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British MPs demand release of Andargachew Tsige
ESAT News (February 9, 2017) Ethiopians, Britons and MPs gathered today in front of 10 Downing Street to celebrate the 62nd birthday of Andargachew Tsige, an Ethiopian born British citizen who is on a death row in Ethiopian. Andy, a well-known critic of the Ethiopian regime, was kidnapped at a Yemeni airport in 2014 and rendered to Ethiopia. He was ...
Read More »Ethiopia loses 145 million USD in tourism
ESAT News (February 9, 2017) Ethiopia says it has lost 145 million dollars in tourism in the last six months alone owing to the political unrest and the ensuing state of emergency declared in October 2016. The spokesperson for culture and tourism, Gezahegn Abate, told local media that the yearlong anti-government protest in the Oromo region as well as ...
Read More »Somalia lifts curfew in Mogadishu following election of a new President
ESAT News (February 9, 2017) The two-day curfew imposed in Mogadishu was lifted following the election of a new President Mohamed Abdullahi, also known as Farmajo, by the country’s Federal Parliament on Wednesday. Garowe online reported that thousands of Mogadishu residents celebrating the election of Farmajo as the 9th President of Somalia took to the streets in the capital, and ...
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