ESAT News (June 15, 2017) The U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) updates its advice to citizens against travel in certain parts of Ethiopia. The office advise citizens against travelling to within 10 km of the border with Eritrea, areas off the principal roads/towns within 10 km of the borders with Sudan and Kenya. It also advises citizens against travelling ...

ESAT News (June 15, 2017) The United States has deported seventy-five Ghanaians who were in the country illegally. They arrived at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Accra on Wednesday, morning in handcuffs, ghanian media reported on Wednesday. They had applied for asylum in the USA but their applications were rejected and were subsequently deported. One of the deportees, by ...

ESAT News (June 14, 2017) At least 12 people have been killed in the west London’s Grenfell Tower as fire turned the 24-storey apartment building into an inferno in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Information gathered by ESAT’S London Bureau shows at least 40 Ethiopians and Eritreans live in the tower and some are feared to be among the ...

ESAT News (June 14, 2017) Ethiopia says it expects a third of its budget to be covered with aid from donor countries and foreign loans. Presenting the country’s 2017/2018 budget to the parliament, the minister of finance and economic cooperation announced that of the total 321 billion birr (14 billion dollars) allocated for the budget year, about 5 billion dollars ...

ESAT News (June 14, 2017) High level contraband trade by government officials has become a threat to the country’s economy as foreign exchange trade is in downward spiral, according to Ethiopia’s Ministry of Trade. Government officials at all levels were the main players in the import/export contraband trade and unless the country acts quickly, the illegal trade could cripple the ...

ESAT News (June 13, 2017) Somali President, Mohammed Abdullah Farmajo, has been offered $80 million in exchange for his agreement to sever diplomatic relations with the State of Qatar, the New Khalij news outlet reported quoting a prominent Somali journalist “After two hours of enticement, Farmajo rejected the tempting offer,” journalist Jaber Al-Harimi said. Yesterday, the newspaper Somalia Today quoted ...

ESAT News (June 13, 2017) The U.S. Department of State on Tuesday warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Ethiopia due to “the potential for civil unrest and arbitrary detention since a state of emergency was imposed in October 2016.” “The Government of Ethiopia routinely restricts or shuts downs internet, cellular data, and phone services, impeding the U.S. ...

ESAT News (June 13, 2017) The Muslim community in Adwa town, Tigray region, say authorities have denied them access to Mosques and were prevented from carrying out other religious duties for supporting the Ethiopian Muslims’ movement for religious freedom. Representatives of the Muslim community in Adwa who spoke to ESAT on condition of anonymity say they were also fined monetarily ...

ESAT News (June 12, 2017) An armed group has claimed responsibility for an arson attack at an ammunition depot in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa on Saturday. Patriotic Ginbot 7, an armed group fighting the Ethiopian regime from its base in Eritrea, said Saturday’s attack is part of the resistance movement carried out by its cells everywhere in Ethiopia. The fire ...

ESAT News (June 12, 2017) A fuel truck traveling from Sudan to Metema, northern Ethiopia came under attack on Monday 2 kms outside Addis Zemen, according to sources. The driver of the fuel truck was taken to Bahir Dar Hospital, the sources added. Patriotic Ginbot 7 took responsibility for the attack. There have been reports of several attacks against regime ...