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ESAT News (July 19, 2017) Towns and districts in southern Ethiopia have joined the strike by small businesses and vendors in the Oromo region opposing the recent assessment of taxes by authorities which traders say was unfair. According to information obtained by ESAT, businesses and transportations were shut down in Aleta Wendo, Gorche in Sidama Zone and in Basketo and ...

ESAT News (July 19, 2017) ESAT’s sources say there were skirmishes along the Ethiopia-Eritrea border this weekend in a place called Erob, Tigray. Both parties did not give official statements yet on the exchange of fires that sources say had also involved the use of heavy artillery. Following the skirmishes, the TPLF-led government in Addis Ababa has reportedly placed more ...