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Armyworms ravage crops in southern Ethiopia

ESAT News (April 13, 2017) Reuters quoting authorities reported on Thursday that Crop-eating caterpillars known as fall armyworms have damaged…

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Ethiopia: Journalist and opposition party leader detained without charge for five months

  ESAT News (April 12, 2017) Journalist Elias Gebru and Daniel Shibeshi, former leading member of the opposition Andinet party,…

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Migrants from North Africa sold as “slaves” in Libya

ESAT News (April 12, 2017) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) exposed horrible stories of migrants from north Africa, who…

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Somalia: Troops free Indian crew held captive by pirates

ESAT News (April 12, 2017) Somali security forces have freed 8 Indian crew, held hostage by pirates since March 31,…

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Ethiopia: Gov’t commission says Qilinto prison guards shot at inmates escaping fire

  ESAT News (April 11, 2017) The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission says prison guards had opened fire at prisoners who…

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Ethiopia: Reports of fighting in Ogaden

ESAT News (April 11, 2017) Ethiopian regime soldiers and army units from the Ogaden National Liberation Army had been engaged…

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Ethiopia: EU official concerned over high number of political prisoners

ESAT News (April 11, 2017) The European Union expressed  its concerns over the large number of persons being detained or…

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Oromo protests demystifies myth that TPLF is formidable force, says Isaias Afeworki

  ESAT News (April 10, 2017) The uprising by the Oromo people have exposed the reality in Ethiopia and has…

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Fifty-six Ethiopians arrested in Malawi

  ESAT News (April 10, 2017) Malawi immigration officials have arrested 56 Ethiopians whom they say have entered the country…

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Ethiopia declares diarrhea outbreak

ESAT News (April 10, 2017) Ethiopia has declared an outbreak of acute watery diarrhea, also known as AWD, in the…

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