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Ethiopia rated “not free” in freedom House 2017 report
January 31,2017 Ethiopia fared poorly in Freedom House 2017 country report on freedom. The report marked Ethiopia as “not Free” with aggregate score of 12 out of 100 percentage. Freedom House rated...
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Executive Summary of Freedom House 2017 report on Ethiopia
Editor’s Note : The following is Freedom House 2017 report executive summary. The organization did not release full report at this point in time. It has stated,on its website, that it will do so as...
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Report : A Year of Protests in Ethiopia
borkena, Ethiopian News February 2,2017 The following is a report from Rift Valley Institute regarding Ethiopia in 2016. It has identified the following key points in the report: • Ethiopia’s...
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Ethiopia : 7,842 detainees released from makeshift concentration camps
borkena, Ethiopian News February 3,2017 Released detainees from last monthSource – Ethiomedia Government in Ethiopia said that it released 7,842 detainees,calls them “trainees”, who were detained in...
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Government soldiers reportedly killed in Benshangul, Ethiopia
borkena, Ethiopian News February 4,2017 Four government soldiers reportedly killed in Benshangul region of Ethiopia. Ethiopian Satellite Television cited a source from the region with whom ESAT spoke...
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Ethiopian Grain Trade Enterprise won tribunal case against Swiss company
borkena,Ethiopian News February 5,2017 Ethiopian Grain Trade Enterprise reportedly won tribunal case against a Swiss supplier, Agricom International SA. Ethiopian Reporter,Addis Ababa based news...
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Ethiopia : Derg officials held discussion with Hailemariam Desalegne
borkena,Ethiopian News February 5,2017 Derg Officials – source Wazema Toronto- Former Derg government senior officials,who were imprisoned for over two decades and released recently, held discussion...
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Tigray regional state removed seven judges
borkena,Ethiopian News February 6,2017 Toronto – The sixth congress of Tigray regional state removed seven judges for what is described as “ethical issues”, according to Fana Broadcasting report. The...
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D.C. Ethiopian Woman Alleges Housing Discrimination at Building Near U Street...
Andrew Giambrone Washington City Paper February 6,2017 Source – Washington City Paper A D.C. resident born in Ethiopia is suing the cooperative association of an apartment complex near the U Street...
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Air force officers charged with alleged defection sentenced to prison terms
borkena, Ethiopian News February 7,2017 Ethiopian court sentenced six detained members of Ethiopian Air force from three to six years of prison terms, reported ESAT. They were accused of alleged...
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Record revenue, says Ethiopian Airlines
borkena,Ethiopian News February 7,2017 Ethiopian Airlines, seen here in a file photo, diverted one of its planes to St. John’s on Wednesday. (Tiksa Negeri/Reuters) (CBC) When Ethiopian Airlines was...
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Regional Government officials sacked over allegedly forged educational...
borkena Ethiopian News February 8,2016 Source : Fana Toronto – Gambella regional state announced that it sacked nine senior level officials are sacked over what is said to be forged educational...
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Mulatu Teshome in Ankara,Turkey, for a five day visit
borkena Ethiopian News February 8,2017 Multau Teshome served as Ambassador of Ethiopia to Turkey for seven years between 2006 and 2013. Now president of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia, when he...
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Pharmaceuticals Fund and Supply Agency Director resigned
borkena Ethiopian News February 9,2017 Ethiopian parliament Pharmaceuticals Fund and Supply Agency Director resigned. It is the minister of Ministry of Health that disclosed the resignation of Ato...
View ArticleDemonize not Ethiopian athletes for the flag
Editorial borkena Ethiopian News February 10,2017 Genebe Dibaba’s celebration of her spectacular performance at Sabadell, Spain, in which she clocked new world record time in 2000 meters indoor...
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No reduced visa quota for Ethiopia under Donald Trump
Ethiopian News,borkena February 10,2017 US embassy in Addis AbabaPhoto credit : US embassy It’s like Donald Trump is being exploited for fake news and rumors. Apparently,there was a rumor that visa...
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Removed cabinet ministers appointed as Ambassadors
borkena,Ethiopian News February 12,2017 Newly appointed Ambassadors swearing ceremony. Source : Fana Cabinet ministers who were removed from their ministerial portfolio as a kind of political response...
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Millions in financial losses for Addis Ababa city Anbessa bus as fire blazed...
borkena,Ethiopian News February 12,2017 Anbessa busesSource: talkingdrumsblog Toronto – At least eleven Anbessa buses are reduced to nothing due to fire accident in Jemo, Lafto district of Addis Ababa,...
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Notable Ethiopian scholar ,Gebru Mersha, passed away
Borkena,Ethiopian News February 13,2017 Gebru Mersha, notable scholar of Marxist political conviction, passed away in Addis Ababa, this week. He served as a professor of political science at Addis...
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As Trump signs executive order on lobbying, government in Ethiopia hired...
borkena,Ethiopian News February 14,2017 SGR LCC – Lobbying. Source : screenshot of SGR Lobbying website Donald Trump has singed quite a number of executive orders in a number of policy areas. One of...
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