muluneh laid to rest in Merawi, his birth place
borkena February 6,2018 Colonel Tadesse Muluneh is laid to rest today at St. Mary Church in his birth place, Merawi, in what is now Amhara Regional state. He was in India where he was receiving medical...
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Ethiopia named members of National Reconciliation Commission
Parliament approved appointment of 41 people to Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It draws members from politicians in the opposition quarter as well. Ethiopian Parliament borkena February 5,2019...
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Somali regional state council lifted immunity of 12 members
borkena February 7,2019 In its regular session today, Council of Somali regional state removed immunity of twelve members, according to a report by state media. Members whose immunity is removed have...
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Bole District employee fired for sharing information to media reportedly...
borkena February 7,2019 Bole District 1 employee who was reportedly fired for speaking to Sheger FM radio regarding illegal distribution of over three thousand identification cards to individuals, who...
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Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met with Mo Ibrahim
Photo credit : Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) borkena February 7,2019 Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met with the founder of Mo Ibrahim Foundation, Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim, today in his office. They...
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Development Bank of Ethiopia donated 26 vehicles to tour and travel companies
borkena February 7,2019 Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE) has ordered 36 vehicles from overseas of which 26 are delivered. If you are wondering what DBE is doing with them, they are donated to tour...
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Bodies of Ethiopian peacekeeping soldiers killed in helicopter crash flown home
Source : EBC borkena February 10,2019 Bodies of three Ethiopian peacekeeping soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in Abyei yesterday is flown home, reported EBC. The bodies were sent to Ethiopia this...
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Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan held trilateral meeting in Addis Ababa
Photo Credit : Office of the Prime Minister borkena February 10,2019 Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan held a trilateral meeting today in the morning (Ethiopian time) on the margins of the 32nd African Union...
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7 management team members left Commercial Bank of Ethiopia
borkena February 19,2019 Months after Bacha Gina became president of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), 7 management team members reportedly left the bank, apparently resigning from their position....
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Cardinal Berhaneyesus picked as convener to Truth and reconciliation Commission
Members of Truth and Reconciliation CommissionPhoto credit : OPM borkena February 12,2019 Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed disclosed today that he has picked Cardinal Berhaneyesus, head of the Ethiopian...
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Ras Mekonen statue in Harar Hospital reportedly destroyed by radicals
borkena February 12,2019 As Ethiopians are celebrating new statue of Emperor Haileselassie I erected in the premises of African Union headquarter, the statue of Ras Mekonen (Haileselassie’s father) in...
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Number of displaced people in Amhara region now over 80,000
Over 2500 displaced people, mostly from central Gonder region, are not provided with any form of aid. The regional government says the matter of supporting about 80,000 displaced people in the region...
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Ethiopia celebrated 7th National Defense Day
Photo credit : OPM borkena February 14, 2019 Ethiopia celebrated today National Defense Day at Abebe Bikila stadium in Adama (Nazareth), about 100 kilometers east of the capital Addis Ababa. It is...
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Government arrested 138 over crime in North Western Ethiopia
borkena February 14,2019 Some of the weapons seizedPhoto : AMMA 138 individuals are arrested in connection with violence in Western Gonder region, in Western Ethiopia, according to a report by state...
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U.S. Embassy Launches “I stand for Peace” Video Competition
US embassy in Addis AbabaPhoto credit : US embassy US Embassy Addis Ababa February 15, 2019 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The United States Embassy in Addis Ababa has announced the theme of its annual video...
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ESAT team in Ethiopia, met with DPM Demeke Mekonen
Photo credit : EBC borkena February 15,2019 Ethiopian government under the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Hailemariam Desalenge, spent a great deal of money to jam Ethiopian Satellite Television...
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Ana Gomes,Hanna Gobeze in her Ethiopian name, given warm reception in Addis...
Ana Gomes reportedly hailed the ongoing change in Ethiopia Photo credit : ENA borkena February 16,2019 Ana Gomes, “Socialist Member of the European Parliament,” is visiting Ethiopia. She received a...
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Ethiopian Opposition held massive open air meeting in Debre Markos
Photo credit : AMMA borkena February 17,2019 Arbegnoch Ginbot 7 movement, one of Ethiopia’s largest opposition parties, held a massive open air meeting in Debremarkos, in Amhara regional state. The...
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