ESAT English News

Ermias Amelga behind bars

ESAT News (January 12, 2016) Reports reaching from Addis Ababa say Ermias Amelga, a prominent businessman, has been put behind…

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Famine looms large in Ethiopia as government and donors fail to respond promptly

ESAT News (January 12, 2016) Farmers in east Hararghe said they fear lives would be lost if they are not…

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Dozens injured, two critically, in a grenade attack at Jimma University

ESAT News (January 11, 2016) Thirty-three students were seriously injured after a grenade was thrown yesterday at a group of…

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Over one hundred Ethiopian and Somali migrants die at sea as their boat capsize

ESAT News (January 11, 2016) 133 illegal migrants being trafficked from Bosaso in Somalia have been confirmed dead after their…

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Ethiopian government security forces detain several youth in Arba Minch, Southern Ethiopia

ESAT News (January 11, 2016) News reaching ESAT from Arba Minch town, a key town in southern Ethiopia say government…

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Prominent Ethiopian scholar says protest by the people of Oromo legitimate, calls for support for armed struggle

ESAT News (January 08, 2016) Prof. Getachew Haile, a prominent historian and human rights advocate, said   that the demand by…

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University students boycott food on Ethiopian Christmas as a show of solidarity with protesters in Oromia

ESAT News (January 08, 2016) Students at the Addis Ababa University and a number of higher institutions of learning in…

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Human Rights Watch calls on Ethiopia to release unjustly detained opposition figures

ESAT News (January 07, 2016) The Human Rights Watch called on the Ethiopian government on Thursday to release all political…

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A Kenyan court sentenced 27 Ethiopian immigrants to prison

ESAT News (January 06, 2016) A court in Kenya sentenced 27 Ethiopian immigrants and their traffickers to 9 months in…

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Technical talks over Renaissance dam kick-off in Addis Ababa

ESAT News (January 06, 2016) A technical team from Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt are holding talks in the Ethiopian capital…

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