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  ESAT News (February 21, 2017) Ethiopians in Finland wrote a letter to the Tampere University of Technology objecting the nomination of prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn for the award of honorary doctorate degree. Representatives of the community wrote a letter saying the Prime Minister does not deserve such an award as he is at the helm of a brutal regime ...

ESAT News (February 21, 2017) The UN’s  Central Emergency Response Fund allocates US$18.5 million for Ethiopia’s fresh drought. The fund is allocated through the Rapid Response Window to address the most urgent life-saving needs of communities affected by the new drought in Ethiopia, the UN announced on Tuesday. The fund is released to enable critical aid for more than 785,000 ...

ESAT News (February 20, 2017) A famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, the first to be announced in any part of the world in six years. The BBC quoted the government and the United Nations report that some 100,000 people are facing starvation, with a million more on the brink of famine. A combination of civil war ...