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ESAT News (December 2, 2016) The United States says the Ethiopian regime is using the martial law it declared in October to silence dissent. Deputy spokesperson for the United States Department of State Mark Toner said on Thursday that the arrest of Dr. Merara Gudina, Chairman of the Oromo Federalist Congress, was “yet another example of increasing restrictions on independent ...

ESAT News (December 2, 2016) Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana has been named the female World Athlete of the Year at the IAAF Athletics Awards 2016, held at Sporting Monte Carlo on Friday (2). Jamaica’s Usain Bolt was named male athlete of the year. The International Association of Athletics Federations said in a release that Ayana had a record-breaking year. After recording ...

ESAT News (December 2, 2016) Chief warden of the Gondar prison has been jailed for a week now and his legal recourse is in limbo, according ESAT’s sources. Sources say operatives of the TPLF put inspector Lijalem Meseret behind bars in Gondar for refusing to chain and handcuff  Colonel Demeke Zewdu he appeared before a court. The Colonel is a ...