by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (December 20, 2018) Ethiopia’s parliament passed a bill to establish a “boundary and identity affairs commission” in a bid to resolve border disputes between regional administrations and bring to an end increasing clashes resulting from identity issues. The proclamation, that was approved with a majority vote, faced opposition from 33 MPs representing the Tigray People’s ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (December 20, 2018) Gunmen attacked two trucks belonging to the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia  carrying 6.8 million birr ($243,000) in foiled cash-in-transit heist near the town of Shakiso in southern Ethiopia killing two soldiers and a driver. The first truck that was carrying the cash was able to escape and the driver, who was injured, ...

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ESAT News (December 19, 2018) Over 80,000 people were forced to flee Moyale, Ethiopia’s town on the southern border, in a week of deadly ethnic violence. Clashes between the Somali Gare and Borena Oromo communities in Moyale flared up again last week over territories claimed by both sides. At least  21 people were killed last week. The report by Deutsche ...

ESAT News (December 19, 2018) Ten people were killed in western Ethiopia when a public minibus hit a grenade in a place locally known as Tongo Gore. The tragic incident happened near a refugee camp in an area bordering the Oromo and Benishangul Gumuz regions where dozens of people were killed in ethnic violence. The report by the Ethiopian Television ...

ESAT News (December 19, 2018) A further 13 people were killed on Monday in Ethiopia’s southern border town of Moyale in clashes between the Somali Gare and Borena Oromo communities. Eight people were also killed in an attack on a hotel in which federal forces are accused of involvement. The BBC Afaan Oromo quoting an official reported that 12 people ...

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Interpol Secretary General, Jürgen Stock by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (December 18,2018) The Secretary General of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) said the organization would arrest fugitives wherever they are and handover to Ethiopia to face justice. Interpol Secretary General, Jürgen Stock, was visiting Addis Ababa over the weekend where he met and held talks with commissioner for the ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (December 17, 2018) About 600,000 people have been displaced in Moyale in the past eight months while at least 21 people were killed in renewed clashes over the weekend between the Somali Gare and Borena Oromo communities in Moyale, Southern Ethiopia. At least one hundred people have also been injured in the fight while residents ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (December 17, 2018) A state burial will be conducted on Wednesday for the former Ethiopian president, Girma Woldegiorgis, who died Saturday from natural causes. He would have turned 95 next week. A state funeral service is being held starting today, while a national day of mourning is expected be announced by the committee that was ...