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Ethiopia: Activists held cyber campaign on remittances embargo

ESAT News (February 7, 2017) Ethiopian activists in the Diaspora today held a one day social media campaign to encourage compatriots continue the embargo on remittances send to the country. Organizers of the campaign believe remittance was one of the ways the regime sustains itself to cling to power. The hashtag motto “StarveTheTPLFBeast” was being widely shared on Facebook and ...

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Ethiopia: TPLF faction to depose Chief of Staff Samora Yunis

By Engidu Woldie ESAT News (February 7, 2018) A faction of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), a regime ruling Ethiopia with an iron fist, has decided to depose Chief of Staff Samora Yunis, according to ESAT sources. The faction led by Sebehat Nega that came out triumphant after a marathon of meetings and infighting within the TPLF has reportedly ...

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Ethiopia: Court gave Bekele Gerba, et al additional six months for second time

ESAT News (February 5, 2018) A court in Addis Ababa sentenced a prominent opposition figure, Bekele Gerba, Secretary General for the Oromo Federalist Congress and his colleagues for an extra six months for what it called contempt of court during the proceedings on Monday. According to witnesses who attended today’s proceedings, the judge demand that defendants rise to hear the ...

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U.S. gave 28 day ultimatum to Ethiopia regime to allow UN rapporteurs

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (February 2, 2017) The United States on Wednesday gave a 28 day ultimatum to the Ethiopian regime to announce its consent to allow rapporteurs for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights investigate human rights violations in the country. House majority leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R) said he communicated to the Ethiopian regime that ...

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Ethiopia: Prisoners from Amhara region used as laborers in salt fields in Afar

ESAT News (February 1, 2018) Local and foreign businesses engaged in salt production in the Afar region of Ethiopia are using prisoners from Amhara region as laborers in dirt cheap payments. According ESAT sourcers, it was not clear if the company, Yara International was aware that the laborers provided to it were prisoners. The source also said the prisoners, who ...

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Ethiopia: 163M USD overdue in loan payments to creditors, leaked document reveals

ESAT News (February 1, 2018) The Ethiopian regime is behind its loan payments of about 163M USD to China and other creditors that was due in January and beginning February. It was also learnt that the loans for electric power projects were taken at exorbitant interest rates of upto 35.3%. According to a leaked document obtained by the Oromia Media ...

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Ethiopia: TPLF soldiers arrest hundreds of youth in Northern Ethiopia

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 31, 2018) Soldiers for the TPLF regime known as Agazi have arrested hundreds of youth in Woldia and Mersa towns in Northern Ethiopia. The towns have recently been hit by anti-regime protests and TPLF soldiers responded killing dozens of people in Woldia, Mersa, Sirinka, Kobo towns and other nearby localities. ESAT sources said that ...

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Al-Amoudi refuses to hand over money for his freedom, authorities arrest his relatives

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 31, 2018) Reports coming out of Saudi Arabia say Ethiopian born Saudi billionaire, Mohammed Al-Amoudi, has refused to hand over his money in return for his release. The billionaire and 200 other businessmen and ministers were arrested early in November in the Kingdom’s crackdown against corruption. The Middle East Monitor reported quoting a Saudi ...

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House majority leader, congressmen demand Ethiopian regime to give UN rapporteurs unfettered access

By Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 30, 2018) House majority leader Kevin McCarthy, Rep. Chris Smith and Rep. Mike Coffman demanded that the Ethiopian regime should allow UN human rights rapporteurs to investigate human rights violations in the country. The call by the congressmen came at a meeting held between representatives of Ethiopian civic and political groups with majority leader ...

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TPLF soldiers kill 13 in Mersa town as protests continue in Northern Ethiopia

ESAT News (January 29, 2018) Protests have continued in towns in Northern Ethiopia where scores of people have been shot and killed by TPLF soldiers. The nearby town of Sirinka joined the anti-TPLF protest yesterday. Protesters torched cars and closed roads with rocks and logs. Some of the roads leading to the town of Mersa were closed. TPLF forces shot ...

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