ESAT News (May 23, 2017) The claim by the Ethiopian regime that the relation between Eritrea and Egypt is targeting Ethiopia’s mega dam is “unfounded and stems from an unhealthy mindset,” Eritrea’s President said over the weekend. President Isaias Afeworki was responding to Ethiopian regime’s accusations that Eritrea is posed to destabilize Ethiopia and stall the building of its mega ...

  ESAT News (May 22, 2017) Survivors of the garbage landslide in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa last March say authorities have not kept promises of financial help and provision of housing. Over 3 million dollars has been raised to support the survivors. However, according to local media reports, the promised money and housing have not been provided. In fact, survivors ...

ESAT News (May 22, 2017) Nigerian authorities order Ethiopian Airlines to stop collection of “deportation charges” following the discovery that the Ethiopian carrier charges Nigerians travelling to South Africa “deportation charges.” Daily Trust reports that the charge estimated at between $75 to $150 (N35,000- N70,000) is tagged, “Refundable Deportation Fee” which all South African bound passengers are compelled to pay ...

  ESAT News (May 22, 2017) “No Tedros, No Tedros,” shouts an Ethiopian activist from the press gallery at the annual World Health Organization assembly, while his compatriots hold a huge rally outside the Palace of Nations in Geneva. “It is a travesty! Africa think again!” says activist Zelalem Tesema at the opening of the WHO assembly that will vote ...

  ESAT News (May 19, 2017) Habtamu Ayalew, whose exposé of torture stories in Ethiopia’s notorious jails has gripped the nation, said Dr. Tedros Adhanom, one of the leading candidates for the WHO director general, rejected his request through mediators to travel abroad for a life saving medical treatment when the candidate was a minister of foreign affairs of Ethiopia. ...

ESAT News (May 19, 2017) The closing of civic space has become a defining feature of political life in an ever-increasing number of countries, Ethiopia being at the forefront, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said in a newly released report. “Civil society organizations worldwide are facing systematic efforts to reduce their legitimacy and effectiveness. Russia, Egypt, and Ethiopia have ...

  ESAT News (May 19, 2017) The press in Ethiopia is as free as the press in Europe and the Ethiopian press is free to publish whatever it wants, says Arkebe Oqobay, advisor to Ethiopian prime minister. Oqobay’s statement came in sharp contrast to Ethiopia’s abysmal record of crackdown on the independent press and a regime widely know for infringing ...

  ESAT News (May 18, 2017) U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) on Wednesday introduced a Senate resolution condemning excessive use of force by Ethiopian security forces that led to hundreds of deaths last year, and calling on the Ethiopian government to release all political opposition, dissidents, activists, and journalists and to respect the rights enshrined in ...

  ESAT News (May 18, 2017) Members of the European Parliament called for the immediate release on bail and dropping of all charges against Dr Merera Gudina, the Chairman of the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress party. Dr. Merera Gudina was arrested upon his return from a visit to the European Parliament on 9 November 2016, where he joined a panel ...