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Ethiopia: Nationwide protest over taxes on small businesses continues

ESAT News (July 13, 2017) A tax levied by authorities on “estimated sales” on small businesses and vendors has faced…

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Ethiopia: Chemical pollutants, water hyacinth threatens country’s largest lake

ESAT News (July 13, 2017) Lake Tana, Ethiopia’s largest lake which is also registered as UNESCO’s world heritage for its…

7 years ago

Ethiopia: Court changes Bekele Gerba’s terrorism charges to criminal offences

ESAT News (July 13, 2017) The fourth criminal bench of the federal high court in Addis Ababa today acquitted five…

7 years ago

Ethiopia not in US additional humanitarian assistance to Africa

ESAT News (July12, 2017) Ethiopia is not among four countries that are recipients of the United States   $639 million in…

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Thousands of South Sudanese flee to Ethiopia as fighting escalates

ESAT News (July 12, 2017) UN officials said about 5,000 civilians have been forced to seek refuge in neighbouring Ethiopia…

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Tensions high in Amhara region on deadly protest anniversary

ESAT News (July 11, 2017) Reports reaching ESAT from Gondar and Gojam indicate that the regime has deployed massive military…

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Ethiopia: Sales tax hike on retailers, businesses spark angry protests

ESAT News (July 11, 2017) A sharp increase on sales tax levied by the regime on small businesses and vendors…

7 years ago

EU legislators sign letter calling for action against Ethiopia

ESAT News (July 11, 2017) Thirty-eight Members of the European Parliament wrote a letter to the High Representative of the…

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Ethiopia’s largest lake threatened by water hyacinth

ESAT News (July 10, 2017) The ecosystem of Lake Tana, Ethiopia’s largest lake, has been threatened by the spread of…

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Ethiopia’s pop star Teddy Afro awaits permit to stage new year’s concert

ESAT News (July 10, 2017) Fans of Teddy Afro fear his planned concert on the eve of the Ethiopian new…

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