ESAT News (September 30, 2016) At least 300 people have taken refuge in a jungle in Benishangul Giumuz region in western Ethiopia following clashes with regime’s army officials, who settled in the region to carry out gold exploration. Eight security forces have reportedly been killed on Wednesday following clashes with the local people in an area known as Sherkolle. The ...

  ESAT News (September 29, 2016)   Harassment against award-winning Ethiopian journalist, Eskinder Nega, who is serving an 18-year sentence following trumped-up terrorism charges, has continued unabated.   An inmate released recently disclosed to ESAT that prison officials have confiscated notebooks and other materials, including his bible, from the journalist and destroyed his personal belongings.     The former inmate ...

  ESAT News (September 29, 2016)   There is ample evidence that the  Ethiopian regime uses food aid as a political tool, Anuradha Mittal, founder and executive director of the Oakland Institute said on Thursday.   In an exclusive interview with ESAT in connection with the release of a new report on Ethiopia, “Miracle or Mirage? Manufacturing Hunger and Poverty ...

  ESAT News (September 29, 2016) Eight security forces have reportedly been killed in Benishangul Gumuz region, western Ethiopia, following clashes with the local people in an area known as Sherkolle, whose land has been give to gold prospectors from Tigray region. Over one thousand investors, all from Tigray, were recently given large tracts of land in the region to ...

  ESAT News (September 28, 2016)   The leader of the movement in the Amhara region that is campaigning to restore areas forcefully annexed to Tigray by the Tigrian-led regime has been charged with terrorism.   Colonel Demeke Zewdu, seen by many Ethiopians as the leader of  the ongoing uprising against a minority regime in Amhara region, was charged Wednesday ...

ESAT News (September 27, 2016) Saudi Arabia has executed an Ethiopian woman reportedly convicted of killing a Saudi girl, AFP reported on Monday. Zamzam Abdullah Boric allegedly killed a seven-year-old girl in the bathroom, AFP quoted the Saudi interior ministry as saying. The motive behind the murder was not clear. Boric’s age and profession were not disclosed, the report said. ...

ESAT News (September 27, 2016) Security forces killed a student in Mendi, west Wellega, Oromo region of Ethiopia on Monday as residents were preparing to celebrate Maskal, the finding of the true cross. Lideta Imana was killed by a sniper after he left home to join the celebration at a bonfire ceremony on the eve of Maskal on Monday, a ...

ESAT News (September 26, 2016) Assistant Secretary Thomas-Greenfield called the response by the TPLF regime in Ethiopia to protesters an “intense and somewhat harsh crackdown,” according to a report filed by the Voice of America. The Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield also said in an interview that the “United States is very concerned over the situation ...

Roadmap for transition and constitution making in Ethiopia September 26, 2016, 2016 Vision Ethiopia, an independent network of Ethiopian scholars and professionals, in collaboration with the Ethiopian Satellite Television and Radio (ESAT) is pleased to make the 2nd and final call for papers for a conference which will be held on October 22 & 23, 2016 in Washington D.C. at ...