Ethiopia to unveil ambitious job creation plan
Job creation plan to be unveiled on Thursday, proposes offering 20 million jobs over next decade: Commissioner ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Ethiopian government said on Wednesday it plans to create 3 million jobs this budget year which began on July 8. This came at a joint press conference by Jobs Creation Commissioner Ephrem Alemayehu and CEO of the Canadian company Master Card Reeta Roy ahead of a jobs summit to be held on Thursday. According to Alemayehu, 20 million young people
“All Black” massive peaceful demonstration called in Addis Ababa
Activists on social media are calling for a massive demonstration in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa this Wednesday to commemorate citizens who were condemned to brutal death because of their ethnic or religious identities in their own country. The campaign which is using the hashtag # AllBlack is calling for residents of Addis Ababa to dress in black for the demonstration. Social media organizers have also disclosed that the demonstration will demand the Ethiopian governm
Ethiopian PM breaks silence over Oromo region violence that claimed at least 67 lives
Borkena.com Ethiopian Prime Minister seems to think that the violence in Oromo region of Ethiopia that claimed at least 67 lives in the past few days is a politically motivated one. He says it was meant to distract the march on the path of reform. His statement says that government will decisively act to bring “those responsible before law and punish them.” Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed finally breaks his silence on the latest string of violence that claimed the lives o
Security crisis unabated as radical qeerroo unleash terror in Oromo region of Ethiopia
borkena.com - Ethiopian Church followers persecuted in Bale Robe, South Ethiopia , as radial ethnic oromo youth, qeerroo, now increasingly seen as a terror group by most Ethiopians .At least six killed horrifyingly. Hand grenade thrown at Church. - Death toll from two days of violence said to be more than 50 - Jawar Mohammed orders calm as Oromo political organizations “mediate” for peace - Ethiopians launching social media campaign to put pressure government to hold Jawar Mo
Ethiopian Police Deny Claims of Plot to Harm Leading Activist
By Samuel Gebre- bloomberg.com Police in Ethiopia refuted allegations by the executive director of the Oromia Media Network of a plan to endanger his life by withdrawing his state-provided security. There is instead a gradual withdrawal of security personnel assigned to activists and politicians, according to the Ethiopian Federal Police Commission’s chief, Endeshaw Tasew. Jawar Mohammed, an influential Oromo activist previously based in the U.S., returned to Ethiopia in 2018
Protests in Ethiopia’s Oromia Region Call Security into Question
By Marissa Melton, Sora Arero, Dhaba Wayessa - voanews.com More than 1,000 supporters gathered around the Addis Ababa home of Jawar Mohammed, media entrepreneur and political activist, after he reported his government-provided security detail was asked by police to leave his home in the middle of the night. Mohammed posted reports on the developments on the Facebook page of the Oromia Media Network, which he co-founded. “Why were they trying to remove my security at night?” h
Abiy Ahmed: No force can stop Ethiopia from building dam
BBC Ethiopian Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner Abiy Ahmed says "no force can stop Ethiopia" from building a dam on the River Nile despite objections from Egypt. The dam, under construction on the Blue Nile tributary in northern Ethiopia, will create Africa's largest hydroelectric power station. Some 85% of the Nile emerges from the Ethiopian highlands. Egypt fears the project will allow Ethiopia to control the river's flow. The project has been the source of politi
Little known about the first party-based constitutional democracy in Africa
In the 1967 presidential election, Daar was defeated by Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, his former Prime Minister. His term as president ended on July 6, 1967. Daar accepted the loss graciously, making history as the first head of state in Africa to peacefully hand over power to a democratically elected successor. Daar joined the incipient Somali Youth League (SYL) political party in 1944, a nationalist organization that campaigned for an independent Somalia. Quickly rising through
NEWS: HACKATHON WORKSHOP ON “ELECTION” CHALLENGE IN ETHIOPIA
Addis standard Addis Abeba, October 16, 2019: The U.S. Embassy in Addis Abeba conducted its latest hackathon on the topic – “A digital solution for individuals to electronically verify their voter registration information.” This was the sixth hackathon conducted by the U.S. Embassy in a series of twelve under its Ethiopia Hacks! Program. Subject matter and Technology experts met October 11-14, 2019 in the Colonel John C. Robinson American Center in Addis Abeba to brainstorm a
TPLF central committee statement sees disintegration of Ethiopia if ruling coalition is turned to a
Borkena.com TPLF central committee says that existing political crisis could get worse and lead to disintegration of Ethiopia if the ruling coalition is transformed into a united party Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) central committee has completed on Tuesday a meeting that has been going on for seven days in Mekelle, the region’s capital. The committee has identified “political and development work” to be undertaken in the 2012 Ethiopian year (2019/20120 GC). It has
