Ethiopia’s Election Board facing credibility issue ahead of national election
Election Board Meeting with Political parties dismissed as parties raise neutrality questionPhoto credit : DW AmharicborkenaNovember 29, 2019Ethiopia’s Election Board is one of the organizations that...
View ArticleLemma Megersa shift reverse gear in an apparent betrayal move
Lemma Megersa ’s expressed stand on Medemer and merger of coalition party is seen by many, including considerable number of pro-Ethiopian ethnic Oromo, as an act to betrayal to Abiy Ahmed’s government...
View ArticleOromo-Amhara intellectuals consultations forum in Addis Ababa
borkenaDecember 1, 2019Oromo-Amhara intellectuals consultation forum took place at the Elilly International Hotel in Addis Ababa on Saturday this week.According to a report by Fana Broadcasting...
View ArticleEthiopia’s navy will be based in Djibouti
Ethiopia announced more than a year ago that it will re-establish navy but the location was unspecifiedGoogle mapRe-establishing the Ethiopian Navy was one of the major reform measures that the...
View ArticleMerera Gudina remarks on Abiy-Lemma differences
borkenaDecember 3, 2019Merera Gudina, chairman of Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), remarked on the news of difference between Lemma Megersa and Abiy Ahmed in an interview with Sheger FM.Audio ( in...
View ArticleArsi University facing a security crisis, students affected
borkenaDecember 03, 2019Students at Arsi University, in Asela town which is in Oromo region of Ethiopia, report serious security problems.According to a report by Sheger FM, students in the Agriculture...
View ArticleProsperity Party seeking recognition from Election Board
Source : EPRDF pageborkenaDecember 4, 2019Ethiopia’s newly merged political party, Prosperity Party, is seeking recognition from the National Election Board of Ethiopia.The party shared a brief update...
View ArticleDjibouti Ambassador to Ethiopia confirms talk about Navy base
Google map of Ethiopia and the regionborkenaDecember 4, 2019This week, locally published Ethiopian English Newspaper, Capital, reported that Ethiopia’s Navy base will be in Djibouti with Command Office...
View ArticleEthiopia briefly shut internet as a cyber attack hits
borkenaDecember 5, 2019Ethiopia Information Network Security Agency (INSA) said on Thursday that a cyber attack directed at financial institutions in the country is foiled.In the course of doing so,...
View ArticleDark Ages Ethiopia: The Ravages of Personal-Tribal ‘Rule’ and Beyond
Goolge Map of Ethiopian regions.By Tesfaye DemmellashDecember 5, 2019The apparent reshuffle of existing ethnic-partisan groups within the EPRDF “coalition” into a single united political entity...
View ArticleEthiopia’s four possible scenarios in 20 years from now
borkenaDecember 6, 2019Ethiopia is living with a critical political situation the outcome of which is hard to predict. Destiny Ethiopia, an entity described as a local non-government organization...
View ArticleA student reportedly killed at Gondar University
Photo : SMborkenaDecember 9, 2019A student is reportedly killed at Gondar University. He was killed on Sunday around 6:00 a.m. near students’ toilet on the fourth floor at the Tewodros Campus of the...
View ArticleEthiopia’s government to deploy Federal Police in Universities
Federal Police will be deployed to the universities across Ethiopia as part of a measure to protect the security of students. Unknown as to when the forces will remain the University campuses.Addis...
View ArticleAbiy Ahmed Nobel Lecture at the Nobel Peace Prize 2019 event, Oslo City Hall
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed seized Nobel Lecture opportunity to call for an end of extremism in Ethiopia which he says is “powered by politics of exclusion”Abiy Ahmed during his Nobel Lecture....
View ArticleEritreans,President Isaias Afeworki praised as Abiy Ahmed delivers Nobel Lecture
Abiy Ahmed praised Eritrean President Isaias Afeworki and Eritreans for the peace between Eritrea and EthiopiaAbiy Ahmed as he took the stage to deliver Nobel LectureborkenaDecember 10, 2019On October...
View ArticleEthiopian Airlines plane skids off runway at Juba airport
Photo credit : The Kenyan Aviator @kenyanaviatorborkenaDecember 10, 2019Addis Ababa bound Ethiopian Airlines plane experienced runway accident at Juba Airport in South Sudan.According to Aviation...
View ArticleEthiopia’s election board recognized nine political parties
Registration certificate given to one of the parties in Afar region of Ethiopia. Credit : NEBEborkenaDecember 11, 2019National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) announced that it has recognized and...
View ArticleAbiy Ahmed gets dinner party at the national palace
borkenaDecember 12, 2019Prime Minister Abiy’s government is often criticized for having too many party like events where he is featured as a speaker. And there is always an excuse for it. The Nobel...
View ArticleEthiopian Epiphany inscribed in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
Timkat celebration. Photo credit : FBCborkenaDecember 12, 2019United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) passed a decision to inscribe Ethiopian Epiphany in the list of...
View ArticleEthiopia’s possible scenarios in 20 years from now – Part II
borkenaDecember 13, 2019Arts World TV has aired part II of the interview about four possible scenarios Ethiopia could have in 20 years time, and we are pleased to feature it.The best scenario is...
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