ESAT News (February 29, 2016) Amid a growing protest against the iron fist government in Ethiopia, daily commutes in the city of Addis Ababa came to a screeching halt on Monday, on the first day of a strike called by drivers and owners of taxis serving the city of 4 million and its environs. A committee representing tens of ...

ESAT (February 29, 2016) Taxi drivers brought Addis Ababa to a standstill on Monday February 29, 2016. Thousands of commuters were stranded at several taxi stations as no taxi service was provided on four major ways in the city. Even though the government said it had suspended the implementation of the new directive, which bars the drivers for three months ...

ESAT News (February 26, 2016) The Ethiopian government has been building up its army and weaponry near the country’s border with Eritrea in the last two days, according to information ESAT received from reliable sources. The fortification of the border with troops and armaments has been mainly on the Humera and Badme frontlines, close to the border with Eritrea. Political ...

ESAT News (February 26, 2016) Nine international and regional civil society organizations, CSOs, called on the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva to press Ethiopia to “immediately cease the use of excessive and unnecessary lethal force by security forces against protesters in Oromia Region of Ethiopia and elsewhere in Ethiopia.” The CSOs in a letter to the UNHRC, also called ...

ESAT News (February 25, 2016)   The council of Abba Gada, an assembly of revered Oromo traditional leaders has passed an extraordinary resolution denouncing the arbitrary killings of the Oromo youth and warned the minority government against such senseless and brutal acts, according to a report by the Oromia Media Network (OMN). The Abba Gadas, who represent all the localities ...

News (February 18, 2016) The protest in West Arsi, Oromia region of Ethiopia, continued today despite brutal crackdown by the regime that’s now rolling its American donated Humvees in the streets to boost up its operation against protesters who demanded political and economic rights. ESAT’s sources in the region say at least 17 people were killed by the Agazi forces, ...

ESAT News (February 15, 2016) The protest in the Oromia region of Ethiopia that is well into its third month has gotten even bloodier today as local militia in West Arsi killed 11 members of the Agazi forces (special kill squads of the regime) in retaliation for the killing of two protesters, according to the Oromo Media Network. OMN’s report ...

ESAT News (February 13, 2016) Ethiopian Muslims staged a protest rally at the Grand Anwar Mosque in the capital Addis Ababa against the tyrannical government in their country demanding religious freedom and the release of their representatives incarcerated by the regime on trumped up terrorism charges. The spontaneous protest today was staged after a lull in a weekly protest held ...

ESAT News (February 12, 2016) Reliable sources in Gambella say tensions remain high in Gambella despite attempt by high ranking officials of the federal government to mediate reconciliation between the Anyuaks and the Nuers, the two ethnic groups tangled in a bloody violence over the last couple of months. The sources said five Nuers were killed in the last two ...

ESAT News (February 12, 2016) Security forces arrested at least thirty seven people in Guji, south Ethiopia in a bid to crackdown on protesters who demanded political and economic justice in the region where poverty runs deep despite the prevalence gold mines and other gems, which are siphoned by the corrupt regime and its close allies. The regime sent its ...