ESAT News (December 25, 2017) One of Ethiopia’s prisoners of conscience, Bekele Gerba, has been denied to see a doctor despite his repeated request to the prison administration. His daughter, Bontu Bekele, who told Deutsche Welle that her dad is suffering from hypertension said he is also suffering from other ailments and has been demanding prison administrators to see his ...

ESAT News (December 25, 2017) Egyptian media reported that foreign minister Sameh Shoukry is set to arrive in Ethiopia on Tuesday for talks with his counterpart Workneh Gebeyehu to “break the deadlock” in tripartite negotiation over the construction of Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam. The two sides are expected to iron out their differences regarding the work of the tripartite technical committee ...

ESAT News (December 22, 2017) Local police force and militia in areas bordering the Somali and Oromo regions in Eastern Ethiopia have been ordered to stay away from the region. According to information obtained by ESAT, TPLF generals have given orders to the police and militia on both sides of the Somali and Oromo border regions to leave immediately or ...

ESAT News (December 22, 2017) The Ethiopian Federal Democratic Unity Forum (Medrek) said the ruling EPRDF is unable and unwilling to resolve the multifaceted problems facing the country and the people and hence should resign from power. Medrek said in a statement yesterday that the all-round political and economic crisis in the country was a result of misrule and repression ...

ESAT News (December 2, 2017) At least two members of the Agazi forces, special kill squad of the TPLF, have been killed in an ambush in Haberu Wacheti, Hararghe as they were heading to quell anti-TPLF protests in the area.   Some sources put the number of soldiers killed at four. No party took responsibility for the killings but sources ...

ESAT News (December 21, 2017) Members and supporters of the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) have been denied aid, educational opportunities, loans and other services for merely being an opposition to the regime, a representative of the party in Wollega told ESAT. The representative said cadres of the TPLF and their cronies not only harass and intimidate members and those who ...

ESAT News (December 21, 2017) A landlord for the South Sudanese Embassy in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa had been taken to court over rental arrears, the South Sudanese Radio Tamazuj reported today. John Sefo, the landlord who rented his building to South Sudan Embassy in Addis Ababa, told Radio Tamazuj today that he has sued the South Sudanese Embassy over ...

ESAT News (December 20, 2017) Oromo and Amhara MPs representing the Oromo People’s Democratic Organization (OPDO) and the Amhara National Democratic Movement (ANDM) have boycotted the Ethiopian Parliament saying the Prime Minister need to address the ongoing ethnic clashes and political crisis in the country. The Parliament did not hold its regular session last Thursday and yesterday as the absence ...

ESAT News (December 20, 2017) Three opposition parties have agreed to work together in matters of capacity building, organizational issues and finance. The Blue Party, the All Ethiopian Unity Organization and Shengo have issued a joint statement in Washington DC following a meeting by leaders of the respective parties. Shengo is forum of opposition groups in the Diaspora while the ...

ESAT News (December 20, 2017) A U.S. congressman said the Ethiopian regime which terrorizes its people cannot and should not be an ally to the United States. Representative Mike Coffman of the 6th district of Colorado was speaking to a gathering of Ethiopians in Denver over the weekend that was met to deliberate on House Resolution -128, a resolution Supporting ...