ESAT News (March 30, 2016) Hundreds of schools have been closed across Ethiopia due to the looming famine in the country as well as growing security concerns as public uprisings continue, leaving tens of thousands of children out of school. Students in places severely affected by the drought, such as Somali, Afar, South and Amhara regions do not attend schools ...

ESAT News (March 29, 2016) US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Tom Malinowski will travel to Ethiopia on Tuesday as part of a follow-up on president Obama’s July visit to Addis Ababa, according to a press release issued by the US State Department. Mr. Malinowski is expected to meet with Ethiopian government officials although the ...

ESAT News (March 29, 2016) A Chinese company was declared winner in the bid to construct the headquarters for Meles Zenawi Leadership Academy, named after Ethiopia’s late dictator, despite similar offer by local companies. The local companies have submitted their complaints with the relevant authorities, according to local media reports. The Chinese company offered to construct the complex for 65 ...

ESAT News (March 28, 2016) Ethiopian scholars, politicians and representatives of civil societies and women gathered in Washington, DC for a two day conference on the future of Ethiopia: transition, democracy and national unity organized by vision Ethiopia. Representing Patriotic Ginbot 7 for Unity and Democracy, Neamin Zeleke, a member of the leadership said the TPLF Federal Democratic Republic is ...

ESAT News (March 28, 2016) Ethiopian regime forces are arresting opposition political party members and prominent individuals in south Omo after illegal land grab by members of the TPLF was exposed on ESAT a week ago. ESAT, based on information compiled by a group of professionals in south Omo Zone in south Ethiopia, reported that 98.9% of the investment land ...

ESAT News (March 25, 2016) Humanitarian workers who travelled to regions worst affected by famine in Ethiopia say they have seen emaciated children fighting for their lives while dying livestock were seen everywhere. An aid worker by the name Mesfin, who secretly photographed a scrawny four year old child and sent to ESAT, said they have travelled to Afar and ...

ESAT News (March 24, 2016) Vice president of the Oromo Democratic Front (ODF), Dr. Dima Nego said in an interview with ESAT that the growing public uprising in Oromia, Gondar, Konso and in various regions in the country would help bring unity among the people of Ethiopia. The former chairman of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) said there has not ...

ESAT News (March 24, 2016) Soldiers of the minority oligarchs in Ethiopia made two attempts to rob the Daga Estifanos Monastery on Lake Tana on Friday and Monday and a guard was killed while fighting back the robbers. Sources told ESAT that the soldiers-turned-robbers of the regime came on five boats on Friday and told the guard that they were ...

ESAT News (March 24, 2016) A prominent opposition politician and chairman of the Oromo Federalist Congress, Dr. Merara Gudina was prevented from leaving for the US for an Ethiopian high profile political conference that is due to be held in the weekend in Washington, DC. Dr. Merara told ESAT on the phone that he went to the airport on Wednesday ...

ESAT News (March 23, 2016) Ethiopian regime forces on Wednesday arrested over three hundred people in north Gondar who have been demanding the government to respect their identity as Amhara and reinstate their state of affairs and administration to the Amahara region. The Tigray Peoples’ Liberation Front (TPLF) that took power in 1991 annexed the northern part of Gondar to ...