Addis Ababa Amhara Democratic Party Committee condemns personality cult and...
Amhara Democratic Party Addis Ababa chapter vows to struggle to fix social, economic as well as political challenges for the residents of the city. A picture from the meeting of Amhara Democratic Party...
View ArticleEthiopian political party council calls for deferred election
Ato Moussa Adem, chairperson of the council speaking. Photo credit : DW Amharic borkenaSeptember 3, 2019 Ethiopian Political Party Council, mainly draws membership from major opposition parties...
View ArticleEthiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Holy Synod to deliberate on hijacked...
Ethnic politics brought about much political problems in Ethiopia. Now, a radical Oromo nationalist group is creeping to Ethiopian Church with an apparent move to break up the church along ethnic...
View ArticleBertukan Mideksa talks about the next Federal election
borkenaSeptember 4, 2019 A day after Ethiopian Political Party Council asked for an extension of the next election claiming that the new legislation governing political parties is not in line with the...
View ArticleMassive University entrance exam scandal compels ministry to reject results...
Ethiopian government shut down the internet in the first week of June 2019 so as to prevent foul play as high school students in the preparatory class (grade 12) were writing the university entrance...
View ArticleTwo Action Against Hunger employes reportedly killed in Gambela
Google Satellite Map. borkenaSeptember 5, 2019 Two Action Against Hunger employees are killed in the Gambela region of Ethiopia, DW Amharic service reported on Thursday citing an eyewitness who working...
View ArticleShimelis Abdisa : without recognition from the Holy Synod,nothing will happen
Oromia regional state acting president Shimelis Abdisa showed up during an emergency meeting of the Holy Synod of Ethiopian Orthodox Church. He reportedly humbled himself before the Holy fathers and...
View ArticleAbiy Ahmed’s speech at the Millennium Hall “Orthodox Church is our pride”
borkenaSeptember 6, 2019 Abiy Ahmed’s speech at the Millennium Hall. He disclosed that he is donating the money he got from the Hessian Peace Prize, which is € 25,000, to a youth organization that...
View ArticleChina granted 228 graduate and post-graduate scholarships for Ethiopian Students
The Scholarships are components of Chinese government “Belt and Road Initiative” PM Abiy Ahmed speaking during the send-off ceremony. Photo source: FBC borkenaSeptember 6,2019 The government of China...
View ArticleEthiopia opened Maekelawi torture chamber for public visit
Maekelawi torture chamber open to the public as a museum. Photo. Walta Info borkenaSeptember 6, 2019 In the past, the name Maekelawi sounded for most Ethiopians as a name synonymous with torture. For...
View ArticleEthiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church Holy Synod resolutions
borkenaSeptember 7, 2019 Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church Holy Synod has completed its two day emergency meeting. The Holy Synod discussed current issues affecting the Ethiopian church including...
View ArticleDr. Arvid Hogganvik’s family celebrates Ethiopian New Year
borkenaSeptember 8, 2019 Dr. Arvid Hogganvik is, a medical doctor by profession, born and raised in Ethiopia. He is of a Norweigian decent and he currently, he lives in Norway. His family and siblings...
View ArticleFire raged Akaki Market South of the capital Addis Ababa
Picture from Akaki Fire incident. Photo credit : EBC borkenaSeptember 9, 2019 A devastating fire raged through Akaki Market in Akaki sub-city South of Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, state media...
View ArticleEthiopia celebrated national pride day, hopes for peace in the New Year
National Pride Day Celebration in Addis Ababa. Photo credit: Addis Ababa City Administration borkenaSeptember 9, 2019 The political situation in Ethiopia is tense, and it seems the case that it has a...
View ArticleEthiopian gov’t calls for talks as Orthodox Church organizations plan...
Ethiopian Orthodox Church Organizations are approached by the government as they plan a demonstration against recurring attacks on the church Seifu Alemayehu, speaking during the press conference....
View ArticleISIS operating in Ethiopia, Defense Force says has captured some
Deputy Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian Defense Force, Gen. Berhanu Jula. Source : AMMA borkenaSeptember 11, 2019 Ethiopian Defense Force says that it has captured some ISIS members in the country....
View ArticleMustafa Mohammed says Controversy over historical narrative unnecessary
borkenaSeptember 11, 2019 Based on a recent interview he had with Oromia Media Network, a broadcaster that many Ethiopians consider as a mouthpiece of radical Oromo ethno-nationalists, Mustafa...
View ArticleDr. Arvid Hogganvik, his sisters fondly talk about their childhood in Debre...
borkenaSeptember 12, 2019 Dr. Arvid Hogganvik ( who is a medical doctor by profession) and his two sisters – Christel Meysaim ( who is a teacher by profession) , and Veselmaay Hogganvik ( also a...
View ArticleBurayu police garrison bomb attack, 22 suspects arrested
Buraryu town. Photo : Fana borkenaSeptember 13, 2019 A grenade attack on police garrison in Burayu town, a town in the outskirts of Addis Ababa left nine people injured, according to a report on...
View ArticleEthiopian Orthodox Church Organizations protest postponed
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church representatives will soon have formal meetings with heads of ethnic based regional states. Organizers of the demonstration during a press conference on Friday. Photo...
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