by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 1, 2018) Ana Gomes, a Portuguese member of the European Parliament say the recent statement put out by the European Union regarding the state of emergency in Ethiopia was a “shame.” She called on the Parliament to bring the issue with the High Representative for Human Rights and take a position that respects the ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (February 28, 2018) TPLF army generals as well security and intelligence personnel had visited houses of MPs from door to door, threatening members of Ethiopia’s rubber stamp parliament not to vote against the state of emergency declared on February 16, 2018. Members of Ethiopia’s House of People’s Representatives, who are in recess, are holding an ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (February 27, 2018) A statement issued today by the “Command Post”, the military and security committee overseeing a martial law declared in Ethiopia last week, says the military has been ordered to “take all measures necessary” against civilian protesters demanding political reforms. The statement specifically mentioned the renewed protest in the country’s Oromo region, where ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (February 27, 2018) The Swedish clothing giant, H&M, has faced another scandal, this time in Ethiopia. The manufacturing giant has reportedly found to have been paying Ethiopian employees meager salaries that led to its financier Nordea Bank AB to hold its funds and put the clothes under the so-called “freezer box,” according to an investigative ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (February 27, 2018) One person was killed and 20 others wounded when snipers of the TPLF/Agazi forces indiscriminately shot at protesters in the city of Nekemte, Western Ethiopia. Abebe Mekonnen, was shot by sniper fire this morning at the central square of Nekemte, a city that has seen renewed protest demonstration against the TPLF regime ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (February 26, 2018) Gebeyehu Fantahun, a political prisoner serving a four year term under trumped up terrorism charges, had died on Sunday. Fantahun was held in a dark cell and had repeatedly been tortured at the Central Investigation Bureau in the capital Addis Ababa, according to friends and family.   Security forces arrested Gebeyehu Fantahun ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (February 26, 2018) The city of Nekemte was covered with plumes of smokes today as protesters burnt tyres and blocked roads angered by the detention and ban on leaders of the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), who planned to meet their supporters in the city last Saturday. Prominent Oromo political leaders including Dr. Merera Gudina and ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (February 24, 2018) Leaders of the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) who were recently freed from prison have been detained briefly today and banned from entering Nekemte, a city in Western Ethiopia, to meet their supporters. Dr. Merera Gudina and Mr. Bekele Gerba were on a tour in the Oromo region to meet and thank ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (February 23, 2018) About ten officers, including Generals and Colonels were released from prison yesterday as part of the release of political prisoners by the regime in Ethiopia, that came as a result of relentless pressure from the people calling for their freedom. They were held for nine years. In the course of their detention, ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (February 22, 2018) The Foreign Ministry of Ethiopia has reportedly summoned the United States Ambassador to that country following recent statements by the Embassy in Addis Ababa that “strongly disagrees” with the reimposition of a martial law in the East African country. Ambassador Michael Raynor reportedly got an earful from Ethiopian diplomatic officials on Monday ...