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ESAT News (December 14, 2016) Ethiopian regime’s deadly crackdown on protesters in the last one year was accompanied by blockage of the internet and social media, according to a report by Amnesty International. “The crackdown on protests was accompanied by increasingly severe restrictions on access to information and communications in large parts of the country by cutting off internet access, ...

ESAT News (December 13, 2016) Ethiopia’s Olympic athlete, Feyisa Lilesa, has been named among the 2016 top 100 global thinkers by the US based Foreign Policy (FP) magazine. Feyisa was classed in the group of thinkers called ‘‘the challengers.’‘ “Given the fact that the Olympic Charter bans political propaganda, demonstrations are a rarity at the games. Nevertheless, Ethiopian runner Feyisa ...

ESAT News (December 13, 2016) The Committee to Protect Journalists said Ethiopia has become the fifth worst jailer of journalists in the world.   CPJ in its end of the year report said a record number of journalists are in jail in 2016. “Turkey’s unprecedented crackdown on media brought the total number of jailed journalists worldwide to the highest number ...

ESAT News (December 13, 2016) A Nigerian was arrested hiding over one kilogram of cocaine in his belly at the Addis Bole International Airport, local media reported on Tuesday. The alleged smuggler, who complained of stomach pain, was taken to the hospital where doctors performed an operation to remove bags of cocaine. It took doctors three hours to remove the ...

ESAT News (December 13, 2016) Nearly 900 million dollars is needed for 2017 Ethiopia drought response. Relief web said in its weekly humanitarian update that the global need has reached record 22.2 billion dollars. Drought exacerbated by El Niño, combined with extensive flooding, disease outbreaks and the disruption of basic public services, continue to have a negative impact on the ...