Abiy Ahmed’s appearance before the parliament
borkenaNovember 30, 2020 Days after the Ethiopian Defense Force took control of Mekelle, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed appeared before the House of Peoples representatives to address questions. Abiy Ahmed...
View ArticleReuters’ Fake News (By LJDemissie)
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View ArticleMekelle returning to normalcy, Federal Police in the City
Places under the control of Ethiopian Defense Forces including Mekelle city will be accessible to UN humanitarian agencies Members of Federal Police special forces. (Photo credit : FP commission)...
View ArticleOpposition parties meet Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed over election
Civic organizations representatives took part in it borkena December 2, 2020 Ethiopian Opposition Parties and Civic Organizations representatives on Wednesday met with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed....
View ArticleEthiopia: protestors in Maikadra, Alamata demand justice
Resident of Alamata in Raya and Maikadra in north Ethiopia took to the street demanding an end to imposed Tigray identity Residents of Maikara taking to the streets to demand government address...
View ArticleRegional special forces unconstitutional says Minister for Peace
Muferiat Kamil tend to see regional special forces are unconstitutional in nature. Extensive discussion among political leaders is important for the sake of a united Ethiopia, as she sees it. Muferiat...
View ArticleVision Ethiopia letter to Rector of KUL
The following is a letter from Vision Ethiopia in reaction to the petition of concerned scientists and development professionals December 5, 2020 Professor Dr. Luc Sels Rector, Catholic University of...
View ArticleEthiopian Defense Force confirms that General Adamneh,1000 others freed from...
The Defense Force of Ethiopia confirmed that Maj. General Adamneh Mengistu is set free. Many TPLF leaders were reportedly killed but the government did not confirm it. borkena December 9, 2020 When...
View ArticleUnited Nations team shot at while violating Ethiopia’s security arrangement :...
Ethiopian Authority confirms that a United Nations Humanitarian Mission was shot at and detained after attempting to access unauthorized areas by bypassing borkena December 9, 2020 Ethiopian...
View ArticleEthioTelecom says it is working on restoring service in Tigray
EthioTelecom CEO says damaged telephone infrastructure being repaired, but she noted that dispatching technicians to the region was not easy presumably due to the war situation EthioTelecom CEO,...
View ArticleEritrean troops in “disputed territory between the two countries,” PM Abiy
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told UN Chief that Eritrean Troops are only “in the disputed territory between the two countries” PM Abiy Ahmed (photo :file/OPM) borkena December 10, 2020 There...
View ArticleEthiopian soldier recounts harrowing experience under TPLF forces’ captivity
borkena December 10, 2020 On November 4, 2020, TPLF forces attacked several bases of the northern command of Ethiopian Defense Force killing hundreds of soldiers and wounding others. Thousands of...
View ArticleFour aid workers killed in Tigray,two international humanitarian agencies claim
A Danish aid agency claims that three of its aid workers were killed in Tigray. International Rescue Committee (IRC) on its part claims that one aid worker was killed in the same region. The latter...
View ArticleEthiopia : 63 mining licenses stripped off over alleged poor performance
Takele Uma, Minister for Mining and Petroleum (Photo : FBC) borkenaDecember 15, 2020 Ethiopia stripped of 63 mining licenses over the Ministry of Mining and Petroleum called “poor performance.”...
View ArticleEthiopia: At least 19 innocent civilians killed in Wollega in the last two days
Some parts of the Oromo region of Ethiopia continue to be a place where radical Oromo Nationalist Group massacre innocent citizens borkenaDecember 16, 2020 The Oromo regional state confirmed on...
View ArticleMaj. Gen. Kedir Ararso, Logistics head of northern command, appears in court
Gen. Kedir Ararso sought bail rights — something a court in the Ethiopian capital in Addis Ababa denied borkenaDecember 16, 2020 Maj. General Kedir Ararso was serving as logistic head of the northern...
View ArticleTigray region slowly returning to normalcy as fugitive leaders are yet to be...
As peace restores to most of Tigray region of Ethiopia , normalcy is slowly returning to the region Mulu Nega (Ph.D) ( Photo : EBC) borkenaDecember 16, 2020 After two weeks of war that demolished...
View ArticleEthiopian PM sends pacifist tone on the border incident as Sudan mobilizes
Sudanese government seems to have treated the latest border incident as an act of aggression by the Ethiopian Defense Force while it was the militia force that was involved in the skirmish with...
View ArticleAddis Ababa- Khartoum railway project proposal presentation
Google Map borkenaDecember 18, 2020 Ethiopian State Media, EBC, on Friday reported that the Addis Ababa—Khartoum railway project proposal is presented for discussion on Thursday. It is CPCS,...
View ArticleOLF factions to work together until congress, Election Board rules
Factions within Oromo Liberation Front — OLF — to remain part of the Organization and co-organize the next party congress, Ethiopian Election Board ruled borkenaDecember 18, 2020 The Chairman and...
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