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Ethiopia refugee law faces backlash

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 21, 2019) Ethiopia’s new refugee law which grants more rights to refugees, such as…

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Ethiopia: 14 years later, inquiry commission demands to present its report on post-election violence

  by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 21, 2019) Exiled leaders of an inquiry commission that was set up in…

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Ethiopia says its forces killed 66 al-Shabaab fighters in retaliatory attack

Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 20, 2019) The Ministry of Defense said Ethiopian troops had attacked al-Shabaab bases in Somalia…

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Ethiopia: Rights watchdog says human rights landscape transformed in 2018

ESAT News (January 18, 2019) The Human Rights Watch said the human rights situation in Ethiopia has transformed for the…

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Ethiopia: OLF denounces ‘airstrikes’ as govt denies any such attack

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 18, 2019) The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) says government forces had carried out airstrikes…

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Ethiopia: Police seize thousands of illegal weapons, amos, cash

ESAT News (January 17, 2019) The Addis Ababa Police Commission said it has seized over 2,000 weapons, about 55,000 amos…

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Ethiopia: Spy agency expunges list of 3,000 people hitherto not allowed to leave or enter country

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 17, 2019) Of the total 7,000 people blacklisted by former spy chiefs with the…

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Ethiopia: Concern over increasing violence in Amhara region

ESAT News (January 16, 2019) The council of the Amhara regional government says the security situation in the region has…

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Ethiopia: Over 800 OLF combatants captured: says regional command post

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 16, 2019) 835 combatants of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) have been captured in…

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