by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 15, 2018) Eritrean President  Isaias Afwerki said Turkey’s military presence in the Red Sea was counterproductive to the security of the region and that it was not welcome, according to an unofficial translation of his interview with the state media by Tesfa News and other Eritrean sources. In an interview on Sunday to the ...

ESAT News (January 12, 2018) Four prisoners were shot and killed on Monday in Yirgalem town, Sidama Zone, Southern Ethiopia. The prisoners were demanding their release saying they had completed their time. Police said they were killed while trying to escape the prison. But the Sidama Liberation Movement (SLM) said that was not the case. Chairman of the Sidama Liberation ...

ESAT News (January 12, 2018) Sudan says its decision to deploy troops along its border with Eritrea was a response to threats from Eritrea and Egypt. The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) “has directed to continue security arrangements on the eastern Sudan border after being briefed about possible threats from Egypt and Eritrea in the region of Sawa (in Eritrea),” ...

ESAT News (January 11, 2018) Ethiopian courts, seen by many as instruments of the oppressive regime, have continued handing down prison terms to dissidents who insist terrorism charges brought against them were politically motivated. A court in Addis Ababa today sentenced thirty-three defendants to prison terms ranging from 15 to 18 years for allegedly being members and supporters of an ...

Debretsion Gebremichael, TPLF’s new chairman and deputy administrator of the Tigray region, has been exposed for misusing work related travel opportunities and public funds to pay for prostitutes and escorts in cities across the globe, according to an investigative report by ESAT’s Abebe Gellaw. A cache of digital evidence including emails also shows that the new TPLF leader also spends ...

ESAT News (January 10, 2018) Forces of the Ogaden National Liberation Front fighting the regime in Eastern Ethiopia said they had killed “many soldiers” and “wounded wounded unknown numbers of government troops.” “Heavy fighting broke out between Ogaden National Liberation Army and Ethiopian regime soldiers in Jaleelo village in Shillabo District on the 8th of January,”  according to a report ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (January 10, 2018) The Ethiopian born Saudi tycoon, Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi and all the remaining detainees that were held at the Ritz-Carlton hotel have been transferred to Al-Ha’ir prison, a maximum security prison south of Riyadh. The Middle East Monitor quoted the Arabic Al-Araby Al-Jadeed news site as saying authorities have transferred the remaining detainees ...

ESAT News (January 9, 2018) A South Sudanese General was arrested by Ethiopian authorities after he entered Ethiopia illegally, Radio Tamazuj quoted a senior official loyal to Taban Deng as saying. The radio report said David Dang Kong, head of the SPLM-IO office for peace and reconciliation in Ethiopia said today that Brigadier General Mun Gach Thoch was arrested at ...

ESAT News (January 9, 2018) The announcement by Ethiopian regime authorities that they would investigate and crackdown on Qero, a network of youth in the country’s restive Oromo region that is behind the anti-TPLF protest for over two years, has drawn backlash from Oromo political leaders and activists. Reports show that the TPLF regime, through its security apparatus that is ...

ESAT News (January 8, 2018) An Ethiopian born Swedish cardiologist who was jailed in Ethiopia in a politically motivated charge told a court in Addis Ababa that 20 of his patients have died because authorities would not allow him to see his patients. Dr. Fikru Maru had repeatedly said he was willing to treat his patients if authorities would allow ...