ESAT News (February 6, 2017) A court in Addis Ababa sentenced six former officers with the Ethiopian air force to prison terms ranging from 3 to 6 years convicting them of terrorism and other charges. The charge brought by the regime says the officers were caught in Bahir Dar and Gondar three years ago while heading to Eritrea to ...

  ESAT News (February 6, 2017) The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, quoting Meteorological sources said climate outlook for belg 2017 season (mid-February to May), shows below normal rainfall  in the southern and south-eastern parts of the country. Belg is the main rainy season for the pastoralist and agro‐pastoralist communities in the lowlands of southern and south-eastern ...

  ESAT News (February 3, 2016) Four regime soldiers have reportedly been killed while several other injured in Benishangul Gumuz region, western Ethiopia. A source who spoke to ESAT say the soldiers were ambushed in Sherkole, a gold mining area, by armed groups who call themselves freedom fighters. The source said two of the soldiers were identified as Lieutenant Werawi ...

  ESAT News (February 3, 2017) Detained Ethiopian journalists Elias Gebru and Anania Sori wrote an open letter to the UN Secretary General to draw attention to their plight in the hands of their tormentors. Jailed by the Ethiopian regime two months ago following the declaration of the state of emergency, the journalists said in the letter that they had ...

ESAT News (February 3, 2017) Nine Yemenis deported from the United States in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban were flown to Ethiopia, then taken to neighboring Djibouti, Reuters quoted an Ethiopian government official as saying on Friday. The Yemenis, blocked by Trump’s executive orders barring travel to America by people from Yemen and six other Muslim-majority ...

  ESAT News (February 2, 2017) An investigative report by a Somali website accused a high ranking  Ethiopian officer in Somalia of arm sales to rival factions and collecting bribes from Somali politicians who want come to power. Waagacusub media described Haile Gebre as “the most corrupt military officer” who became extremely wealthy from huge sums of money that he ...

  ESAT News (February 2, 2017) A DC Circuit Court for the U.S. Court of Appeals today heard arguments on a wiretapping case brought against the Ethiopian regime by an Ethiopian American in Maryland. Few years ago, the Ethiopian regime had infected the computer of Mr. Kidane with secret spyware, wiretapping his private Skype calls, and monitoring his entire family’s every ...

ESAT News (February 1, 2017) Italy launched a new fund on Wednesday to help African countries control their borders, in the latest of a slew of measures pushed by the European Union to stop migrants reaching Europe. Reuters reported that EU leaders meeting in Malta on Friday are expected to give their backing to the new drive to stem African ...

  ESAT News (February 1, 2017) The African Union has called for the mass withdrawal of member states from the International Criminal Court (ICC). However, the resolution is non-binding, with Nigeria and Senegal opposing a withdrawal. The BBC reported that South Africa and Burundi have already decided to withdraw, accusing the ICC of undermining their sovereignty and unfairly targeting Africans. ...

  ESAT News (February 1, 2017) The Oromo Federalist Congress warns of grave consequences of the ongoing incursions, looting and killings by the Somali Region Special Forces against the Oromo people in East Hararghe, Bale and Borena. Recent reports show that there have been abduction, cattle raiding and killings perpetrated by the Somali Region Special Forces against the Oromos. OFC ...