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Ethiopia: Soldiers guarding Arba-Minch Airport disappear

ESAT News (November 30, 2017) Sixteen members of the army guarding the Arba-Minch Airport have disappeared, according to ESAT sources.…

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Dr. Frank Ashall passes away

ESAT News (November 30, 2017) Dr. Frank Ashall, a British medical doctor who was also a rights activist and humanitarian…

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Ethiopia: Eight killed as protest continues

ESAT News (November 29, 2017) Security forces killed six people in Eastern Hararghe where protests have continued for several days…

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Thousands of Ethiopians deported from Saudi Arabia

ESAT News (November 29, 2017) At least 1,300 Ethiopians have been deported from Saudi Arabia as the Kingdom’s crackdown on…

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Ethiopia: Thousands of university students left campus as protest continues

ESAT News (November 28, 2017) Protest by university students against the regime in Ethiopia continued as about 35,000 students of…

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Ethiopia: Army accused of killing three, injuring nineteen in Borena

ESAT News (November 28, 2017) The Borena Zonal administration said in a letter to the prime minister and other government…

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Ethiopia: Court reduces Yonatan Tesfaye’s prison sentences

ESAT News (November 27, 2017) The Supreme Court of Ethiopia reduced jail sentences for Yonatan Tesfaye, activist and former public…

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Ethiopia: TPLF demotes chairman, suspends Meles Zenawi widow

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (November 27, 2017) The marathon congress of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), Ethiopia’s ruling…

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Ethiopia: Search for deserters in Southern Ethiopia continues

ESAT News (November 24, 2017) As search for soldiers who are said have deserted from the army in Southern Ethiopia…

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Ethiopia: TPLF forces kill ethnic Somalis, Oromo in south

ESAT News (November 24, 2017) TPLF special forces that were deployed to Borbor, near Moyale, in the country’s southern border,…

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