ESAT News (April 27, 2018) Businesses were closed and transportations disrupted in the Eastern commercial town of Jijiga as residents joined protest against the administration of the regional president Abdi Illey. Protest demonstrations against the regional president drew momentum on Tuesday when Abdi Illey fired his deputy, Abdihakim Igal, sparking street protests in Shilnille, his constituent and the base of ...

ESAT News (April 27, 2018) Dwindling imports of wheat has resulted in scarcity of bread in the capital Addis Ababa and the price of a loaf of the staple has doubled. Authorities say the crisis was a result of the foreign currency crunch facing the country. Long lines at bakeries in the capital is a regular scene and owners of ...

ESAT News (April 26, 2018) Students of Ambo University held protest demonstrations demanding the revocation of the state of emergency and the release of fellow students imprisoned due to the martial law. The students ignored the state of emergency that prohibit any gatherings and took to the streets to stage protest demonstrations. The students have also demanded the security forces ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (April 26, 2018) Members of the opposition and journalists who were recently released from prison had held talks with UN human rights chief and gave firsthand account of the human rights violations in the country. Ethiopian authorities allow UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, to take a closer look at the ...

ESAT News (April 25, 2018) The Command Post, the military body overseeing the state of emergency in Ethiopia, has jailed a judge in East Hararghe for four days for refusing to detain innocent citizens brought to his court. Judge Abnet Tadesse had let the suspects brought to his court free as he found them committing no crimes, according a report ...

ESAT News (April 25, 2018) Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) says Ethiopian authorities have continued to systematically use laws restrict freedom of the press and imprison journalists without charge indefinitely. “Terrorism charges have been systematically used against journalists ever since the 2009 terrorism law took effect. The charges carry long jail sentences and allow the authorities to hold journalists without trial ...

ESAT News (April 24, 2018) Long queues at gas stations and disruption of public transportations hit cities in the Amhara region as provisions of fuel has dwindled in recent weeks. Gondar, Bahir Dar, Debre Tabor, Woldia and Debre Markos are some of the cities where public transportations has been disrupted. Customers who tried to fill up their jerrycans in a ...

ESAT News ( April 24, 2018) A crisis smouldering in Ethiopia’s Eastern Somali region might have gotten more fuel from the formation of a new cabinet by the regional president, Abdi Illey. His security forces have reportedly detained over a hundred people in the last few days. Abdi fired his deputy, Abdihakim Igal, sparking street protests in Shilille, his constituent ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (April 23, 2018) A grisly assassination of an Ethiopian activist in South Africa has been called suspicious with Ethiopians in Johannesburg putting the blame squarely on operatives of the Ethiopian regime and Embassy staff. Gezahegn Gebremeskel, known in the community as Gezahegn Nebro, was shot and killed in a cold blooded murder on Saturday, sending ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (April 23, 2018) The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is making a follow up visit to Ethiopia, a country that has continued to refuse access to UN rapporteurs to investigate extrajudicial killings and numerous rights violations. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has so far been not successful in getting Ethiopian authorities provide access to ...