World Bank president to visit Ethiopia with a focus for “identifying” opportunities for job creation for youth and women borkena 

Yonas Biru, PhD 

borkena About 18 civilians are reportedly killed in a span of less than two weeks in the Gurage region of Ethiopia. 

borkena Ethiopian Airlines is one of the fastest growing across the World. It managed to be profitable at a time when the airline industry was hit hard by the Corona pandemic. Why is Ethiopian Airlines the fastest growing airline?

Kidist Teklu Kemeshi appointed as the new country manager of DHL Ethiopia replacing Silvio Weiland, who is taking the role of Global Head...

borkena World Bank President, Ajay Banga, is in Ethiopia for a two days official working visit. His visit was announced last week when the World Bank, virtually amid the Russia-Africa Summit, signed a $400 million finance agreement with Ethiopia.

borkena The Ethiopian Defense Force on Tuesday said what it calls character assassination on the nation’s defender must stop. Apparently, the defense force was responding to the allegations in connection with its operation in the Amhara region of Ethiopia.  

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borkena A day after the Ethiopian Defense Force issued a statement regarding the situation in the Amhara region of Ethiopia, reports indicate that there are signs of continued fighting.

borkena The Holy Synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church on Wednesday excommunicated four archbishops in the Tigray region of Ethiopia over what the Ethiopian church said is a heretical practice. 

By Samuel Estefanous You know apart from being the pioneer of short story telling in Amharic literature, Afework Gebreyesus had tried to write the biography of Menelik II.  But for some reason (some historians contend) he had believed that Menelik’s glory…

borkena Gunmen linked to the group that calls itself Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) – a radical ethnic Oromo militant group – reportedly kidnapped passengers who were traveling from the Amhara region to the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. 

borkena The Ethiopian government on Thursday shut down internet services in most parts of the Amhara region of Ethiopia, according to reports from local and international media outlets.  Parts of Gojjam, Gondar, Wollo, Sekota and Shoa have been without internet…

 Yimer Ali The Amhara region endured significant suffering during the years of TPLF rule, which was followed by a two-year-long war. Schools, hospitals, and essential infrastructure were ravaged. The region was in the process of healing when another conflict…

With proven failure to provide safey and security in Oromia and Benishangul and as the TPLF is preparing for war, Targeting FANO ( by implication people in Amhara region)  as  a security threat sounds unsound borkena Editorial 

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By Essayias Lesanu  Ethiopia, a nation steeped in a history both deep and compelling, finds itself grappling with a crisis that threatens to cast a long, ominous shadow over its future. The socio-political fabric of this East African nation is being pulled…

borkena News update from Anchor Media, U.S. based Ethiopian Digital Media, reported that four command centers are formed in the Amhara region. They are to be based in Debre Birhan, Finote Selam, Dessie and Gondar.