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ESAT News (November 1, 2016) Hundreds of Ethiopian troops in Somalia who have been fighting Al-Shabaab in that country have revolted, with dozens crossing to the Arabian peninsula selling their weapons. According to ESAT’s military and intelligence sources, the soldiers, who are not with the regular African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), have not been paid their salaries for three months. ...

ESAT News (November 1, 2016) An al Shabaab governor has averred that the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia was linked to the domestic political crisis back home, a report filed by Africa News said. According to Hassan Yaqoub, al Shabaab as a group were delighted at the withdrawals. He is quoted by the Voice of America (VOA) journalist in ...

ESAT News (October 31, 2016) Over a thousand people were killed in the last three weeks alone since the declaration of the state of emergency in Ethiopia. The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa said in a report on Sunday that in addition to the killings, 40,000 Oromos have been detained in different parts of the country from ...

ESAT News (October 31, 2016)The Ethiopian National Movement, a newly formed political coalition aimed to bring about regime change in Ethiopia, said in its a statement that it envisions an Ethiopia where the rights of all citizens is respected and a federal system that respects all nationalities. The four political parties, the Oromo Democratic Front (ODF), Patriotic Ginbot 7 Movement ...

ESAT News (October 31, 2016) Over a thousand people were killed in the last three weeks alone since the declaration of the state of emergency in Ethiopia. The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa said in a report on Sunday that in addition to the killings, 40,000 Oromos have been detained in different parts of the country from ...