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We have reviewed, with great interest and care, the just released statement of the just concluded meeting of the Central Committee of the Oromo People’s Democratic Organization (OPDO), the governing party in the Oromia National Regional State, and a constituent member of the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). In the statement, OPDO expressed […]

BBN Daily Ethiopian News February 06, 2018

Hiber News Analysis February 07, 2018

by Birhanemeskel Abebe Segni I speed-read the press statement of the much-hyped OPDO central committee meeting and found it very much muddled and unclear and lacking much-needed focus at this critical time in our country’s history. My expectations were not that high, but I found the press statement very much wanting and lacking critical strategic […]

by Tesfaye Demmellash Like a spider, the TPLF regime has spun out of itself a predatory web of rhetorical devices, ideological conceits, codes of ethnic domination, and simulations of state institutions and practices in which it has ensnared Ethiopian national life for nearly three decades now. It is a paradox: the Woyane network of partisan-tribal […]

BBN Daily Ethiopian News February 7, 2018

The Untold Story of Dejazmach Beyene Wondimagegnehu (Ligabaw Beyene)

BBN Daily Ethiopian News February 8, 2018

New York, February 9, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Ethiopian government’s attempts today to compel Ethiopian journalist and blogger Eskinder Negato sign a false confession before releasing him under a presidential pardon. Eskinder, who has spent almost seven years in jail for his work, was one of 746 prisoners due to be pardoned by […]

West Shewa (Inchini) Crowd Gives Dr. Merera Gudina A Hero’s Welcome

BBN Breaking News February 10, 2018

Zehabesha Breaking News February 11, 2018

Hiber Radio Daily Ethiopian News February 12, 2018

Regardless of whether we agree or disagree with the brutal and barbaric Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) that does not even have an ounce of respect for the Ethiopian Orthodox church or for the Muslim religion or for the lives of children, harnessing the enormous potential of the Abbay River (Blue Nile) for the betterment […]

By Al Mariam Holding the Feet (Hooves) of the Wounded Beast to the Fire Author’s Note: This is the fourth installment of what I initially planned to be a three-part series on prospects for truth and reconciliation in Ethiopia. I have explained the purposes of the series in the Author’s Note of Part I […]

BBN Daily Ethiopian News February 12, 2018

Businesses and schools are closed, and transport was disrupted to and from Lege T’afo, on the eastern outskirt of Addis Abeba, as the stay-at-home protest in Oromia enters its second day. Smoke was seen pluming from burning tyres near Ropak Real Estate, a wealthy neighborhood, and AS reporters and a photographer saw a heavy police […]

VOA Exclusive Interview with Bekele Gerba & Dejene Tafa

U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa Hi Everyone, we have a message for you from Ambassador Mike in light of events over the past several weeks: The United States has long advocated for increasing the pace of democratic reform, respect for human rights, and creating space for inclusive dialogue because we believe these are important for Ethiopia’s […]