ESAT News (June 14, 2016) Police attacked prisoners at the notorious Kilinto prison and one person was reportedly killed in the attack. Kilinto is one of the many prisons where the regime put political opponents behind bars. The reason for the attack is not yet known but sources told ESAT that a prisoner known only by his first name, ...

  ESAT News (June 14, 2016) Eritrea said on Tuesday that it has repulsed an attack by the Ethiopian regime on the Tsorena front. The statement by the Ministry of Information of Eritrea said the attack on Sunday (June 12, 2016) has been repulsed “with TPLF troops sustaining heavy causalities.” The statement further said that growing opposition against TPLF by ...

  ESAT News (June 13, 2016) Regime forces detained 40 people in Dabat, north Gonder following protest by residents of the town over an electric transformer that the authorities have removed and tried to relocate to Tigray. Tensions remained high after residents repossessed the transformer and burnt down the heavy duty truck that was carrying the transformer, which provided electricity ...

    ESAT News (June 13, 2016) Eritrea and the Ethiopian regime labeled accusations against each other after what appeared to be a skirmish on the heavily militarized border on Sunday. Both sides accused the other of launching an attack on the Tsorena front. Details of the skirmish on Sunday is scanty but the spokesperson for the Ethiopian regime, Getachew ...