ESAT News (November 2, 2016) Unknown assailants attacked trucks and busses belonging to the ruling party on Tuesday in Gondar, according to ESAT’s sources. The armed men ambushed and set ablaze the heavy duty truck belonging to Dashen Beer, owned by the business empire of the ruling party. Two medium size busses were also set on fire in the attack. ...

New Ethiopia Opposition Coalition Envisions Regime Change ESAT News (November 2, 2016) The newly formed Ethiopian National Movement (ENM), a coalition of four political parties said it   is established with a view to “lead and coordinate the struggle of the Ethiopian people for justice, freedom and democracy.” In a press release it issued in connection with an international press conference ...

ESAT News (November 2, 2016) Ethiopia’s titular prime minister warns western governments that his security forces will stop protecting their embassies unless the favor is reciprocated by them. Speaking to the parliament on Monday, where he also announced a reshuffled cabinet, Hailemariam Desalegn called on western governments to protect Ethiopian Embassies from activists and Ethiopians in the Diaspora who have ...

ESAT News (November 1, 2016) Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on Tuesday reshuffles his cabinet in a move many see as an attempt to calm the growing protest against a minority tyranny. The nominal prime minister presented the list of 30 key positions and their ministers, which the rubber stamp parliament endorsed without any challenge. The move came after a ...

ESAT News (November 1, 2016) Regime security forces killed four people in Tis Abay town, northern Ethiopia while a group of youth in Bahir Dar threw grenades into the residence of government officials and in the vicinity of the municipality. A leader of an anti-regime uprising in the town of Tis Abay, Mikru Berhanu, and three students were reportedly killed ...

ESAT News (November 1, 2016) Hundreds of Ethiopian troops in Somalia who have been fighting Al-Shabaab in that country have revolted, with dozens crossing to the Arabian peninsula selling their weapons. According to ESAT’s military and intelligence sources, the soldiers, who are not with the regular African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), have not been paid their salaries for three months. ...

ESAT News (November 1, 2016) An al Shabaab governor has averred that the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia was linked to the domestic political crisis back home, a report filed by Africa News said. According to Hassan Yaqoub, al Shabaab as a group were delighted at the withdrawals. He is quoted by the Voice of America (VOA) journalist in ...

ESAT News (October 31, 2016) Over a thousand people were killed in the last three weeks alone since the declaration of the state of emergency in Ethiopia. The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa said in a report on Sunday that in addition to the killings, 40,000 Oromos have been detained in different parts of the country from ...

ESAT News (October 31, 2016)The Ethiopian National Movement, a newly formed political coalition aimed to bring about regime change in Ethiopia, said in its a statement that it envisions an Ethiopia where the rights of all citizens is respected and a federal system that respects all nationalities. The four political parties, the Oromo Democratic Front (ODF), Patriotic Ginbot 7 Movement ...

ESAT News (October 31, 2016) Over a thousand people were killed in the last three weeks alone since the declaration of the state of emergency in Ethiopia. The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa said in a report on Sunday that in addition to the killings, 40,000 Oromos have been detained in different parts of the country from ...