ESAT English News

Ethiopia: Anti-terrorism head with spy agency on trial for coordinating assassination attempt on PM

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (August 8, 2018) One of the suspects on trial for the June 23 assassination attempt…

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Ethiopian govt and OLF agree to end hostilities

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (August 7, 2018) A delegation of the Ethiopian government and a faction of the Oromo…

6 years ago

BREAKING: Abdi Illey arrested and taken to undisclosed location

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (August 7, 2018) Abdi Mohamoud Omar, a.k.a. Abdi Illey, who was deposed from the presidency…

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BREAKING: Abdi Illey removed from office

ESAT News (August 6, 2018) President of the Somali region, Abdi Mohamoud Omar also known as Abdi Illey, has been…

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Ethiopia sends delegation to Asmara to negotiate with Oromo opposition group

ESAT News (August 6, 2018) A delegation led by Ethiopian Foreign Minister Workneh Gebeyehu has arrived in the Eritrean capital…

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Scores killed in Jijiga, Dire Dawa in an attack by Liyou Police and armed youth

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (August 6, 2018) [UPDATE: As we compile this report, the national defense forces and federal…

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Police say hundreds of munitions intercepted

ESAT News (August 2, 2018) Police in the restive Benishangul Gumuz regional state in Western Ethiopia say they have intercepted…

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Rare photo of former communist leader sparks debate whether he should be pardoned

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (August 2, 2018) A photo of former Ethiopian communist leader, Mengistu Hailemariam and Hailemariam Desalegn,…

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Ethiopia: Exiled church patriarch returns home with PM Abiy Ahmed

ESAT News (August 1, 2018), His Holiness Abune Merkorios, the fourth Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, has ended…

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Exiled opposition announces readiness to operate in Ethiopia

ESAT News (July 31, 2018) Patriotic Ginbot 7, an armed opposition group based in Eritrea, has announced that it has…

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