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by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (September 28, 2018) Ethiopian federal prosecutors today charged five individuals with planning, coordinating and executing an assassination attempt on the life of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at a rally on June 23, organized to show support for the reformist Premier. Getu Girma, Birhanu Jafar, Tilahun Getachew, Bahiru Tolosa and Dessalegn Tesfaye were charged with terrorism, ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (September 27, 2018) Four local officials from Benishangul Gumuz region in Western Ethiopia were killed in an ambush in Wellega, Oromo region. The officials were on their way back to Kemash Zone from a security meeting in Wellega when they were attacked by unidentified gunmen in Gimbi, West Wellega, the report by the Ethiopian Television ...