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Ethiopia: Qeerroo extends fuel blockade by week

ESAT News (March 20, 2018) The week long blockade on transportation of fuel and fuel truck operation that was called by the Qeerroo, a network of youth in the country’s Oromo region, has been extended for another week. The blockade on fuel truck operation that began last Tuesday was called by the Qeerroo and Oromo activists in defiance of the ...

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Ethiopian group donates 10,000 USD to compatriots displaced from Moyale

By Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 20, 2018) The Global Alliance for the Rights of Ethiopians has donated 10,000 dollars to victims of recent attack and displacement in Southern Ethiopia who fled to Kenya following killings by Ethiopian regime army in Moyale town a week ago. The donation was handed over to representatives of the American Red Cross and it ...

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Security forces slain five members of family in Southern Ethiopia

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 20, 2018) The Somali Regional Special Police Force (a.k.a. Liyou Police) have reportedly killed five members of a family in Bale Zone in Southern Ethiopia, according to a report filed by the Amharic Service of the Voice of America. Eye-witnesses told the VOA that soldiers in Liyou Police uniforms arrived at the family’s home ...

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ESAT DC News in Brief Mon 19 March 2018

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ESAT DC News in Brief Mon 19 March 2018

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Ethiopia: Week long fuel blockade scheduled to end today while activists press for extension of campaign

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 19, 2018) The weeklong blockade on distribution of fuel in Ethiopia that crippled major economic activities ends today but activists are calling for an extension of the campaign as long as the state of emergence was in place. The blockade on fuel truck operation that began last Tuesday was called by the Qeerroo, a ...

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Ethiopia: Diplomatic community distressed about unfolding political turmoil

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 19, 2018) The diplomatic community in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa expressed concern over the political turmoil as well as crisis within the ruling EPRDF while a TPLF diplomat insist they should not worry about the situation and told them to “just calm down and do their job.” The diplomats were speaking at a forum ...

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Kenya & region should prepare for implosion of Ethiopia, experts warn

ESAT News (March 16, 2018) The crisis in Ethiopia is catching the headlines in Kenya media and analysts in the nightly television warn of the regional consequences if the country implodes. At least 40,000 Ethiopians fled to Kenya after the army killed a dozen people last Saturday in the border town of Moyale in what Ethiopian regime officials say was ...

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Al Amoudi’s worth drops to 1.07 bln from 11.1 bln in January

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 16, 2018) Latest figures from Forbes show that Mohammed Al-Amoudi’s worth dropped to 1.07 B, from 11.1B in January. Al-Amoudi and over 200 ministers, princes and businessmen were arrested and detained at the luxurious Ritz Carlton in Riyadh in November when crown prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the arrest as part of the Kingdom’s ...

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ESAT News in Brief March 15, 2018

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