Ethiopians protest in Washington DC, London against killings in Oromo region
Washington DC Protest. Photo : from Samson Michailovich FB pageborkenaJuly 17, 2020Tens of thousands of Ethiopians took to the street in Washington DC and London to protest the ethnic and...
View ArticleEthiopian PM calls for support to deal with extremists
We have identified “merchants of conflict” and we are destroying their network, said Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy AhmedPhoto : File/ From EBC videoborkenaJuly 17, 2020Weeks after hundreds of...
View ArticleEthiopia to build over four million homes in urban centers
Aysha Moahmmed, Urban Development and Construction Minister. / ENAborkenaJuly 18, 2020 The Ethiopian government says that it is planning to build four million residential homes in urban centers over...
View ArticleEthiopian PM Abiy Ahmed returns home from a visit to Eritrea
Photo : Ministry of Information of EritreaborkenaJuly 19, 2020Abiy Ahmed and his delegation reportedly returned home on Sunday in the afternoon after two days of a working visit to Eritrea, his first...
View ArticleEthiopian government claims “unrest” under control
As Ethiopians in the Oromo region continue to have a security concern, Ethiopian government says that the situation is under control Nigussu Tilahun/ ENAborkenaJuly 19, 2020The office of the Prime...
View ArticleBurayu Police reportedly arrested members of “Oromia Synod”
Kesis Belay Mekonen, one of the founders of “Oromia Church” movement. Photo : screenshot from YouTube videoborkenaJuly 19, 2020Unconfirmed reports emerging on social media (from a source close to the...
View ArticleJawar Mohammed: Police seized unregistered satellite receiver from his residence
Lawyers complained that Jawar Mohammed is not allowed to use the washroom more than twice a day.Jawar Mohamed heading to his court appearance in Addis Ababa/ Screenshot from EBCborkenaJuly 20, 2020The...
View ArticleDebretsion sees “activities”near border, possible Election disruption
Debrestion Gebremicael called on people in Tigray region to standby in unity to reverse a possible attempt to disrupt the election that TPLF scheduled to take place in the regionDebtetsion Gebremichael...
View ArticleBoundary and Identity Commission,House of Federation to collaborate
borkenaJuly 20, 2020 House of Federation, Ethiopia’s Upper House, and the Boundary and Identity Commission have agreed to collaborate on mandated areas of responsibilities, according to a report by...
View ArticleWhat Berhanemeskel Abebe said about Jawar’s movement,ethnic radicalism
borkenaJuly 21, 2020Berhanemeskel Abebe Segni served as a Consulate General of Ethiopia in Los Angeles, California, after Abiy Ahmed became Prime Minister.In an interview with Arts TV, about a year or...
View ArticleEthiopia says first phase of dam filling completed
. Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan to continue AU-led discussion. . First phase of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) filling is completedborkenaJuly 21, 2020Ethiopia confirmed on Tuesday the first phase...
View ArticleHate message : Ethiopians formed network to launch campaign to deter it
Hate speech and hate video messages have done their share of damage in Ethiopia where an institutionalized ethnic based political system led to radicalized ethnic nationalism borkenaJuly 21,...
View ArticleEthiopia introduces new motorbikes restriction to combat crime
Photo : Addis Fortune via EBCborkenaJuly 22, 2020 Motorbikes with plate numbers from regional states are banned to operate in the capital Addis Ababa. It is the city’s transport office that introduced...
View ArticleEthiopian Dam could start generating power as early as next year
Two turbines to generate power from Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam starting next year. Seleshi Bekele, Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy, (MWIE)borkenaJuly 22, 2020Ethiopian government...
View ArticleAmhara region says it has arrested 85 intruding “forces of destruction”
Amhara regional state head, Temesgen Tiruneh, linked the suspects to Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF)borkenaJuly 23, 2020The Amhara Regional State of Ethiopia said on Thursday that it has...
View ArticleEthiopia : Letter to Nobel Committee
borkenaJuly 23, 2020The World-Wide Ethiopian Civic Association Network (WE-CAN), an umbrella organization of 57 Ethiopian Civic Society Organizations from around the world, wrote a letter to the Nobel...
View ArticleOLF says arrested leaders did not appear in court
Advisor to the Chairman of Oromo Liberation Front. OLF Shane is implicated in the assassination of Hachalu HundessaborkenaJuly 23, 2020Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) said on Thursday that its arrested...
View ArticleEthiopian Human Rights Commission task force investigating killings,...
Ethiopian Human Rights Commission has formed task force to investigate the massacre and killings in Oromo region of Ethiopia. It says the prison conditions for those arrested in connection with the...
View ArticleEthiopian singer Hachalu Hundessa killers appeared in court
A report by Ethiopian News Agency on Friday indicates Hachalu Hundessa killers and other suspects complained about prison condition borkenaJuly 24, 2020Suspects in the killing of Ethiopian singer...
View ArticleEthiopia:Success of negotiation proves”African solution to African Problem”works
Ethiopia says “African solution to African Problem” effective borkenaJuly 24, 2020Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia (and Former Ethiopian Ambassador to Egypt), Dina Mufti said...
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