ESAT News (November 23, 2016) Armed groups in northern Ethiopia have announced that they have decided to merge their forces in a bid to hasten demise of the tyrannical TPLF regime. Representatives of the armed groups disclosed to ESAT that two groups, namely North Gondar Ethiopia and South Gondar Tewodros with a total of about 450 fighters, have finalized their ...

ESAT News (November 23, 2016) To the indignation of the people of Wolkait, Tegede and Telemt, the newly formed regional council in the Amhara region determined that the demand by the people of Wolkait and others to be reintegrated with the Amhara region should be dealt by the Tigray region. The council, which is dominated by the Amhara National Democratic ...

ESAT News (November 23, 2016) South Sudanese rebels loyal to ousted vice-president Riek Machar have denied allegations that their leader was arrested in Ethiopia and deported to South Africa, the International Business Times (IBT) reported. Ethiopian immigration officials said in a statement that Machar was not allowed into the country because he had no permit to stay in Ethiopia. Machar ...

ESAT News (November 23, 2016) Fears were mounting for missing amateur light aircraft pilot Maurice Kirk who has gone missing during a vintage plane race in Africa. The Daily Mail reported that Kirk, from Taunton, Somerset, was flying from Sudan to Ethiopia in a 1943 Piper Cub biplane when he went missing. Kirk, 72, a retired vet and pal of ...

ESAT News (November 22, 2016) Amharas who have resettled and called it home in Benishangul Gumuz region since 30 years ago during the former Ethiopian regime have said  they are facing harassment and threat of displacement from their land. The Amharas, who settled in Benishangul in a resettlement program in the former government are being threatened by authorities to leave ...

ESAT News (November 22, 2016) The Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia (SMNE) and Ethiopians in the U.S. have organized a 5 km run in Washington, DC on Saturday November 26, 2016. Organizers said the 5 km run in the nation’s capital is aimed at highlighting the plight of Ethiopians at home under a dictatorship as well as promoting justice ...

ESAT News (November 22, 2016) Amid a year long popular uprising that led to the declaration of a state of emergency in early October, the regime in Ethiopia had created secrete concentration camps at various corners of the country where tens of thousands of innocent citizens have been detained. ESAT’s sources revealed that the regime had created secrete concentration camps ...

ESAT News (November 21, 2016) The leader of South Sudanese armed opposition Riek Machar had been prevented from entering Ethiopia and was forced to return to South Africa, SPLM-IO officials told Sudan Tribune on Monday. A senior rebel officials said Machar had been stopped by the Ethiopian authorities at his arrival from South Africa at Bole International Airport in Ethiopia ...

ESAT News (November 21, 2016) Illicit financial flows from Ethiopia could be much higher than those estimates by international financial institutions including the Global Financial Integrity, a former intelligence operative told ESAT. The revenue from the export of cash crops and other exports such as flower, coffee, honey, cattle, incense, among others, would just be transferred to a foreign bank, ...

ESAT News (November 21, 2016) Indian customs officials at IGI Airport arrested an Ethiopian woman for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country over 3 kg of gold worth Rs 89 lakh (approximately 132,000 dollars), along with $10,000 in cash, on Wednesday. They also seized demonetized currency notes of Rs 1,000 amounting to Rs 60,000 from her (879 USD.) The ...