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ESAT News (July 13, 2017) A tax levied by authorities on “estimated sales” on small businesses and vendors has faced with protests, some violent in the Oromo region of Ethiopia. Reports reaching ESAT say government vehicles including police cars were set ablaze in Ambo, while shops were closed for the second day. In the rest of the country, tensions remain ...

ESAT News (July 13, 2017) Lake Tana, Ethiopia’s largest lake which is also registered as UNESCO’s world heritage for its centuries old churches and monasteries is threatened by chemical and waste pollutants entering the water from surrounding hotels businesses and even government institutions. This, on top of the water hyacinth covering a large area of the lake, has become a ...

ESAT News (July 13, 2017) The fourth criminal bench of the federal high court in Addis Ababa today acquitted five of the 22 individuals who are members and supporters of an opposition political party imprisoned over terrorism charges, while reducing the terrorism charges against a high profile political prisoners to criminal offences. The politically motivated charges against Bekele Gerba, first ...