ESAT News (July 12, 2018) A faction of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) led by Dawud Ibsa declared a ceasefire today following a meeting between him and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Asmara early this week. The OLF said in a statement today that it was convinced that the meeting between its leader and the Prime Minister has paved the ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (July 10, 2018) Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed says his country wants to quickly embark on implementing details of declarations signed with Eritrea on Monday. Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki signed a declaration in the Eritrean capital Asmara at the end of Ahmed’s landmark visit to the Red Sea nation, ending two decades ...

By Engidu Woldie ESAT News (July 9, 2018) Residents of several towns in Ethiopia took to the streets on Saturday and Sunday in support of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his reform agendas. Thousands of people in towns in Northern and Southern Ethiopia held demonstrations to express support for the Prime Minister’s reform initiatives and his call for peace and ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (July 9, 2018) Leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea have signed a landmark declaration announcing the state of war between the two countries “has come to an end,” and “a new era of peace and friendship has been opened.” Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed today signed a declaration in Eritrean capital ...

By Engidu Woldie ESAT News (July 9, 2018) Ethiopia has formally requested the UN Security Council to lift sanctions that it had imposed on Eritrea in 2009. The official request was made by Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to UN Secretary General, António Guterres, who is on a visit in Addis Ababa, according to reports by state media. The UNSC ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (July 8, 2018) Ululation of joy and euphoria in the Eritrean capital Asmara early Sunday as Eritreans welcome an Ethiopian leader after two decades of war and bitterness. Well before Ethiopian Airlines carrying Abiy Ahmed touched down at the Asmara International Airport, residents of the city lined up the streets waving the flags of the ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (July 6, 2018) Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed says he expects the country’s economic growth to be under 10% this year. The Premier was speaking today at the Parliament that has approved a budget of 12.6 billion dollars for the fiscal year that begins next week. Ahmed said focus should be given to the growth ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (July 2, 2018) Residents of twenty cities in the Amhara region held rallies in support of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his economic and political reform initiatives. The scene at the Bahir Dar stadium was like no other as tens of thousands of residents of the city and its environs gather, flying the Ethiopian tricolor. ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (July 2, 2018) Leaders and representatives of opposition political groups have returned home in response to a call by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who has ever since appointed to the office in April been seeking opponents and critics of the government to to join him in the political process in the country. While in exile, ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (June 29, 2018) Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said 90% of members of the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) support ongoing change, political and economic reform efforts in the country. Speaking at a town hall meeting with residents of Semera, in Afar region of Northern Ethiopia, Dr. Ahmed said he and his supporters ...