ESAT News (December 6, 2018) The regional head of security said illegal military training has been given in three facilities in the Amhara region which he said were responsible for the loss of several lives and destruction of properties. Brigadier General Asamnew Tsege told the Amhara Mass Media Agency that those behind the illegal military facility have used the political ...

ESAT News (December 5, 2018) Federal police say they have arrested five officials of the Benishangul-Gumuz region in Western Ethiopia in connection with recent deadly violence in areas bordering with the Oromo region. The officials include the regional deputy head of security and the former mayor of Assosa town. Police said the arrested officials are accused of adding fuel to ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (December 5, 2018) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Ethiopia will grow by 8.5 percent as the political unpredictability subsides and foreign direct investment improves in 2019. “Growth is expected to step up in 2018/19 to 8.5 percent, supported by stronger confidence as the political uncertainty of previous years recedes, and external financial inflows, including ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (December 4, 2018) Police investigating alleged high profile corruption by the former CEO of the Metals and Engineering Corporation (MeTEC) presented additional charges in which Maj. Gen. Kinfe Dagnew had approved purchases and contracts worth millions of dollars without tender and procurement procedures. Among a list of charges police had presented at the court yesterday ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (December 4, 2018) The office of the federal attorney general says it has dispatched teams to various parts of the country where ethnic clashes have claimed lives and triggered massive displacement. The office said in a press statement that investigations were underway against the masterminds of recent ethnic violence that resulted in deaths, destruction of ...

ESAT News (December 3, 2018) Leaders of the separatist Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) have returned home following a peace agreement with the Ethiopian government to engage in peaceful political struggle. A week ago, the group announced that it has officially laid down arms and combatants of the Front have returned to Ethiopia from their base in Eritrea. The move ...

  ESAT News (December 3, 2018) Ethiopia has more new conflict-driven Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) than any other country in the world, with over 1.4 million this year alone, according to the Humanitarian Information Unit of the U.S. Department of State. The total IDPs in Ethiopia is 2.8 million of which 2.2 million were displaced due to conflicts. The rest, ...

ESAT News (November 30, 2018) The Oromo Democratic Party (ODP), a party governing the Oromo region in Ethiopia, vows to continue its fight against what it called elements that are bent on inciting ethnic violence that led to untold suffering and loss of lives in the region and beyond. In a statement issued at the end of an emergency central ...

ESAT News (November 29, 2018) The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced that the 2019 World Press Freedom Day will be celebrated in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia on May 2-3, 2019. UNESCO said in a statement that the decision was made after Ethiopia recently requested to host the day. UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Communication and ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (November 29, 2018) Ringleaders of special commandos who are accused of plotting to kill Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed last month were arraigned before a court-martial. Last month, about 240 special commandos showed up unannounced at the National Palace fully armed and demand to speak with the Prime Minister. The soldiers said they wanted the PM ...