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ESAT News (November 15, 2016) An attempt by a hardy group of adventurers to fly the length of Africa in vintage planes is back on course after they were stranded for two days in Ethiopia, where the authorities had accused them of illegally entering the country’s airspace, the Guardian reported on Friday. The newspaper reported that diplomats from the UK, ...

ESAT News (November 25,2016) A cardiac surgeon from Sweden already imprisoned in Ethiopia for several years could be changed with additional crimes, reports Swedish Television. Fikru Maru was jailed in 2013 and later sentenced to four years and eight months for having knowledge of corruption between a minister and a prosecutor. Maru has always denied any wrongdoing. Now, he could ...

ESAT News (November 24, 2016) In a surprise twist of alleged miscarriage of justice in Ethiopia, regime prosecutors charged jailed political prisoners for the arson at the notorious Qilinto prison in August that killed dozens of inmates. The charge alleged that 38 prisoners were responsible for the death of 23 inmates in the fire. It said the accused have beaten ...

ESAT News (November 24, 2016) Women in Ethiopia live under constant fear of violence, illness, hunger and poverty but they are now also facing a new threat – human trafficking, according to veteran women’s rights campaigner Bogaletch Gebre. A third of its 99 million citizens still survive on less than $1.90 a day – the World Bank’s measure of extreme ...

ESAT News (November 24, 2016) The United States Embassy in Addis Ababa said on Thursday that Ethiopian authorities have detained several foreign pilots, including Americans, who were participating in a trans-Africa air rally. The Associated Press said Embassy officials are working with Ethiopian authorities to secure consular access to see the American pilots, the embassy said in a statement. The ...