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ESAT News (November 14, 2016) Internet freedom in Ethiopia declined as government cracked down on tools used for digital activism, according to the new report by Freedom House. The report, “Freedom on the Net 2016,” said Internet and mobile phone networks were repeatedly disrupted around the country, particularly in the Oromia region during anti-government protests that began in November 2015. ...

ESAT News (November 14, 2016) An Oromo Leadership Convention held over the weekend in Atlanta called on all Ethiopians to “stand together and act in concert to remove the TPLF regime that has become the source of all discontent, division and disorder in the country.” In a resolution passed at the end of the convention, which coincided with the first ...

    ESAT News (November 14, 2016) Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, who visited Ethiopia over the weekend emphasized his concerns over the deaths and violence. Stéphane Dion raised his concerns in relation to the recent unrest, particularly in the Oromia and Amhara regions. He underscored his support for all Ethiopians to engage in a peaceful and inclusive dialogue. ...

  ESAT News (November 14, 2016) A group of tourists were reportedly attacked and robbed in southern Ethiopia last week and their driver was shot and killed, according to a report by The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia’s only English-language newspaper. The six Slovaks and four Czechs were attacked in the town of Mizan on November 7. They were robbed of their ...