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  ESAT News (May 2, 2017) Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Germany on Tuesday called on the Ethiopian regime to lift the state of emergency declared in October 2016 following a two year anti-government protests that left hundreds of people dead in the hands of security forces. According to a report by Deutsche Welle Amharic Service, Sigmar Gabriel, who ...

  ESAT News (May 1, 2017) The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) said the report by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission regarding the deadly anti-government protests in the country misrepresents the number of deaths due to state-sponsored violence and considers the measures taken by security forces as mostly proportionate and appropriate. The UNPO said in a statement that it ...

ESAT News (May 1, 2017) Al Shabaab fighters ambushed a convoy of Ethiopian troops serving the UN-mandated African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in Lower Shabelle region on Monday, according to a report by Shabelle News.   The convoy came under attack on a road near the southern village of Leego, as it was travelling to Burhakabo town in Baay ...

  ESAT News (May 1, 2017) Two persons were killed and several others, including three police officer, were injured in Bahir Dar when a grenade exploded near the entrance to a concert hall on Saturday. The concert, organized by Dashen Brewery, was under a boycotting campaign by the residents of Bahir Dar, who have also boycotted beer products by the Brewery, which ...