ESAT News (October 5, 2016)   A 15 – year old was shot and killed by regime snipers on Wednesday in Sodere, a resort town to the east of the capital Addis Ababa. The father told ESAT on the phone that his son was shot and killed for no reason while playing at his house. Protesters have reportedly burnt ...

  ESAT News (October 5, 2016)   The Embassy of the United States of America in Addis Ababa confirmed on Wednesday that an American was killed in Holeta, 26 miles west of the capital when a van she was traveling was struck by a stone thrown by unknown assailants. The Embassy said the cause of death was head injury by ...

ESAT News (October 5, 2016) Amnesty International and Freedom House have called for an independent investigation into the the massacre of hundreds of civilians in Bishoftu, Debre Zeit, at the annual Irreecha celebration, an Oromo religious festival. Hundreds of people, over 600 by some accounts, were killed as security forces opened fire and threw gas canisters into the huge crowd, ...

  ESAT News (October 5, 2016) Ethiopia’s most decorated air force pilot passed away in Washington, DC today where he was receiving treatment after he was diagnosed with an ailment. General Tefera Legese shot to fame in the mid 1970s when he brought down five jets of the Somali invading forces. General Legesse is one of the three recipients of ...

  ESAT News (October 4, 2016)   The spiritual leader of the Afar people said he supports the struggle being waged by the Ethiopian people to reclaim their rights.   Sultan Hanfare Alimirah told the press that the people have opted to revolt due to the brutal oppression by the minority regime.   The Sultan said the people of Afar would ...

  ESAT News (October 4, 2016)   The otherwise hustle and bustle in Markato, the biggest marketplace in the capital Addis Ababa, has been quiet on Tuesday as shops were closed early.   No sooner classes began Tuesday morning than parents frantically rushed to schools to pick up their kids. Traffic was jammed as everyone was trying to get home ...

  ESAT News (October 3, 2016)   The Oromo Democratic Front (ODF) and  Patriotic Ginbot 7 for Unity and Democracy (PG7) said in a statement today that only the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the clique in power, was responsible for the senseless death of hundreds of festival goers in Bishoftu on Sunday.   The parties said in a statement ...

  ESAT News (October 3, 2016) From Borena in the south to Sendafa, and Aweday in the east to Wolega, the entire Oromo region of Ethiopia erupted in protest on Monday.  Several cars and government offices have been burnt as people are venting their anger over the death of hundreds of people. Protesters in many major towns in the region ...

    ESAT News (October 2, 2016)   Hundreds of festival goers have reportedly been killed on Sunday in the town of Bishoftu, the site of the annual Ireecha celebrations, an important religious festival by the people of Oromo in welcoming spring. Fana broadcasting, one of the organs of the ruling party reported that 52 people died in a stampede.   ...

  ESAT News (September 30, 2016) There is huge presence of federal and regional security forces in and around Debre Zeit, a.k.a Bishoftu, 25 miles from the capital Addis Ababa, ahead of Ireecha celebrations on Sunday. Ireecha is an important annual celebration by the people of Oromo, the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia. The United Nations Department of Safety and ...