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ESAT News (August 256, 2017) Thousands of passengers have reportedly been stranded in the capital Addis Ababa as regional buses cancelled their trip due to ongoing strikes in the Oromo region. Buses leaving the capital had to pass through districts within the Oromo administration that surround Addis Ababa. Several buses were attacked in the last three days by stone throwing ...

ESAT News (August 25, 2017) The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Ethiopia due to “the potential for civil unrest and arbitrary detention.” Replacing its travel warning issued in June the Department said “there continue to be reports of unrest, particularly in the Gondar region and Bahir Dar in Amhara State, and parts of ...

ESAT News (August 25, 2017) The Human Rights Watch says Saudi Arabia should halt the deportations of Ethiopians from the Kingdom until it can establish refugee status determination procedures for those at risk of persecution, who are fleeing repression back home. “Should expulsions be carried out—as during an earlier expulsion of irregular migrants in 2013, many thousands of Ethiopians who ...