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ESAT News (December 20, 2016) Egyptian media lashed out at Saudi Arabia over a high-level Saudi delegation visit to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) during a short trip to Ethiopia on Friday. Experts said the decision to visit the GERD was an act of revenge against Egypt that could deepen tensions between the two countries, Middle East Eye said ...

ESAT News (December 20, 2016) The UK government’s funding for an “Ethiopian girl band” has been placed “under review”, the international development secretary has announced. Priti Patel promised MPs she would work to ensure taxpayer “value for money”, after reports the group Yegna was getting £5.2m ($6.5), the BBC reported on Monday. She added that there were “many other ways” ...

  ESAT News (December 19, 2016) Three police officers and a prisoner have reportedly been killed in a shootout between the federal police and prison police in a dispute to take custody of Colonel Demeke Zewdu, the leader of the movement in the Amhara region. The Amhara region has been hit by anti-government protests since this summer after an uprising ...

ESAT News (December 19, 2016) Over 23 thousand people have been detained since the declaration of the state of emergency in October following a yearlong anti-government protest in Ethiopia that saw the death of over 700 people in the hands of security forces. Head of the command post in charge of the state of emergency, minister of defense Siraj Fegesa ...