ESAT News (April 4, 2017) A senior official with the ruling EPRDF says the undemocratic culture entrenched in the legislature and executive branches is threatening the survival of the party and that of the government. According to an audio of a meeting obtained by ESAT, Abay Tsehaye, one of the founders of the minority TPLF  ruling party and an ...

ESAT News (April 4, 2017) Ethiopian troops fighting militant Islamist group al-Shabab have withdrawn from a key military base in central Somalia’s Galgudud region, VOA reported quoting residents. The report said heavily armed al-Shabab fighters took control of El Bur following the pullout of Ethiopian troops and a small number of Somali National Army soldiers early Monday. The fall of ...

ESAT News (April 3, 2017) A grenade was thrown at the Florida International Hotel in Gondar Saturday night. Three people have reportedly been injured in the attack. Several windows were shattered in the attack at the hotel which is frequented by government officials. The Hotel is also used as the headquarter for the command post, a body established by the ...

  ESAT News (April 3, 2017) Thirty nine monks have been detained after they publicly protested plans by the government to use their monastery for sugar development. The most vocal among them is Aba Gebreyesus, who was on the run for five years, but was arrested two months ago. He is now at the Central Bureau of Investigation where he ...

  ESAT News (March 31, 2017) Mamushet Amare, former president of the All Amhara People’s Organization has been detained, according to ESAT’s sources. The sources said Mr. Amare was arrested under the orders of the command post that is overseeing the martial law, which was extended by another four months yesterday. Mamushet Amare was detained with his brother Gizachew Amare. ...

ESAT News (March 31, 2017) A viral video on the social media shows the scary moment when an Ethiopian maid is hanging from an apartment window and falling few seconds later while all along, the employer was filming on her cellphone. The maid, who fell from the 7th floor, luckily survived with broken arms and other injuries. The employer is ...

  ESAT News (March 30, 2017) The state of emergency in Ethiopia has been extended by another four months due to what the minister in charge said was security threats on border areas where “anti peace” elements were still operating. The Minister of Defence who is also the official in charge of the state of emergency, Siraj Fergessa, told the ...

  ESAT News (March 30, 2017) About 2.5 billion dollars belonging to several non governmental organizations and foreign government representatives is just sitting idle in their accounts, according to sources at the National Bank of Ethiopia. The money is mostly sent from foreign governments and organizations to carry out aid and development projects but due to the inefficiencies of the ...

  ESAT News ( March 29, 2017) Reports reaching from Addis Ababa say thousands of households in the capital receive eviction notices. At least 5,600 households in Furi subdivision of the capital received the notice on Monday to pack and leave by the coming Monday while a total of 1,516 residents in Kirkos subdivision were given three days to leave. ...