ESAT News (May 16, 2016) Somali media quoting residents in Beledweyne city reported that Al-Shabaab fighters had attacked Ethiopian, Somali as well as African Union troops near that city. The attack at a joint base in Halgan was reported to be a massive one and residents fear high number of causalities. The base had come under fire from all directions ...

ESAT News (May 16, 2016) The number of soldiers deserting the Ethiopian army that’s riddled with corruption and joining opposition forces is on the rise. The Tigray People’s Democratic Movement (TPDM) said in a statement on Monday that several soldiers of the minority regime in Addis Ababa have joined the Movement. TPDM has released a list of the names and ...

 ESAT News (May 13, 2016)  The Ethiopian government pays 8 million dollars a month to employees of sugar factories even when the construction of these factories have not yet been completed  and none of the factories have begun production due to a corrupt contractor with direct ties to the government. The contractor, the Metals and Engineering Corporation (METEC), was awarded ...

ESAT News (May 12, 2016) Patriotic Ginbot 7 Movement for Unity and Democracy on Thursday took responsibility for the attack in Arba Minch, south Ethiopia against the regime’s forces that resulted in the death of over 20 soldiers and inflicted serious injuries to at least 50. In a statement it sent to ESAT the armed group opposing the regime in ...

ESAT News (May 12, 2016) The Metals and Engineering Corporation (METEC), a government corporation owned by Ethiopia’s ruling oligarchs and run by its generals has reportedly been singled out as the cause of the loss of millions of dollars incurred by a number of government institutions and projects. METEC is awarded all major government contracts since it is also run ...

ESAT News (May 11, 2016) Reliable sources said gunmen killed 20 government soldiers in a surprise attack in Arba Minch, south Ethiopia. The sources also said the deceased include the regional commander of the army. Several number of soldiers have also sustained serious injuries in the shootout that lasted for hours. The injured have been admitted to the hospital, the ...

ESAT News (May 10, 2016) Unidentified gunmen on Saturday carried out a surprise attack on the police and killed a regional federal police commander and several officers in Arba Minch, near the Nech Sar National Park in Southern Ethiopia. Sources said several injured officers have been admitted to the hospital. The sources also revealed one of the gunmen by the ...

ESAT News (May 10, 2016) ESAT’s sources disclosed that several members of the Ethiopian defense forces who have been detained at the East Command Prison and were subjected to beatings and torture. The sources said the army prisoners have come from various parts of the country. Some of them have reportedly opposed the Tigrayan domination of the army and demanded ...

ESAT News (May 9, 2016) The regime in Ethiopia today released two members of opposition political parties who were imprisoned following the 2015 national elections for trumped up terrorism charges brought against them by the tyrannical regime. Daniel Shibeshi, former head of organizational affairs for the Andinet Party and Yeshiwas Asefa vice chair of the council for the Blue Party ...

ESAT News (May 9, 2016) Amid reports of return to Ethiopia of children abducted last month by the Murle tribe from South Sudan, news surfaced that more children were abducted on Friday. Sources told ESAT that the Murle tribesmen had crossed into Ethiopia on Friday night and had abducted four children. Details of Friday’s attack are scanty but the director ...