ESAT English News

Kenya, Ethiopia Using Excessive Force Against Somali Civilians

ESAT News (April 28, 2017) Kenya and Ethiopia have used excessive force against Somali civilians amid efforts to halt cross-border…

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Ethiopia ranked 150th in world press freedom index

ESAT News (April 27, 2017) Ethiopia ranked 150th out of 180 countries in the 2017 press freedom index rankings by…

7 years ago

Ethiopia: Authorities shift blame on local militia, opposition party members for killing of peaceful protesters

  ESAT News (April 27, 2017) Ruling party operatives are encouraging families who lost their loved ones in the anti-government…

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Ethiopia: U.S. Embassy warns of travelling to Gondar

ESAT News (April 27, 2017) The Embassy of the United States in Addis Ababa on Thursday warned citizens of the…

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Ethiopia: Officials arrested for exposing drought, cholera in Somali region

  ESAT News (April 26, 2017) Regime security forces have arrested two former officials of the Somali region of Ethiopia…

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Al Shabaab kills two Ethiopian soldiers

  ESAT News (April 26, 2017) Al-shabaab said its forces have ambushed Ethiopian soldiers serving in the African Union Mission…

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A bomb attack hit a lodge in Gondar

  ESAT News (April 25, 2017) A bomb was thrown at the Lodge du Château in the city of Gondar…

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Eskinder Nega named world press freedom hero

ESAT News (April 25, 2017) Eskinder Nega, journalist par excellence and blogger, imprisoned by the Ethiopian regime for criticizing the…

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Ethiopia: Thousands hit by outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea

ESAT News (April 25, 2017) An outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea is sweeping through Doolo zone, in Ethiopia’s Somali region,…

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Dr. Merera Gudina defends bogus charges

  ESAT News (April 24, 2017) Dr. Merera Gudina, chairman of the Oromo Federalist Congress, who is detained on cooked…

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