ESAT News (January 12, 2017 Egyptian foreign ministry said  three Egyptian men, who were held for months in Ethiopia, have been released. The Egyptian nationals were detained for months during a recent wave of violent protests that claimed the lives of hundreds of people. According to a report by Ahram online, the foreign ministry secured the release of the three ...

  ESAT News (January 12, 2017) The Human Rights Watch in its 2017 report said the crackdown during 2016 in Ethiopia followed years of systematic attacks against opposition parties, non governmental organizations, and independent media, effectively closing political space and providing little room for dissenting voices. “Ethiopia plunged into a human rights crisis in 2016, increasing restrictions on basic rights ...

  ESAT News (January 11, 2017) The Ethiopian regime has put a 1.3 billion dollar bond for sale to mitigate its financial crises. The government last year raised 1 billion dollars in the sale of sovereign bonds at higher interest rates. The newly proposed sale of  bonds is also expected to have higher interests with 5 year grace period and ...

  ESAT News (January 11, 2017) The  U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa is temporarily suspending all travel for U.S. Chief of Mission employees to Gondar until further notice. The Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) said in a security message to U.S.citizens that the Embassy is monitoring a report of an explosion on January 10, 2017 at approximately 8:30 p.m. at ...

  ESAT News (January 11, 2017) Witnesses say an office building for the Lideta sub-city administration had caught fire Wednesday night. The cause of the fire and the extent of the damage could not be known at the time of this report as the fire was still blazing. A resident of Gondar told ESAT there was a power outage in ...

  ESAT News (January 11, 2017) Police said one person was killed and 18 others wounded after a grenade was thrown on Tuesday into the Entasol Hotel in Gondar town. Eyewitnesses say the deceased was a student at the University of Gondar. Police put the number of injured at 18 but witnesses told ESAT the victims were 2 wait staff ...

ESAT News (January 10, 2017) The ruling party in Ethiopia has said the transfer of power of schools linked to the Gulen movement  to Turkish authorities will be through a legal process in ways that do not affect the operations of the schools, according to Anadolu News Agency. Hailemariam Desalegn made the comments in a news conference on Monday. “The ...

  ESAT News (January 10, 2017) Initial reports reaching ESAT say a bomb exploded on Tuesday at a hotel in Gondar in an area locally known as Kebele 18. Four people have reportedly been taken to the local hospital following the explosion. No party claimed responsibility in the grenade attack. The hotel was crowded with soccer fans at the time ...

  ESAT News (January 10, 2017) A meeting of high level military commanders held last week in the eastern Ethiopian town of Jijiga passed a resolution to reinforce the military rule in Gondar, according to reliable security sources. The meeting decided that Seraba, in north Gondar will be the training headquarters for the western command and that two regiments from ...

ESAT News (January 9, 2017) Security forces have arrested several youth in the Oromo and Amhara regions of Ethiopia in a new round of crackdown on anti-government protesters last summer, according to ESAT’s sources. Security forces targeted the youth in Adama, Guji, and Borena zones in the Oromo region. Protesters in Gondar and Awi zones were also targeted in the ...