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by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (August 22, 2018) Ethio telecom has slashed rates in mobile data, local calls and SMS in an unprecedented move by a sector that is still monopolized by the government. The significant reduction of fees, as much as 54% in broadband and 43% in mobile data and SMS, came after the government in June announced it ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (August 21, 2018) An Ethiopian court has issued an arrest warrant on former spy chief, Getachew Assefa, whom ESAT sources say has escaped to neighboring Sudan. Our source close to the government also said Getachew Assefa has been staying in a hotel in his hometown, Mekele, Tigray region for a month. He has not been ...

ESAT News (August 21, 2018) Authorities in Ethiopia’s restive Oromo region have arrested 171 people accused of inciting deadly violence and ethnic motivated attacks in the region. Head of political affairs with the regional party, OPDO, Addisu Arega told local media that the suspects were arrested in several towns in the region accused of killings, inciting violence and looting. Among ...

ESAT News (August 21, 2018) U.S. Immigration and Custom authorities arrested and indicted an Ethiopian man for allegedly lying in naturalization process, hiding his participation in the notorious Red Terror campaign in the 70s, the persecution and killing of political opponents by the regime. The Department of Justice said in a release that the Virginia man, Mergia Negussie Habteyes, 58, ...