ESAT News (September 20, 2017) The spread of water hyacinth that has threatened the ecosystem of the country’s largest lake, Tana, is also spreading on the Abay River at an alarming rate. Experts say the water hyacinth has covered 25 hectares on the Abay River and locals blame federal authorities for not responding to the threat posed by the pollutant ...

ESAT News (September 20, 2017) At least 46 people were killed in ethnic fights in Southern Ethiopia while over 50 were injured since clashes began in July. ESAT learnt that the conflict has wiped out two localities in Southern Ethiopia with hundreds of houses set on fire and displacing thousands of locals. The deadly clashes began when authorities tried to ...

ESAT News (September 19, 2017) The United States called for a transparent investigation into the death several people in ethnic clashes in Eastern Ethiopia. “We urge the Ethiopian government to conduct a transparent investigation into all allegations of violence and to hold those responsible accountable,” the Embassy of the United States in Addis Ababa said in a statement on Tuesday. ...

ESAT News (September 19, 2017) The ethnic violence in Eastern Ethiopia continued with new reports showing further killings and the displacement of over 70,000 people. Ethiopia’s government spokesperson, Negeri Lencho, confirmed the number of the displaced to China’s Xinhua news agency and said the hot spot areas are now being manned by regime’s army and the situation has calmed down. ...

ESAT News (September 19, 2017) The Human Rights Watch said it found evidence that security forces of the regime “not only triggered the stampede that caused many deaths but subsequently shot and killed some members of the crowd.” In a report released today in connection with the one year anniversary of the death of hundreds of festival goers in Bishoftu, ...

ESAT News (September 18, 2017) The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said today that unless there is opening up of the political space in Ethiopia, the country is doomed to fail. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein was speaking in Washington, DC to members of the press and the human rights community, where he recalled that his team of human rights ...

ESAT News (September 15, 2017) A court in Kenya ordered the repatriation of about 40 Ethiopians who were in the country illegally. Kenyan media reported that the Ethiopians will be repatriated after completing a one month prison sentence or pay a fine of 800,000 Kenyan shillings. Sixty-seven Ethiopians were brought to court today and pleaded guilty for violating the immigration ...

ESAT News (September 15, 2017) Thousands of people are being displaced from the Somali region in Eastern Ethiopia, a region that has seen deadly violence this week. Locals blame the TPLF regime for igniting the killings in arming both the Somali Liyou Police and Oromo militias. There has been a lull in the killings today but ESAT sources say thousands ...

ESAT News (September 14, 2017) A landfill landslide in the outskirt of the capital Addis Ababa on Thursday killed at least one person. A witness told ESAT that up to four people are feared dead and several others wounded when the pile of trash collapsed for the second time in a year. In March over 130 people were killed and ...

ESAT News (September 14, 2017) Officials of the Oromo and Somali regional administrations traded accusations and counter accusations amid the death of scores of people on both sides in a new wave of violence. The Somali administration said in a statement that in Aweday town alone, a commercial hub in Eastern Ethiopia, over 50 Somalis were killed in the last ...