ESAT News (March 29, 2017) The Tampere University of Technology in Finland rescinded the honorary doctorate degree it was scheduled to award to Ethiopia’s prime minister Halemariam Desalegn following a relentless campaign by Ethiopians in the Diaspora who believe a man at the helm of a brutal regime does not deserve such recognition. A campaign by the Ethiopian community in ...

  ESAT News (March 29, 2027) Ethiopia is to cover the cost of revamping the old Kacaan airport in Puntland. The news comes as relations between Ethiopia and Somaliland sours following the latter’s decision to let the United Arab Emirates establish a military base in Berbera. “Disillusioned with Somaliland, Ethiopia fertilizes Puntland,” says a report by the MENAFN – Somaliland ...

  ESAT News (March 28, 2017) Five thousand of the over twenty-thousand protesters detained en mass under Ethiopia’s state of emergency would be brought to court. The “command post” charged with overseeing the martial law disclosed that 26,130 people were detained at the height of the protest last summer in the Oromo and Amhara regions of Ethiopia. It said about ...

  ESAT News (March 28, 2017) The federal high court in Addis Ababa on Tuesday sentenced sixteen people who were allegedly plotting to carry out “acts of terrorism” were with prison terms ranging from four to thirteen years. The accused were alleged to be members of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF). The charge by the prosecutor reads the accused, among ...

ESAT News (March 28, 2017) Aid agencies say the “shocking” killings of six aid workers in South Sudan on Saturday is causing them to re-assess how and when they can deliver supplies. The BBC reported that the victims were ambushed by unidentified attackers when travelling between Juba and the town of Pibor to the northeast. Oxfam said the attack “demonstrates ...

  ESAT News (March 27, 2017) Survivors of the landfill landslide a fortnight ago that killed over 100 people say they have received eviction notice from authorities but have nowhere to go. A survivor who lost seven of his family members told ESAT that 325 households have just been told to leave without any substitute of dwelling and compensation. Asres ...

  ESAT News (March 27, 2017) University professors in Gondar, Dessie, Debremarkos, Debretabor and other areas denounce the handling of human rights by the regime in the country and the killing of hundreds of youth in the last two years in protests in various parts of the country. At a meeting with officials of the regime, the professors also said ...

ESAT News (March 27, 2017) Aid agencies warn that six million school children in East Africa will have their education disrupted if funds aren’t raised and aid fails to be delivered. The Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC), made up of 13 leading UK aid agencies, launched its East Africa Crisis Appeal last week to raise money for the 16 million people ...

  ESAT News (March 24, 2017) A former member of the Ethiopian parliament representing the Somali region says over 20 people have died in just two weeks in one district alone due to a mysterious epidemic, on top of the cholera and worsening effects of drought. Jamal Khalif told ESAT that 90% of the cattle have died due to the ...

  ESAT News (March 24, 2017) The Human Rights Watch says it is disappointed by the one-sided statement by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs last week on Ethiopia. HRW says the statement by the Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs, after meeting Ethiopia’s Prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn focused only on “the ...