ESAT News (January 13, 2017) US Africa Command announced that it launched an airstrike against Al Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch in Somalia, while US advisors accompanied Somali and African Union forces in a counter terrorism exercise. AFRICOM described the offensive a “self-defense strike,” according to a report by the Somalia based Shabelle news. According to AFRICOM, US advisors accompanied a ...

ESAT News (December 19, 2016) Over 23 thousand people have been detained since the declaration of the state of emergency in October following a yearlong anti-government protest in Ethiopia that saw the death of over 700 people in the hands of security forces. Head of the command post in charge of the state of emergency, minister of defense Siraj Fegesa ...

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ESAT News (November 21, 2016) Illicit financial flows from Ethiopia could be much higher than those estimates by international financial institutions including the Global Financial Integrity, a former intelligence operative told ESAT. The revenue from the export of cash crops and other exports such as flower, coffee, honey, cattle, incense, among others, would just be transferred to a foreign bank, ...