{"id":278459,"date":"2019-06-08T13:59:45","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T17:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMiamh0dHBzOi8vYm9ya2VuYS5jb20vMjAxOS8wNi8wOC9hbmRhZnRhLW1lZGlhLXJlcG9ydC1vbi1jcmVhdGluZy1ncmVhdGVyLXRpZ3JheS1hdC10aGUtZXhwZW5zZS1vZi1ldGhpb3BpYS_SAQA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-27T11:19:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T15:19:14","slug":"borkena-covered-an-andafta-media-report-alleging-a-greater-tigray-project-at-ethiopias-expense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/278459","title":{"rendered":"Borkena covered an Andafta Media report alleging a \u201cGreater Tigray\u201d project at Ethiopia\u2019s expense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In June 2019 Borkena summarized an Andafta Media report that claimed plans or narratives about creating a \u201cGreater Tigray\u201d were advancing at Ethiopia\u2019s expense, a highly charged media claim in the pre-war identity politics of the federation.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-600493\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tigray-1280.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Borkena covered an Andafta Media report alleging a \u201cGreater Tigray\u201d project at Ethiopia\u2019s expense\" \/>\n<p>Whether readers accepted Andafta\u2019s framing or not, the circulation of Greater Tigray accusations already shaped public suspicion between regions, so archiving the Borkena write-up helps date how that talking point moved through Ethiopian media in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as politics and media archive, the Borkena item records the mid-2019 amplification of the Greater Tigray allegation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/borkena.com\/2019\/06\/08\/andafta-media-report-on-creating-greater-tigray-at-the-expense-of-ethiopia\/\">Borkena<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andafta Media report on Creating Greater Tigray at the expense of Ethiopia&nbsp;&nbsp;borkena.comAndafta Media report talks about a project of creating Greater Tigray by incorporating Eritrean lowlands. While some tend to view the topic as trivial, oth&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":600493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tigray-1280.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1arh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278459"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":755083,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278459\/revisions\/755083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}