ESAT News (May 23, 2016) Reliable sources told ESAT that 59 political prisoners broke out of a prison in Konso, south Ethiopia on Friday. A source who wish to remain anonymous told ESAT that the prisoners who broke out on Friday were detained by the regime’s forces following the protest few months ago by the people of Konso, who ...

  ESAT News (May 23, 2016) Amharas in Wolkait clashed with regime forces as they were holding a meeting to renew their vow not to be administered under the Tigrayan regional state that has marginalized them in favor of the Tigrayan minority. Sunday’s confrontation followed a recent decision by the Amharas in Kabtiya, Tigray, who refused to be administered under ...

  ESAT News (May 20, 2016) President of the Harari regional state, in eastern Ethiopia, admitted that he took 80 million birr (4 million dollars) but blamed his wife for leaving the country with the money. The 4 million dollars was a donation to the state from Ethiopians in the diaspora who hail from Harar. Youth members of the Harari ...

  ESAT News (May 20, 2016) Hundreds of residents in the Bole sub division of the capital Addis Ababa who protested the demolishing of their houses and destruction of their belongings by the authorities have been detained. Sources meanwhile said the demolishing was still continuing on Friday. Journalists were blocked from visiting the area locally known as Woregenu and it ...

  ESAT News (May 19, 2016) Police kill at least eight people in Addis Ababa on Thursday as residents in the Bole sub section of the capital confronted police and a demolishing team that was tearing down houses for the second day today. According to eyewitnesses, at least 100 others sustained gunshot wounds and 4 police officers were killed in ...

  ESAT News (May 19, 2016) Heavy rains and flooding have displaced about 230, 000 people from their homes in the last few weeks, according to a UN report. Flooding has become a major concern at a time when the country has not yet fully responded to the looming famine that is threatening the lives of millions of Ethiopians, says ...

ESAT News (May 18, 2016) South Sudanese media reported on Wednesday that the Ethiopian troops who crossed into South Sudan’s territory last month have left the country on Sunday. The troops were in Pochalla, South Sudan to secure the release of over 100 Ethiopian children abducted by the Murle tribesmen last month. The estimated 3000 troops who crossed into the ...

ESAT News (May 18, 2016) At least three people were shot and killed as residents in the Bole sub section of the capital Addis Ababa tried to fend off the police and a team sent by authorities to dismantle their houses, which the government says were illegally built. In an area locally known as Woregenu, residents woke up at 5 ...

ESAT News (May 17, 2016) The Ethiopian Auditor General said of the 145 government offices audited, 94 have not balanced their book in the amount of over 100 million dollars while 77 offices were found to have made illegal purchases in the amount of over 27 million dollars. Presenting his report to the parliament, the auditor general, Gemechu Dubiso said ...

ESAT News (May 17, 2016) The Ethiopian Electoral Board banned 14 political parties operating in the country over what it called administrative problems. The 14 parties, banned effective May 13, 2016, include the Ethiopian Democratic Forces Union, led by veteran politician Dr. Beyene Petros, as well as several political parties representing the people of south Ethiopia, Afar, Somali and Harar. ...