3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (182+ words) TORONTO, Canada — As an armed rebel coalition takes shape in Ethiopia, reports are emerging that Abiy Ahmed’s government is manufacturing drones for military combat missions and other purposes. Ethiopia has been manufacturing drones at two factories since last year and…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (321+ words) Ethiopia’s Ministry of Education discloses it may withhold student assignments to universities in the Tigray region this year, citing military use of campuses TORONTO, Canada — Ethiopia’s Ministry of Education disclosed this week that it may not assign students to universities…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (354+ words) Borkena 41 Nations Issue Joint UN Statement on Ethiopia Human Rights A coalition of 41 nations delivers a joint statement at the UN Human Rights Council, raising alarm over ongoing security risks and human rights violations in Ethiopia Nairobi, Kenya — A coalition…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (581+ words) Washington, D.C. — Ethiopian Americans are urging members of the United States Congress and the Administration to pay urgent attention to the continuing human-rights and civilian-protection crisis in Ethiopia’s Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region. Ethiopian Americans emphasized that the situation should…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (308+ words) borkena.com AU Early Warning Capacity Tested as Northern Ethiopia Tensions Rise Human Rights Watch warns that escalating military mobilization and violent disputes in northern Ethiopia are pushing African Union conflict prevention mechanisms to a severe test (Nairobi, Kenya) — Human…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (134+ words) A reported federal drone strike in the Hintalo district of Ethiopia’s Tigray region leaves three members of the same family dead, including a toddler TORONTO, Canada — The Ethiopian government has continued to carry out drone strikes in the Tigray region....

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (354+ words) By Girma Kebede London, United Kingdom The case for alliance rests on several practical considerations: • Collective political leverage. Major constituencies acting separately have limited capacity to shape a national settlement. Acting together creates a broader constituency for negotiated political change....

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (347+ words) Borkena Abeshige District Residents Plan Border March Amid Oromia Security Tensions Community leaders demand the withdrawal of joint security forces and the restoration of local policing amid escalating border tensions in Ethiopia’s Gurage Zone (Nairobi, Kenya) — Residents of Abeshige District…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (341+ words) Fano Forces Claim Retreat of Ethiopian Defense Force Division in North Wollo (TORONTO, Canada) — Fano forces state that they forced the 65th division of the Ethiopian Defense Force to retreat from the Bugna district in Lasta, North Wollo, in the Amhara…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (201+ words) (TORONTO, Canada) — Fourteen Ethiopian government soldiers were reportedly killed in Sanka, in the North Wollo zone of the Amhara region, with several others wounded. Sources from the area told a Borkena reporter in Addis Ababa that the casualties occurred following…...