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Ethiopia: Officials accused of embezzling millions of dollars flee country

  ESAT News (March 20, 2017) Two government officials accused of embezzling millions of dollars have reportedly left the country,…

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Ethiopia: Andargachew Tsige spends 1000th day in detention

  ESAT News (March 20, 2017) Ethiopia’s prisoner of conscience, Andargachew Tsige, has now spent 1000 days on Ethiopia’s death…

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Ethiopia: Hailemariam contradicts himself on food security

  ESAT News (March 17, 2017) Agricultural productivity has declined to 2.5 % from 7% due to the severe drought…

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Ethiopia: Rights group says partial lifting of bans under martial law not enough

  ESAT News (March 17, 2017) The Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that now is the time for Ethiopia…

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Ethiopian envoy in South Sudan in search of abducted children

ESAT News (March 17, 2017) South Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that gunmen from the Murle tribe in…

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Ethiopia: Over five mln USD to help displaced people embezzled

  ESAT News (March 16, 2017) Over five mln USD that was allocated for the resettlement of people uprooted due…

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Appellate court blocks a US citizen from suing Ethiopian regime over  hacking his computer

ESAT News (March 16, 2017) A US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday blocked an…

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Somali pirates release vessel without ransom

ESAT News (March 17, 2017 Somali pirates who hijacked an oil tanker have released it without condition, the BBC reported…

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Death toll reaches 113 in Ethiopia’s landfill disaster

  ESAT News (March 13, 2017)The death toll from a landfill landslide in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa reached 113, local…

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Ethiopia: Dozens killed in cross border attack, 43 kids abducted

ESAT News (March 15, 2017) Murle bandits from neighboring South Sudan killed 28 people and kidnapped 43 children in Gambella,…

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