ESAT News (January 06,2016) The number of people killed by security forces in Ethiopia continue to rise as the regime’s forces killed a student at Wollega University and left his body in a ravine. The killing of Hora Benti, who hails from Illubabour, brings the death toll over 140, according to estimates by opposition political parties. The protest in the ...
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Ethiopia says 18 million people need immediate food assistance
ESAT News (January 05, 2016) Ethiopia said today that the number of people who need immediate food assistance has reached 18 million this month. Commissioner of the National Disaster Prevention Committee, Mitiku Kassa said at a press conference that 8 million of the people would have needed food aid regardless of the current drought. The United Nations meanwhile warned of ...
Read More »Police kill a university student in Adama, three killed in East Hararghe as protest intensifies in Ethiopia
ESAT News (January 05, 2016) Agazi forces (snipers of the minority regime in Ethiopia) shot and killed a student at Adama University, 60 miles from the capital Addis Ababa, as students continue to stage a peaceful protest rally against the government’s handling of human rights in the country and encroachment of rural farmlands by the regime under the guise of ...
Read More »ESAT back on air in Ethiopia
ESAT News (January 04, 2016) The Ethiopian Satellite Television and Radio (ESAT) announced that it is back on air in Ethiopia starting Monday January 04, 2016. The regime in Ethiopia, known for muzzling independent media has jammed and taken ESAT off from air since December 19, 2015. ESAT, however, came back to the air with a new satellite frequency and ...
Read More »Students flee Dila University campus following a grenade attack kill two, three others found dead in a bathroom
ESAT News (January 04,2016) Students are reportedly leaving the Dila University campus in southern Ethiopia following a grenade attack in the weekend that killed two students. About 10 other students who sustained injuries from the blast and an apparent knife attack were also receiving medical treatment at a nearby referral hospital. Three students were also found dead in a bathroom. ...
Read More »Protesters set Zenawi’s park, portrait ablaze
ESAT News (January 04, 2016) Anti-government protesters in Ejere, North Shewa burnt down the memorial park dedicated to Ethiopia’s former dictator, Meles Zenawi. In a strong show of defiance and rejection of the ethnocentric regime, protesters also set Zenawi’s portrait on fire. The antigovernment protest that began two months ago in the Oromia region of Ethiopia, which was sparked by ...
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Notice to all ESAT Viewers and Radio Listeners RE: ESAT web site and New Server Migration Effective this coming Saturday June 6 to Sunday, June 7 ESAT web site will not be functional. We are undertaking a migration from the existing server to a new server with much higher capacity. The expansion of ESAT web services has necessitated such a ...
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