by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (October 26, 2017) At least six people were killed and five others wounded in Ambo as Agazi forces of the regime used live fire to disperse protesters who blocked roads in and out of the town, situated 74 miles from the capital Addis Ababa. A source also told ESAT that five others were wounded. Communications ...

ESAT News (October 25, 2017) Co-defendants told a court in Addis Ababa that two inmates were beaten to death by prison officers at a maximum security prison outside the capital. A defendant told the court that Alemaye Wake Mamo and Mohammed Chane were beaten to death by the superintendent of the notorious Qilinto prison, named Asefa Kidane. Journalist Getachew Shiferaw ...

ESAT News (October 25, 2017) Regime’s security forces killed three people in Ambo in an attempt to free trucks loaded with sugar that were held up by residents. One of the victims was said to be an officer with the regional police force. Residents of Ambo and the nearby town of Guder have held up several trucks loaded with sugar ...

ESAT News (October 25, 2017) An Ethiopian born Dutch citizen will go on trial in the Netherlands next Monday for his alleged role in the infamous “red terror” in Ethiopia in the 1970s. The man, 63, is accused of killing of 75 young prisoners in 1978 and incarceration and inhumane treatment of more than 200 people, according to a Reuters ...

ESAT News (October 24, 2017) Amharas displaced in last week’s ethnic violence in South Western Ethiopia have called for help as local elders are working to restore peace and normalcy. Several people were killed last week in Chora, Illubabor, in what the Amharas say was killings perpetrated by the Oromos. Close observers of the developments meanwhile accused that the ethnic ...

ESAT News (October 24, 2017) United States envoy to the U.N., Ambassador Nikki Haley is in Ethiopia as part of her visit to three African countries, her first visit to the continent since President Donald Trump took office. Her visit to Ethiopia came at a time when renewed anti-government protests, coupled with deadly ethnic violence, has casted a cloud of ...

ESAT News (October 23, 2017) The Council of representatives of the Ethiopian National Movement calls upon all stakeholders to work together to bring an end to the authoritarian rule of TPLF. In a statement issued at the end of a three-day meeting which assessed Ethiopia’s current political, economic, and security situation, the Ethiopian National Movement said it is gravely concerned ...

ESAT News (October 23, 2017) A watchdog agency called for investigation into the now rescinded appointment of Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe as a WHO goodwill ambassador of Non Communicable Diseases (NCD) by its Director General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. A statement by the non-governmental human rights group UN Watch said it “welcomed WHO’S cancellation of its ‘absurd, immoral and insulting’ ...

ESAT News (October 23, 2017) Information reaching ESAT show that dozens of people were killed over the weekend in south west Ethiopia when anti-government protests turned violent in Bedele and Chora, in Illubabor. Several houses were set on fire and at least 5000 people were forced out of their homes and went to hiding in forests as attackers, some using ...

ESAT News (October 20, 2017) Security forces killed four people as anti-government protests continue in Ethiopia demanding the removal the regime. Regime security forces shot and killed two people in Gundo Maskal town of North Shewa while two others were killed in Bedelle town of Illubabor. Eight others were seriously injured. In Limu Genet, Jimma, protesters took control of vast ...