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ESAT News (March 21, 2017) At least seven people are reportedly killed, and several wounded in a car bomb attack near the gate of Somalia’s Presidential Palace in Mogadishu on Tuesday afternoon. Shabelle News reported that the car bomb went off at a busy security checkpoint outside the National Theatre, next to the second gate of Villa Somalia. Seven people, ...

  ESAT News (March 21, 2017) High profile political prisoners languishing at the notorious Qilinto prison refused food brought to them by family in protest against abuses they are subjected to at the hands of prison administrators. Bontu Bekele, daughter of Bekele Gerba, Vice Chair of the Oromo Federalist Congress, told the VOA Amharic service that her dad refused the ...

  ESAT News  (March 21, 2017) Ethiopia’s former foreign minister, who is running for the top post at WHO, Tedros Adhanom, is reportedly profiteering from his tomato farm as pests destroyed other vegetable farms in the country. An unusual tomato disease destroyed tomato farms across the country, save Dr. Tedros’ horticulture, driving prices of tomatoes to skyrocket. As a result, ...