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ESAT News (January 07, 2016) The Human Rights Watch called on the Ethiopian government on Thursday to release all political prisoners and stop the use of lethal force against protesters. It also demanded the regime to allow peaceful protest. “The Ethiopian government should release unjustly detained opposition figures including Bekele Gerba, deputy chairman of the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), and ...

ESAT News (January 06, 2016) A court in Kenya sentenced 27 Ethiopian immigrants and their traffickers to 9 months in prison or 15,000 Kenyan Shillings, according to the Star newspaper. The Ethiopians, whom Kenyan police say have entered the country illegally were on their way to South Africa in search of better economic opportunities. The court dropped charges to three ...

ESAT News (January 06, 2016) A technical team from Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt are holding talks in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa over the latter’s controversial Grand Renaissance Dam, according to a report by Ahram online. The talks come after the three countries announced last Tuesday –following a week of discussions between top officials – that they came to an ...