by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (June 27, 2018) Ethiopia’s Minister for Communications Affairs urge the public to keep vigilant eye to thwart similar attacks to Saturday’s foiled attempt to assassinate the Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed. The Minister, who is also the government spokesperson, told reporters yesterday that there are groups who wish to create havoc in an attempt to impede ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (June 27, 2018) At least seven people were killed yesterday in ethnic violence in Asosa, Benishangul Gumuz region in Western Ethiopia, while several people were injured, some critically. A hospital source speaking on the phone from Asosa told ESAT that he saw seven bodies. He said most have died from an apparent gunshot wounds and ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (June 26, 2018) Ethiopians in the Washington metropolitan area have come out in huge numbers to express solidarity with their Prime Minister back home, who is garnering big support from the people both at home and abroad for his populist ideas and his resolve to introduce political and economic reforms. The Ethiopians, who gathered today ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (June 26, 2018) A delegation of the Eritrean government arrived in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa for talks, days after leaders of the two countries expressed willingness to peacefully resolve the longstanding border dispute. The talks will be the first almost two decades after a border war that claimed the lives of at least 70,000 people. ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (June 25, 2018) Twenty-six people suspected of carrying out a bomb attack at a rally in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa on Saturday, including police and security officers, have been arraigned before a federal court of first instance in the capital. Of those brought before the court today were 17 police and security officers whom prosecutors ...

UPDATE: The FBI has already begun its investigations into the bomb attack, as per a press statement by the Federal Police Commission, Zeinu Jemal. by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (June 25, 2018) The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will investigate the deadly bomb attack at a rally held in the capital on Saturday in support of the new ...

By Engidu Woldie ESAT News (June 24, 2018) A grenade attack at a rally in Addis Ababa in support of Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, was an assassination attempt against his life, according to witnesses and organizers of the rally. The attack left one person dead and over 155 injured. Nine people are in critical condition. A man dressed in ...

By Engidu Woldie ESAT News (June 23, 2008) One person was killed and 165 people were injured in Addis Ababa when a grenade was thrown at a crowd near a stage where Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and other dignitaries were sitting to address a rally that was held in support of the new Premier. According to a statement by ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (June 23, 2018)   Undisclosed number of people have died and others injured in a grenade explosion in a rally in Addis Ababa, where Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was attending.   Video shared on social media shows what appears to be a loud explosion near the stage where the PM was sitting. He was quickly ...