Professor Merera Gudina, the Chairman of Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), is coming to Minneapolis to provide election update to Diaspora community members.

In the upcoming Ethiopia’s parliamentary election; the OFC, led by Mr. Bulcha Demeksa and Dr. Merera, has fielded candidates for over 90% the parliamentary seats in Oromia. Oromia is Ethiopia’s most populous region.

THE Voice of America (VOA) maintains that its transmissions to Ethiopia, are being electronic jammed, writes Dennis Itumbi for journalism.co.za

VOA cited international shortwave radio monitors and complaints from listeners in the country since February 22 about static disrupting the US government-funded station's daily, hour-long shortwave broadcast from Washington in Amharic, the countrys main official language.

Reuters report

A multimillion dollar lawsuit is imminent against American plane manufacturer Boeing in a US court by relatives of those killed aboard an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed into the Mediterranean off Lebanon in January, according to their lawyer.

By: VOA News

Ethiopia's main opposition bloc is reconsidering whether to contest the May parliamentary elections following brutal attacks on two candidates, one of them fatal. Opposition leaders are blaming Ethiopia's ruling party for inflaming passions in the tense Tigray region, where the attacks occurred.