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ESAT (July 23, 2018) The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on the Ethiopian government to investigate an attack on a news crew in Oromia region that claimed the life of Suleiman Mohamed, a driver for Dire Dawa Mass Media. According to CPJ, the ambush happened on July 13 while the crew were heading to Addis Ababa to cover a ...

ESAT News (July 23, 2018) The two synods of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church have agreed to resolve their differences and reconcile ending 27 years of acrimonious relationship. The split started in 1991 when Patriarch Abune Merkorios was forced to abdicate his position and forced into exile. He was replaced by the late Abune Paulos who was hand picked by ...

ESAT News (July 23, 2018) In a stunning departure from the norm, the new chief of staff told military officers that the army must remain neutral regardless of discords and differences among political parties.   General Saere Mekonnen said that the army must only be loyal to the constitution and the constitutional order. “The status quo that made the army partisan ...