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Ethiopia: Front alleges regime understates extent of famine in Ogaden
ESAT News (January 27, 2017) The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) says the regime in Ethiopia is systematically underestimating the severity of famine and that the UN toes the line. In a statement released on Thursday, the Front, which is fighting for the liberation of the Ogaden region of Ethiopia, accused the Ethiopian regime is “more interested in projecting ...
Read More »6.5 million children at risk of hunger in Horn of Africa as leaders gather in Addis Ababa
ESAT News (January 27, 2017) Aid agencies warn ahead of this weekend’s African Union (AU) meetings in Addis Ababa that an estimated six and half million children could be at risk of starvation in the Horn of Africa as a result of back-to-back droughts in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya. Save the Children said nearly half a million children in the ...
Read More »Ethiopian official suffers knock out in an assault case against an activist
ESAT News (January 27, 2017) A Virginia court dismissed a lawsuit brought by a high ranking Ethiopian official against an Ethiopian activist based in Washington, DC metro area. The Ethiopian activist, Tewodros Kabtyimer and his friends last year confronted Addisalem Balema, a member of the executive of TPLF, the brutal ruling oligarchy, at the Dulles International Airport and denounced ...
Read More »Ethiopia: Corruption remains high in 2016, report says
ESAT News (January 27, 2017) Corruptions remains high in 2016 and the country ranked 108th out of 176 countries while the score is a sad 34/100, according to Transparency International’s 2016 corruption index. The report said the country is plagued with corruption that permeates all sectors and indicates land as the major sector of corruption. “Land administration is seen ...
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