ESAT News (December 5, 2017) Students of Jimma, Haromaya and Wollega Universities continue boycotting classes saying authorities did not heed to their demands. One of the demands by the students was a call for an end to the torture, killings and other human rights violations in Borena and in areas along the border between the Somali and Oromo communities. The ...

ESAT News (December 5, 2017) A tourist killed on Sunday in Afar, Northern Ethiopia, is a German national, Germany’s foreign ministry confirmed today. The German national, whose name is withheld, was among a group of tourists visiting Erta Ale volcanic site when they came under attack by unidentified gunmen. An Ethiopian tourist guide has sustained gunshot wounds, according to sources. ...

ESAT News (December 4, 2017) Sudanese forces have entered 40 kms into Ethiopian territory and and took control of villages, according to ESAT sources in the area. The soldiers said they had orders from their government to enter and control territories. Disputed territories along the border between the two countries have been a source of past skirmishes between Sudanese soldiers ...

ESAT News (December 4, 2017) At least four people were killed on Sunday when a spat between soccer fans turned a violent protest against the TPLF regime. Several sources told ESAT on Sunday that Agazi forces of the regime opened fire at Woldia City FC fans who had come out to protest hate speech and racial slur hurled at them ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (December 4, 2017) Initial reports reaching ESAT say unknown assailants killed a tourist and a driver on Monday in Arerti, Afar, in Northern Ethiopia. The identity of the deceased is not yet known. The tourist was heading to Erta Ale, an active volcano area in the Afar frequented by tourists. No party claimed responsibility for ...

ESAT News (December 1, 2017) A 104 year old grandma was beaten to death on Wednesday in a prison in the Somali region of Ethiopia. The body of Anbaro Sheik Dayib was given to the family today. She was suffering from Alzheimer. Anbaro Sheik Dayib and her son Ali Abdulahi Fihiye, 83, was imprisoned by the order of the president ...

ESAT News (December 1, 2017) An Ethiopian Embassy staffer in Ankara, Turkey who was caught by police for allegedly Driving Under the Influence (DUI) and a hit and run was summoned by the Foreign Ministry. The embassy attaché, Tesfakiros Hailu Gebremariam, was pulled over by Ankara police Saturday night after he hit two vehicles. Witnesses told police that he looked ...

ESAT News (November 30, 2017) Residents of several towns in Ethiopia took to the street demanding an end to the TPLF rule. Protests in East and West Hararghe continued for the third day. Six people were killed in Gursum yesterday by the Agazi forces of the regime as they shot live bullets into the crowd of protesters. “Down, Down Woyane,” ...

ESAT News (November 30, 2017) Sixteen members of the army guarding the Arba-Minch Airport have disappeared, according to ESAT sources. The sources said 13 soldiers had initially disappeared and three soldiers who were sent to search have also not heard from. Tensions are high in the town of Arba-Minch following the news of the soldiers disappearance, the sources said. In ...

ESAT News (November 30, 2017) Dr. Frank Ashall, a British medical doctor who was also a rights activist and humanitarian passed away on Saturday, his family confirmed to ESAT. Dr. Ashall was a volunteer in Ethiopia with British Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) for a year, from 2012 to 2013. After completion of his volunteer program he decided to stay in ...