ESAT News (October 11, 2016)   The Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday that Ethiopian regime will use the state of emergency to intensify its military crackdown on protesters.   “Now, under the state of emergency – declared on state television – the army will be deployed country-wide. Intensifying the military’s role in responding to the protests is sure ...

  ESAT News (October 11, 2016)   A couple and one other person were killed on over the weekend as security forces used lethal force to suppress anti-government protests in west Arsi, central Ethiopia.   Security forces shot and killed a husband and wife as well as one other person in Bulchana town of west Arsi, a region that has ...

  ESAT News (October 10, 2016)   Egypt strongly denied Monday Ethiopian ruling party’s allegations that it is supporting groups bent on destabilizing the country.     The Egyptian  Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued two statements countering the allegations in less than 24 hours after Ethiopia’s Minister of Communication, Getachew Reda, accused Egypt of supporting the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), ...

  ESAT News (October 10, 2016) Former US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Herman Cohen, said that he believes the current crises in Ethiopia was a result of domination by Tigrians over the economy and politics of the country as well as putting in place a “fake” federal political arrangement.   “In 1991 a system of states was ...

  ESAT News (October 9, 2016) The TPLF-led government, shaken by widespread protests, declared Sunday a six-month long state of emergency. The titular Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said in a televised address to the nation that the state of emergence was needed to repulse what he called “the danger posed by anti-peace elements and foreign enemies on the peace, security ...

  ESAT News (October 7, 2016) The leader of Patriotic Ginbot 7 said that a transitional document is being formulated in discussion with other opposition groups and stakeholders in a bid to create a common understanding among all stakeholders after the fall of the TPLF regime.   Prof. Berhanu Nega said in a video message he sent from his base ...

  ESAT News (October 7, 2016) Hailu Shawel, a towering figure in contemporary Ethiopian politics, passed away on Thursday at a hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, where he was receiving treatment.   A veteran engineer, he played a leading role in establishing the then All Amahara Unity Party, later named, All Ethiopian Unity Party. He was also the chairman of the ...

    ESAT News (October 6, 2016) At least twenty protesters were killed in the last few days alone in the Oromo region of Ethiopia where violent protests flared up following the massacre of hundreds of festival goers at the Irreecha celebrations in Bishoftu, Debre Zeit.   The Ajo town of west Arsi saw the deadliest protests. Guder and Holeta, ...

  ESAT News (October 6, 2016)   Ambassador Girma Asmerom, Eritrea’s Permanent Representative at the United Nations, has passed away in New York three days ago, sources confirmed to ESAT.   Amb. Girma Asmerom was a former Eritrean ambassador to the European Union, African Union and Ethiopia.   Details of his bio remains scanty but Ambassador Girma grew up in ...

  ESAT News (October 6, 2016)   The American killed in Ethiopia on Tuesday has been identified as Sharon Gray, a 30-year-old fellow at University of California-Davis postdoctoral researcher, UC Davis said.   Sharon Gray, who was a plant biologist on fieldwork in Ethiopia, was killed in Holeta, 26 miles west of the capital Addis Ababa when she was struck ...