ESAT News (January 21, 2016) In what is being described as the strongest resolution on Ethiopia thus far, t s far and described as the strongest resolution ption of objections by the right wing members of the parliamenthe European Union Parliament passed a resolution that condemned the ever increasing human rights violations in Ethiopia by the minority TPLF regime. The ...

ESAT News (January 30, 2016) Dozens of people were killed in the Gambella region of Ethiopia in what appeared to be killings motivated by ethnic animosity. A group from the Nuer clan broke into the regional prison yesterday and killed 9 inmates from the Anuak tribe; 7 others were seriously injured. Four people were shot and killed by the regional ...

ESAT News (January 28, 2016) Ethiopia continues to be one of the countries in the world where corruption is still rife, according to Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2015. The index covers perceptions of public sector corruption in 168 countries. Ethiopia ranked 103th, making the country one of the places where corruption is highly prevalent. Denmark took the top spot ...

ESAT News (January 28, 2016) Protest continued in the Oromia region of Ethiopia on Thursday despite ruling party officials’ media announcement on Wednesday that the two month protest had been brought under control. There has been heavy security presence both in and outside the capital Addis Ababa, the venue of the African Union leaders summit due to be held on ...

ESAT News (January 27, 2016) Governments in East Africa made little or no progress on human rights in 2015,   Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2016. “Ethiopia and Burundi, and to some extent Uganda, experienced worsening restrictions on freedom of speech, assembly, and other rights in the lead up to or after elections,” according to the report. ...

ESAT News (January 27, 2016) Members of the diplomatic community say donors were puzzled by statements coming out of the Ethiopian government regarding the looming famine which they said contradicts the reality on the ground. The diplomats who wish to remain anonymous said statements by the Ethiopian government that “the calamity is under control and all is well in the ...

ESAT News (January 25, 2016) The Ethiopian government has resumed aerial reconnaissance survey to delineate the border between Sudan and Ethiopia, according to a source with the Information Network Security Agency, INSA. The Ethiopia government had agreed to give a large swath of agricultural land to Sudan amid uproar and indignation by Ethiopians who believe the land is historically theirs. ...

ESAT News (January 25, 2016) Federal and regional forces are conducting mass arrests in Konso, southern Ethiopia following demand by the people of Konso to have their own zonal administration. Federal government and regional security forces were reportedly trying to force a large number of detainees to sign a piece of paper that says the demand for a self-administered zone ...

ESAT News (January 23, 2016) Five people were shot and killed at an Epiphany celebration in Chilga, Gondar, in what sources say was an apparent attack by the regime’s security operatives against the Qimant ethnic group to incite violence between them and the other people of Gondar. Recent reliable reports reaching ESAT show that the regime kill squads were killing ...

ESAT News (January 21, 2016) The government of Ethiopia routinely uses its vague and overly broad anti-terrorism law to stifle freedom of expression and political opposition, the Oakland Institute, a policy think tank said in a report today. “The flawed anti-terrorism law must be revised and its misuse by the government stopped,” the Institute recommended. Ethiopia’s highly controversial anti-terrorism law, ...