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ESAT News (November 3, 2016) The European Union and the African Union called on African states to protect the rights of journalists and investigate crimes perpetrated against journalists. “We call on state authorities to fulfil their responsibility to protect journalists, establish a meaningful deterrence against the violent targeting of media professionals, and fully abide by their international and continental obligations,” ...

ESAT News (November 3(1), 2016) Security forces are cracking down on black market foreign currency exchange shops in the capital Addis Ababa and in major towns in the country as regime faces serious foreign currency crunch. Security forces are also going house to house and searching the illegal exchange outlets seizing undisclosed amount of foreign currency. Residents say the search ...

ESAT News (November 3, 2016) Businesses in Addis Ababa report losses after the government shutdown the Internet and blocked social media to silence the widespread protest against the autocratic regime. Hotels in the capital complains of loss due to Internet shutdowns and requested the government to reduce taxes to offset the loss. Tourists from Europe and the United States have ...