Work was set to begin on $4.4 billion Corbetti and Tulu Moye geothermal projects
The East African said ethnic violence was the dark side of Abiy Ahmed’s early reforms
Ethiopian Airlines kept its Asmara route even while about $6 million stayed locked in Eritrea
Abiy Ahmed visited Tigray and joined efforts to preserve parts of an Axum obelisk
Parliament and the House of Federation postponed Ethiopia’s population census because of instability
Baladera Council PR Sintayehu Chekol talks about government harassment of Journalist Eskinder Nega
Ethiopia opened a vital-events center so refugees could register births, marriages, and deaths
Ethiopia Insight compared Meles Zenawi’s developmental state to Abiy Ahmed’s “new horizon”
Borkena warned that Ethiopian universities were becoming grounds for ethnic violence
France 24 showed how ethnic violence left southern Ethiopian farmers still homeless a year later
Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers approved a roughly $13.5 billion budget for the next fiscal year
IOM appealed for $50 million to help people in need across Ethiopia
Borkena covered an Andafta Media report alleging a “Greater Tigray” project at Ethiopia’s expense
Media Digest on Mereja TV – 8 June 2019
Egypt Today said Sudan released 78 Ethiopian prisoners
AllAfrica’s “War Ravaged Home” piece documented conflict damage and return struggles in Ethiopia
Debre Berhan University takes security measures after disturbance
Wektawi Gudayoch on Mereja TV (Ethiopian Current Affairs) – 7 June 2019
AllAfrica reported a commission meant to untangle Ethiopia’s mining-industry muddle
The Reporter said Ethiopia’s economy was hurt as export earnings fell
VOA reported about 8,000 Ethiopian Jews were still waiting to immigrate to Israel
Borkena said Ethiopia’s election board disclosed shortlisted National Election Board candidates
Ynet remembered Mossad agent Ferede Aklum, who guided early Ethiopian Jewish journeys to Sudan
Activist Seyoum Teshome discusses the meaning of hate speech
Amnesty said Addis Ababa police blocked Eskinder Nega from announcing a new TV station
Eskinder Nega press conference at Hilton Hotel blocked by government
Efforts underway to provide sufficient electric power to Addis Ababa
Ethiopian lawyers express frustration with the legal system in a meeting with PM Abiy Ahmed
IOM appealed for funds under Ethiopia’s June–December 2019 emergency and recovery plan
KenGen prepared to drill geothermal wells for Ethiopia’s renewable expansion
Reuters said Ethiopia’s parliament was set to approve a telecoms liberalisation law
Wektawi Gudayoch on Mereja TV – 6 June 2019
Nebiyu Bazezew on the harassment campaign against Journalist Eskinder Nega – Addis Dimts on Mereja TV
Moresh Wegene chairman Tekle Yishaw with Abebe Belew – Addis Dimts on Mereja TV
Eid al-Fitr holiday in Addis Ababa special program
Wektawi Gudayoch – 5 June 2019
Abiy Ahmed went to Khartoum to mediate between Sudan’s military and opposition after deadly crackdowns
Finance Minister Ahmed Shide expresses concern over Ethiopian economy
USDA expected Ethiopia’s 2019/20 coffee exports to climb to a new record
Ethiopia Insight asked whether Oromia’s OLF peace step was real progress or another false start
PM Abiy Ahmed and First Lady Zinash Tayachew visit cancer patients
An EU-funded project aimed to help about 17,000 Ethiopian garment workers through a clearer supply chain
Ethio Telecom launched the Awtar Music streaming app with Ethiopian-language catalogues
A grenade attack in Nekemte injured seven people and a local soccer player was shot dead
Tension arises in Aksum University following the death of a student
Solidaridad and partners launched a project for a more sustainable Ethiopian cotton chain
EBC journalist Getachew Chane disappeared after traveling to Canada with President Sahle-Work
CERF sent $10 million to start drought relief in south-eastern Ethiopia
UNHCR’s late-May 2019 update tracked water works and social protection for refugees in Ethiopia
Chester Higgins’s Nile photos linked Ethiopia’s Blue Nile culture to Egypt and Nubia
France’s development agency prepared €100 million in loan and grant support for Ethiopian reforms
The finance ministry said Ethiopia was avoiding new international commercial loans
A foster-care program said it was expanding across more Ethiopian cities
The Norwegian Refugee Council said Africa held most of the world’s neglected displacement crises
Ethiopian Airlines said CEO Tewolde Gebremariam was re-appointed to the IATA Board of Governors
The Washington Post rediscovered Hailu Mergia, the Ethiopian keyboardist who drove a U.S. taxi for years
Huajian pledged about $100 million for shoe manufacturing and coffee processing in Ethiopia
Ethiopia Observer warned that Rift Valley lakes such as Ziway and Abiyata were vanishing fast
