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Gov’t and business people at loggerheads over Forex

Gov’t and business people at loggerheads over Forex

ESAT News March 28, 2013 Ethiopian businesspeople have been unable to open Letter of Credit (LC) and import products due to severe shortage of dollars from the market. The government is only allowed to obtain hard currency for its mega developmental projects. This situation has recently led to tensions between…

Two evictee children from Benishangul die of asphyxiation

Two evictee children from Benishangul die of asphyxiation

ESAT News March 27, 2013 Two children among a score of people of the Amhara ethnic origin, who have been evicted from the Benishangul Region and were being transported to Amhara Region, died due to asphyxiation today, a source in the Region told ESAT. Residents also said to ESAT that…

Eskinder, Andualem did not appear in Court; delayed to 8 April

Eskinder, Andualem did not appear in Court; delayed to 8 April

ESAT News March 27, 2013 Although a police officer from the Court stated that she hashanded a letter to the Kaliti Prison officials, Journalist Eskinder Nega and opposition politician, Andualem Aragie did not appear in Court today (March 27, 2013) as per their appointment due to the fault of the…

Over fifty die as lorry plunges into river in Ethiopia

Over fifty die as lorry plunges into river in Ethiopia

ESAT News   March 26, 2013  Fifty nine people have reportedly died after a lorry that was transporting 60 people of an Amhara ethnic origin evicted from the BeniShangul Gumz Region crashed into Jedesa River in Tekesha District of Ethiopia on March 24, 2013. Women and children are among the dead.…

UDJ’s Western Armachicho Chair arrested

UDJ’s Western Armachicho Chair arrested

ESAT News  March 26, 2012 Mr. Anagaw Tegegne, Chair of Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) Western Armachicho Branch, Northern Ethiopia, has been arrested by Ethiopian authorities in Sanja City of Tach Aramachiho. He has been heading to visit his families in Gonder when he was detained.   Anagaw, an…