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ESAT News (January 18, 2016) Six people were killed yesterday in Meiso town in East Hararge as protest continues against land plans by the minority government that intends to widen city limits of the capital Addis Ababa to the surrounding farming communities. Yesterday’s killing brings the death toll to over 150. Protest continued today in Chengi town and security forces have ...

ESAT News (January 18, 2016) Sudanese foreign minister said on Saturday that the Ethiopian government acknowledges that the disputed territory between the two countries belong to the Sudan. Ibrahim Ghandour told Aljazeera TV that Ethiopia acknowledged that Al-Fashaga, an area disputed by farmers on both sides is a Sudanese territory. “Ethiopia is committed and acknowledges that [Al-Fashaga] is a Sudanese ...

ESAT News (January 18, 2016) ESAT’s sources in Gondar disclosed that operatives of the ruling Tigray Peoples Liberation Front have killed 14 people from the Amhara and Kimant ethnic groups in a deliberate attempt to incite ethnic violence between the two groups. The sources said TPLF security forces killed 6 people from the Amhara ethnic group last week and deceitfully ...