ESAT News (March 05, 2016) The despotic regime in Ethiopia has again unleashed its brutal force against the people of Konso who have been demanding their constitutional rights of self-administration, challenging the system that claims to respect and give rights to ethnic groups. Shots were heard in Karat, the special administrative town of Konso and regime’s forces have arrested Mr. ...

ESAT News (March 5, 2016) Public transport operators in several towns in Amhara and Oromia regional states continue their strike demanding the new punishing regulations to be revoked and reduced gas prices. Operators in Dessie, Kombolcha, Shewa Robit, Ataye, Kobo, kemissie and Mersa went on strike paralyzing movement of people and freight in the Amhara region. In Nekempte, Oromia region, ...

ESAT News (March 4, 2016) The people of Wolkait in north Gondar said their identity as an Amhara has been violated by the regime that annexed their land to Tigray 25 years ago. At a meeting they held on Thursday in the town of Gondar, representatives of Wolkait said the TPLF regime was harasing their children who speak Amharic. The ...

ESAT News (March 03, 2016) Representatives of civic organizations and academics gathered at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva, Switzerland on Thursday to deliberate on the worsening human rights situation in Ethiopia and human rights violations perpetrated by the tyrannical regime in that country. Dr. Awol Kassim Alo of the London School ...

ESAT News (March 03, 2016) Chairman of the Oromo Democratic Front (ODF), Leenco Lata said on Thursday that the popular uprising in the Oromia region of Ethiopia had proved the unity of the Oromos and paved the way for a genuine unity of the people of Ethiopia. The founder of the Oromo Liberation Front and who was also its General ...

ESAT News (March 02, 2016) Drivers and owners of public transport buses operating from the town of Woldya and covering several towns in northern Ethiopia went on strike on Wednesday. The strike in this northern Ethiopia town came the day after resumption of taxi services in the capital Addis Ababa after a two day strike. A representative of the drivers ...

ESAT News (March 1, 2016) Gas prices in Ethiopia remain high despite the international market shows all time low in crude oil prices for the past several weeks. The prices in Ethiopia stayed high, partly the reason taxi drivers went on a two day strike. Experts in the field say the international market showed a 40% decrease in prices while ...

ESTA News (March 1, 2016) Taxis and other vehicles of public transportation in several towns in the Oromia region surrounding the capital Addis Ababa went on a strike on Tuesday. Holeta, Burayu, Ginchi, Ambo, Woliso, Asela, Bale and Robe were some of the towns hit by a massive transportation crisis. Some of the towns began the strike on Monday, on ...

ESAT News (February 29, 2016) Eritrea said on Sunday that accusations by the TPLF regime in Ethiopia that Eritrea was behind the ongoing protest, was a futile attempt to externalize and cover up the simmering opposition by the people of Ethiopia against the corrupt minority rule. “The purpose of these spurious accusations is to cover up the truth and externalize ...

ESAT News (February 29, 2016) Revolt by the people of Dabat, north Gondar, entered its second day today with protesters blocking major roads leading to Debark, Shire and Mekelle. Residents of this north Gondar town are demanding for the TPLF, the clique ruling the country, to be removed from power, a source told ESAT on the phone. The residents of ...