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Chad’s foreign minister picked as new chair of AU commission

ESAT News (January 31, 2017) Chadian Foreign Minister, Moussa Faki Mahamat, was elected on Monday as the new chairperson of…

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Ethiopia: Gov’t banks release more loans to dubious Tigrian investors in Gambella

  ESAT News (January 31, 2017) Ethiopian government banks have released additional loans to agricultural investors in Gambella despite findings…

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Ethiopia: Death of a university student suspicious as family denied autopsy

  ESAT News (January 31, 2017) The death of a student last week at the Adigrat University in Tigray has…

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Somalia: Senior Al shabaab commander killed in Gedo

ESAT News (January 30, 2017) A Somali official says the country’s military have killed a top Al shabaab commander during…

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African Union criticises US for ‘taking many of our people as slaves’ and not taking refugees

ESAT News (January 30, 2017) The head of the African Union has criticised Donald Trump’s ban on immigration from some…

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UN Chief calls for aid to support Ethiopia’s drought victims

ESAT News (January 30, 2017) United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on the international community to come to the…

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Ethiopia: Front alleges regime understates extent of famine in Ogaden

  ESAT News (January 27, 2017) The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) says the regime in Ethiopia is systematically underestimating…

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6.5 million children at risk of hunger in Horn of Africa as leaders gather in Addis Ababa

ESAT News (January 27, 2017) Aid agencies warn ahead of this weekend’s African Union (AU) meetings in Addis Ababa that…

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Ethiopian official suffers knock out in an assault case against an activist

  ESAT News (January 27, 2017) A Virginia court dismissed a lawsuit brought by a high ranking Ethiopian official against…

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Ethiopia: Corruption remains high in 2016, report says

  ESAT News (January 27, 2017) Corruptions remains high in 2016 and the country ranked 108th out of 176 countries…

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