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  ESAT News (October 5, 2016)   A 15 – year old was shot and killed by regime snipers on Wednesday in Sodere, a resort town to the east of the capital Addis Ababa. The father told ESAT on the phone that his son was shot and killed for no reason while playing at his house. Protesters have reportedly burnt ...

  ESAT News (October 5, 2016)   The Embassy of the United States of America in Addis Ababa confirmed on Wednesday that an American was killed in Holeta, 26 miles west of the capital when a van she was traveling was struck by a stone thrown by unknown assailants. The Embassy said the cause of death was head injury by ...

ESAT News (October 5, 2016) Amnesty International and Freedom House have called for an independent investigation into the the massacre of hundreds of civilians in Bishoftu, Debre Zeit, at the annual Irreecha celebration, an Oromo religious festival. Hundreds of people, over 600 by some accounts, were killed as security forces opened fire and threw gas canisters into the huge crowd, ...

  ESAT News (October 5, 2016) Ethiopia’s most decorated air force pilot passed away in Washington, DC today where he was receiving treatment after he was diagnosed with an ailment. General Tefera Legese shot to fame in the mid 1970s when he brought down five jets of the Somali invading forces. General Legesse is one of the three recipients of ...

  ESAT News (October 4, 2016)   The spiritual leader of the Afar people said he supports the struggle being waged by the Ethiopian people to reclaim their rights.   Sultan Hanfare Alimirah told the press that the people have opted to revolt due to the brutal oppression by the minority regime.   The Sultan said the people of Afar would ...