by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 14, 2018) Blockade on the operation of fuel trucks that was called by the Qeerroo, a network of youth in the country’s Oromo region, has entered its second day resulting in shortages of fuel all across the country and skyrocketing prices of food and other goods. According to the Qeerroo, the blockade will remain ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 14, 2018) Ethiopian Ambassador to Sweden, Merga Bekana, has been summoned by the Swedish Foreign Ministry over a protracted trial of an Ethiopian-born Swedish cardiologist, Dr. Fikru Maru. One of Sweden’s top cardiologist, Fiku Maru established a cardiology hospital in Addis Ababa in 2007 to help his people. Dr. Maru has been in prison ...

ESAT News (March 14, 2018) About 8 million people need emergency food, cash or non-food assistance, Ethiopian regime and its humanitarian partners announced yesterday. The joint announcement made on ReliefWeb says the country needs US$1.66 billion to help 7.88 million people with emergency food or cash and non-food assistance, mainly in the southern and south-eastern parts of the country. “Continuing ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 13, 2018) Saturday’s killing of 11 people in Moyale town, Southern Ethiopia, was premeditated, the spokesperson for the regional justice bureau told the Amharic Service of Radio Deutsche Welle.   Head of communications with the Justice Bureau of the Oromo regional government, Taye Denda said the killings perpetrated by Agazi forces of the regime ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 12, 2018) About fifty-thousand people are estimated to have fled the town of Moyale in Southern Ethiopia and crossed into Kenya after security force killed at least ten people on Saturday. One person was killed and another injured on Sunday, sources told ESAT. The Mayor of Moyale, Aschalew Yohannes, told the Deutsche Welle Amharic ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 10, 2018) Agazi soldiers of the TPLF regime killed at least 13 people in Moyale town, in the restive Oromo region of Southern Ethiopia. At least 25 others were wounded, according to a report by the Oromia Media Network (OMN). The death toll is feared to be higher. The killings came a day after ...

ESAT News (March 9, 2018) Ethiopian authorities deported a foreign correspondent for the Bloomberg News and The Guardian. British journalist William Davidson was based in Ethiopia since 2010. He said in his Facebook post that authorities have refused to renew his accreditation despite his attempt to use his connections in higher offices to renew his permit. Some criticize the journalist ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 7, 2018) Five officials of the Oromo People’s Democratic Organization (OPDO) have reportedly been imprisoned by the Command Post, which has been given the power to execute the state of emergency declared on February 16, 2018. Their arrest and detention violates their immunity as members of the regional administrative council. They were accused of ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 7, 2018) Ethiopia’s ruling coalition will meet on Sunday to elect its chairman, who will, by default, be annointed Prime Minister. The Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic (EPRDF), made up of four parties formed along ethnic lines, is considered by critics and the opposition as a quasi coalition since it is run behind the scene ...

By Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 6, 2018) The U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson will arrive in Ethiopia tomorrow as part of a five country tour in Africa. Tillerson’s visit to Ethiopia comes at a time when the East African country is undergoing political turmoil and as a state of emergency is put in place to quell growing demand ...