ESAT News (September 18, 2017) Ethiopians in the metropolitan Washington, DC area and elsewhere took to the streets today in support of H. RES. 128, a human rights bill by the U.S. congress on Ethiopia. HR – 128 resolution, among others, calls for the Ethiopian regime to investigate the killings and excessive use of force against protesters in the Oromia ...

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 12, 2017) Heavy rains over flooded the Awash River displacing thousands of locals in Amibara, Afar region. Reports say up to 3,000 people might have been displaced by the flooding that resulted from days of heavy down pour. The flooding from the River also inundated the Sodere Resort Hotel. Guests have reportedly been stranded since Friday. Some ...

ESAT News (September 12, 2017) An estimated 5000 Sidamas were evicted from Bale Zone following orders by local authorities. A witness told ESAT that the lives of thousands is in peril. The witness said the about 5000 Sidamas have settled in Chiri district in Sidama Zone, Southern Ethiopia. Authorities have ordered the Sidamas, who lived in Bale in harmony with ...

ESAT News (September 12, 2017) Two people were killed and several others wounded in the ongoing clashes between the Somali and Oromo communities in Eastern Ethiopia as the president of the Somali region, Abdi Omar, reportedly decreed the Oromos to leave the region. The Oromos held protest rallies in Aweday, Deder, Kobo, and Chinaksen towns today against the violent actions ...

ESAT News (Sept. 11, 2017) Israel Chemicals (ICL) files a 198M dollars compensation suit against the Ethiopian government for losses it incurred due to the latter’s “failure to provide the necessary infrastructures and regulatory framework.” ICL ended its potash project in Ethiopia in October 2016 after the Ethiopian government assessed what ICL called “unjustified and illegal tax assessment.” A local ...

ESAT News (September 11, 2017) Arik Air, a Nigerian airline, has filed a 55.6 million dollars suit against the the Nigerian government and Ethiopian Airlines over recent news in the media that Ethiopian Airlines was negotiating with the Nigerian government to takeover the management of Arik Air Limited. According to a copy of the suit obtained by the News Agency ...

ESAT News (September 8, 2017) A former land administrator in the Amhara region says the recent pact signed between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Amhara National Democratic Movement (ANDM) has illegally transferred several villages to the Tigray region. The land administration expert who wish to remain anonymous told ESAT that two areas – Gichew and Gobe – ...

ESAT News (September 6, 2017) Four children were reportedly injured today when a grenade was thrown into a school in Meiso, Harar in eastern Ethiopia. Reports also say six people were injured in the ensuing shootout in the town. The injured students were at the school for registration when the grenade was thrown. Residents of the town blamed the Somali ...