Ethiopia

Ethiopia says its forces killed 66 al-Shabaab fighters in retaliatory attack

Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 20, 2019) The Ministry of Defense said Ethiopian troops had attacked al-Shabaab bases in Somalia…

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Ethiopia: Rights watchdog says human rights landscape transformed in 2018

ESAT News (January 18, 2019) The Human Rights Watch said the human rights situation in Ethiopia has transformed for the…

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Ethiopia: OLF denounces ‘airstrikes’ as govt denies any such attack

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 18, 2019) The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) says government forces had carried out airstrikes…

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Ethiopia: Police seize thousands of illegal weapons, amos, cash

ESAT News (January 17, 2019) The Addis Ababa Police Commission said it has seized over 2,000 weapons, about 55,000 amos…

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Ethiopia: Spy agency expunges list of 3,000 people hitherto not allowed to leave or enter country

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 17, 2019) Of the total 7,000 people blacklisted by former spy chiefs with the…

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Ethiopia: Over 800 OLF combatants captured: says regional command post

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 16, 2019) 835 combatants of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) have been captured in…

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Commander of OLF army in Southern Ethiopia accepts peace offer

ESAT News (January 15, 2019) A rebel commander for the army wing of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) in Southern…

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Ethiopia, Eritrea to open four commercial border checkpoints

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 15, 2019) Ethiopia and Eritrea would soon open four commercial checkpoints to monitor and…

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Ethiopia: Dozens killed in ethnic attack in Kaffa zone as over 30,000 people displaced

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 14, 2019) At least 37 people, including children, have been killed in southwestern Ethiopia…

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Ethiopia: Deputy chief of staff defends his soldiers for killings in west Gondar, says army in control in Oromo region

  by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 11, 2019) Deputy chief of staff of the army defended soldiers who killed…

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