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ESAT News (December 16, 2016) The government of Kenya has launched investigations into the death of a Kenyan whose brought from Ethiopia on Thursday. Zakayo Muriuki, an engineer, was arrested in Ethiopia on January 10, 2015 when he went to install a VSAT satellite in Jigija. He was accused of committing telecommunication fraud in the foreign country, according to a ...

  ESAT News (December 16, 2016)    The family of Temesgen Desalegn, a prominent journalist serving three year sentence, said they have finally found their son at the Zeway Federal Prison after ten days of searching. For the last ten days, federal prison officers have been telling the family that Temesgen was not under the custody of the prisons. His ...

ESAT News (December 16, 2016) The African Union has expressed concern about Ethiopia’s current State of Emergency against the upcoming Heads of State Summit in the capital Addis Ababa in January 2017. The concerns were raised by the Chairperson Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma who met with the newly appointed Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs at the AU Headquarters on Tuesday, ...

  ESAT News (December 16, 2016) Security forces detained a lawyer for Dr. Merara Gudina, chairman of the Oromo Federalist Congress, who is held in solitary confinement. Taba Chufa, a lawyer for several political prisoners, was jailed in Ambo, the Chair of OFC’s International Support Coordinator, Negeso Ada told ESAT on Friday. Ada said Chufa represents at least 300 political ...