ESAT News (October 30, 2017) The supreme court of Ethiopia granted bail to Bekele Gerba, one of the key opposition leaders incarcerated for over a year and half on charges of terrorism, which were later reduced to criminal charges. Bekele was among 20 others who were imprisoned in April 2015 at the height of protests in the Oromo region accused ...

ESAT News (October 30, 2017) At least thirty people were killed in Ethiopia as ethnic clashes and anti-government protests have intensified in the country’s Oromo region. The killings of three people in Nekemte over the weekend brought the number of people who were killed in ethnic clashes and at the hands of Agazi forces to at least thirty in a ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (October 30, 2017) A member of the European Parliament who is a fervent critic of the TPLF said current political developments in Ethiopia could lead to conflict with tremendous consequences to the Horn of Africa. Speaking to ESAT on the phone, the Portuguese politician said she fears that the ongoing conflicts in various parts of ...

ESAT News (October 27, 2017) Two members of the Agazi special forces of the regime were killed in an ambush carried out by unknown individuals in Ginchi 50 miles west of Addis Ababa. Two other members of the force were wounded in the grenade attack on Friday at a gas station. Agazi forces have huge presence in Ginchi where fresh ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (October 27, 2017) A change.org campaign calls for the resignation of Dr. Tedros Adhanom from his post as the WHO Director General. The campaign warns if Dr. Tedros fails to resign on his own terms, a world wide campaign will be launched to ask governments to revoke his mandate. “Your recent decision to nominate Mr. ...

ESAT News (October 26, 2017) The new head of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was urged to leave his post as the Director General of the world’s health agency. A columnist for the World Politics Review and a regular CNN.com opinion contributor, Frida Ghitis, said in an opinion published in the Washington Post that Dr. Tedros’ judgement ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (October 26, 2017) At least six people were killed and five others wounded in Ambo as Agazi forces of the regime used live fire to disperse protesters who blocked roads in and out of the town, situated 74 miles from the capital Addis Ababa. A source also told ESAT that five others were wounded. Communications ...

ESAT News (October 25, 2017) Co-defendants told a court in Addis Ababa that two inmates were beaten to death by prison officers at a maximum security prison outside the capital. A defendant told the court that Alemaye Wake Mamo and Mohammed Chane were beaten to death by the superintendent of the notorious Qilinto prison, named Asefa Kidane. Journalist Getachew Shiferaw ...

ESAT News (October 25, 2017) Regime’s security forces killed three people in Ambo in an attempt to free trucks loaded with sugar that were held up by residents. One of the victims was said to be an officer with the regional police force. Residents of Ambo and the nearby town of Guder have held up several trucks loaded with sugar ...

ESAT News (October 25, 2017) An Ethiopian born Dutch citizen will go on trial in the Netherlands next Monday for his alleged role in the infamous “red terror” in Ethiopia in the 1970s. The man, 63, is accused of killing of 75 young prisoners in 1978 and incarceration and inhumane treatment of more than 200 people, according to a Reuters ...