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  ESAT News (April 4, 2017) Six people were killed in a shooting that broke out at the Waldiba monastery in northern Ethiopia. A source who spoke to ESAT said the incident was sparked when militiamen from Tigray opened fire at the pilgrims from Amhara killing one person and injuring another. The militias from Tigray were reportedly preventing the pilgrims ...

  ESAT News (April 4, 2017) A senior official with the ruling EPRDF says the undemocratic culture entrenched in the legislature and executive branches is threatening the survival of the party and that of the government. According to an audio of a meeting obtained by ESAT, Abay Tsehaye, one of the founders of the minority TPLF  ruling party and an ...

ESAT News (April 4, 2017) Ethiopian troops fighting militant Islamist group al-Shabab have withdrawn from a key military base in central Somalia’s Galgudud region, VOA reported quoting residents. The report said heavily armed al-Shabab fighters took control of El Bur following the pullout of Ethiopian troops and a small number of Somali National Army soldiers early Monday. The fall of ...