ESAT News (November 18, 2018) Ethiopian officials say the agricultural sector, which has been showing a 10% growth in the past 10 years, has registered only 2.9% growth this year. Prime Minister Halemariam Desalegn briefing diplomats in Addis Ababa attributed the decline to the countrywide uprising especially in the Oromo region. Economists have been warning that the ongoing unrest in ...
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Ethiopia’s internet crackdown hurts everyone, report says
ESAT News (November 18, 2016) Ethiopia has never been an easy place to operate. But a six-month state of emergency, combined with internet and travel restrictions imposed in response to a wave of anti-government protests, means it just got a whole lot harder, says a report by IRIN. The report by the former media wing of the UN, independent since ...
Read More »UNHCR records rising flows of S Sudanese refugees into Ethiopia
ESAT News (November 18, 2016) The UN refugee agency on Wednesday said that the number of South Sudanese refugees crossing to neighbouring Ethiopia is increasing. Kisut Gebreegziabher, spokesman of the UNHRC, told Anadolu Agency that an average of 547 people continue to arrive at the Pagak Transit Centre on a daily basis, Radio Tamazuj reported from Sudan. “Since 3 September, ...
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