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Ethiopia: Liyou police attack Babile, Chinaksen in East Hararghe

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (July 4, 2018) The Liyou police with the Somali region in Eastern Ethiopia attacked residents…

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Ethiopia: Prison administrators fired over torturing inmates

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (July 4, 2018) The federal prosecutor said five officials with the government prison administration have…

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Ethiopia/Sudan: Troops exchange fire after Sudanese soldiers kill Ethiopian farmers

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (July 3, 2018) Ethiopian and Sudanese troops have engaged in a brief battle after soldiers…

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Ethiopia: Police commissioners, officials given pink slips for failing to stop communal violence in Asosa

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (July 3, 2018) The Benishangul Gumuz regional administration has fired four security heads and 54…

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Ethiopia: Opposition groups, ex-officials return home

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (July 2, 2018) Leaders and representatives of opposition political groups have returned home in response…

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Ethiopia: Premier says 90% of ruling party members support change

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (June 29, 2018) Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said 90% of members of the ruling…

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Ethiopia: Rights council says scores killed and thousands displaced in recent violence

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (June 29, 2018) The Human Rights Council said that scores of peaceful citizens were killed…

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Ethiopia passes amnesty law

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (June 28, 2018) The Ethiopian Parliament today passed an amnesty law to "pardon" those individuals…

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At least seven killed in unrest in Asosa, Western Ethiopia

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (June 27, 2018) At least seven people were killed yesterday in ethnic violence in Asosa,…

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Ethiopians in DC metropolitan area rally to support PM, reforms back home

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (June 26, 2018) Ethiopians in the Washington metropolitan area have come out in huge numbers…

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