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ESAT News (June 14, 2017) At least 12 people have been killed in the west London’s Grenfell Tower as fire turned the 24-storey apartment building into an inferno in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Information gathered by ESAT’S London Bureau shows at least 40 Ethiopians and Eritreans live in the tower and some are feared to be among the ...

ESAT News (June 14, 2017) Ethiopia says it expects a third of its budget to be covered with aid from donor countries and foreign loans. Presenting the country’s 2017/2018 budget to the parliament, the minister of finance and economic cooperation announced that of the total 321 billion birr (14 billion dollars) allocated for the budget year, about 5 billion dollars ...

ESAT News (June 14, 2017) High level contraband trade by government officials has become a threat to the country’s economy as foreign exchange trade is in downward spiral, according to Ethiopia’s Ministry of Trade. Government officials at all levels were the main players in the import/export contraband trade and unless the country acts quickly, the illegal trade could cripple the ...