ESAT News (October 26, 2016) Ethiopia’s ruling party, dominated by the minority TPLF clique, is to reshuffle the cabinet after widespread anti-government protests forced the government to declare a state of emergency early this month. “Any time between now and next week, the prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, will present the parliament his proposals to reshuffle his government. He is expected ...

ESAT News (October 26, 2016) The Human Rights Watch on Wednesday responded to Ethiopian regime’s allegations that the group is encouraging violence in Ethiopia by spreading unfounded reports. A recent article by Tedros Adhanom, Ethiopia’s foreign minister, accused a senior researcher with HRW, Felix Horne of exaggerating the number of people killed at the recent Ireecha  ceremony in Bishoftu and ...

ESAT News (October 25, 2016)  Ethiopia must be held accountable in the United States for an illegal malware and digital spying attack on an American citizen, who was spied on by the Ethiopian regime which claims  immunity from liability for wiretapping a man’s Skype calls, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) told a federal appeals court on Monday. The Ethiopian regime, ...

ESAT News (October 25, 2016) Ethiopia’s tourism industry is suffering after authorities declared a state of emergence early this month. The number of tourists visiting the east African country has been decreasing in the last one year as the country was engulfed in deadly protests. The number has dramatically dropped after the declaration of the state of emergency. The law ...

EAST News (October 25, 2016) Addis Standard, an English monthly magazine highly regarded for its extensive and coverage of Ethiopian politics and current crises in the country, has folded beginning this month. Tsedale Lemma, the editor-in-chief, confirmed to ESAT on the phone that the print version of the magazine has been closed after printers refused to publish the October issue ...

ESAT News (October 24, 2016) The year long anti-government protest in the Oromo and Amhara regions is bearing negative impact on Ethiopia’s economy. According to the Central Statistics Agency of Ethiopia, inflation has increased by 7% in September. The price of food items, which has increased by 4.4% in August, has shot up by 6% in September. The Agency said ...

ESAT News (October 24, 2016) A conference that deliberated on “roadmap for transition and constitution making in post-conflict Ethiopia” recommended the formation of transitional council “with tasks of peacemaking and peacebuilding” in Ethiopia. The conference, organized by Vision Ethiopia in collaboration with ESAT that was held from October 22 and 23, 2016 in Washington, DC, brought together political scientists, representatives ...

ESAT News (October 24, 2016) Fighters from al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab group said Sunday they had retaken control of a town in central Somalia after hundreds of Ethiopian troops serving with the African Union’s AMISOM force withdrew. It was the third time this month that the Islamist group moved into a town in the region after the departure of Ethiopian forces. AFP ...

ESAT News (October, 24, 2016) The U.S. Department of State on Friday issued a travel warning to Ethiopia advising citizens against what it called “nonessential” travels after the ruling Tigrian minority regime declared a state of emergency following a yearlong deadly anti-government protests. “The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens to defer all nonessential travel to Ethiopia due to ...

  ESAT News (October 22, 2016) A two day conference kicked off in Washington, DC on Saturday to deliberate on “transition and constitution making in post-conflict Ethiopia.” Political scientists, activists, representatives of political organizations and religious institutions as well as prominent Ethiopians would be deliberating and exchanging views on prevention, management and resolution of conflicts in a post-TPLF Ethiopia in ...