ESAT News (January 15, 2019) A rebel commander for the army wing of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) in Southern Ethiopia had accepted a peace offer mediated by the Guji Abba Gedas, traditional leaders of the Oromo. The report by FBC in Addis Ababa says Elias Gambella Golo, the commander of OLF army in southern Ethiopia, had welcomed a call ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 15, 2019) Ethiopia and Eritrea would soon open four commercial checkpoints to monitor and regulate cross border trade between the two countries, according to the Ethiopian Customs Commission. The Commission has also prepared a commercial transit protocol, which has been referred to the relevant body at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ethiopian News ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 14, 2019) At least 37 people, including children, have been killed in southwestern Ethiopia in what a zonal administrator said was an attack against the people of Kembata and Tembaro, who settled in Keffa zone to escape from drought. The victims had settled in Kaffa in a government program 15 years ago and have ...

  by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 11, 2019) Deputy chief of staff of the army defended soldiers who killed six people in west Gondar saying they were ambushed by gunmen who opened fire injuring two soldiers. General Berhanu Jula met the press today in Addis Ababa for a briefing on security situations in the country. The Deputy chief of ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 11, 2019) Federal auditors revealed that consultants at a government irrigation project have cooked up extremely inflated costs resulting in the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in the form of payments to a company belonging to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). Presenting their report to a budgetary committee of the House ...

  by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 10, 2019) An official with the Oromo regional government says peace and order have been restored in the restive western part of the region as a result of coordinated effort by the federal government and local security. Speaking to ESAT, Dr. Alemu Sime, head of the office of the Oromo Democratic Party (ODP) ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 10, 2019) The killing of civilians by the army in western Amhara region yesterday drew a sharp criticism from local officials over the incident and the conduct of the military in dealing with grievances by local people. According to head of the regional security, six people were killed and 18 injured when government soldiers ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 9, 2019) Vice administrator of Tigray in northern Ethiopia says people in the region should not feel unease about the movement of troops saying the army was just doing what is “legitimate” and “carrying out its responsibilities” as a national force. Debretsion Gebremichael was reacting to recent move by the people in Zalambessa and ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 9, 2019) Government forces shot and killed eight people in Metema and injured over twenty others in a confrontation with locals who blocked the progress of vehicles belonging to the party conglomerate EFFORT. Residents of Genda Wuha and Qokit yesterday blocked vehicles belonging to Sur Construction alleging that the vehicles which belong to EFFORT, ...