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by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (August 2, 2018) A photo of former Ethiopian communist leader, Mengistu Hailemariam and Hailemariam Desalegn, a former Prime Minister, that surfaced on the social media on Wednesday as they met in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare has opened old wounds. Some insist Mengistu should face justice while others argued for his pardon. Mengistu’s last name and Desalegn’s ...

ESAT News (August 1, 2018), His Holiness Abune Merkorios, the fourth Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, has ended his exile in the United States and returned home after a successful reconciliation effort spearheaded by Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed. The patriarch, who was replaced by Abune Paulos and forced into exile in 1991,  was received with jubilation in ...

ESAT News (July 31, 2018) Patriotic Ginbot 7, an armed opposition group based in Eritrea, has announced that it has made a decision to lay down arms to move to Ethiopia within a month. At a press conference held today in Alexandria, Virgnia, the chairman of the movement, Prof. Berhanu Nega, Secretary General, Andargachew Tsige, and Ephrem Madebo, head of ...