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  ESAT News (May 4, 2017) Twenty-three Afaris and two soldiers were killed in a two-day long deadly fight between two clans in Afar. The Ablek Ad’ali and Sidiha Bura clans have reportedly fought over a territory that was slated by the regime for a sugar development project. President of the Afari Human Rights Commission blames the regime for inciting ...

ESAT News (May 4, 2017) U.N. Human Rights Chief said on Thursday that Ethiopian authorities have rejected persistent calls for an independent investigation into the killing of protesters in two years of deadly violence. Zeid Ra’ad, who is in Ethiopia for a three day official visit said at a press conference that the United Nations has been denied access to ...

  ESAT News (May 4, 2017) Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo cut short his official visit to Ethiopia after the death of his younger minister. The 31-year-old minister, Abbas Abdullahi Sheik Siraji, was killed when his car was targeted by government forces who mistook him for a militant. Following the news of the death of the minister, president Farmajo announced ...