ESAT News (October 9, 2016) The TPLF-led government, shaken by widespread protests, declared Sunday a six-month long state of emergency. The titular Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said in a televised address to the nation that the state of emergence was needed to repulse what he called “the danger posed by anti-peace elements and foreign enemies on the peace, security ...

ESAT News (September 15, 2016) Bodies of prisoners killed at a federal prison in Ethiopia two weeks ago were being given to families, who confirmed to ESAT that the cause for the death of their loved ones was bullet wounds and not the fire that gutted down the prison, as the regime claims. The Ethiopian regime, contrary to what families ...

ESAT News (September 15, 2016) Security forces in southern Ethiopia are forcing the displacement of Amharas in Konso, in what the locals said was a deliberate attempt by regime operatives to incite ethnic violence, according to ESAT’s sources. The displacement came as the people of Konso, who demanded self-administration, were also under attack by the forces. Unable to respond positively ...

ESAT News (July 12, 2016) The Ethiopian regime has said it has blocked social media to keep students sitting for university entrance exams from distraction. But critics believe that it was an excuse to censor the internet by a regime that is also a leading jailer of journalists. Facebook, Twitter, Viber and Instagram were all blocked by the latest crackdown ...

ESAT News (July 12, 2016) Security forces shot and killed a 9th grader in the town of Ginchi, 50 miles outside the capital Addis Ababa, as they shot indiscriminately at a crowd of protesters. The father of Eshetu Worku, who spoke to ESAT said his son was shot in the neck by the security forces and died instantly. Protest continued ...

  ESAT News (June 22, 2016) Ambassadorial and other diplomatic positions in most of the countries with significant diplomatic ties to Ethiopia have now been taken by senior members of the TPLF, it was learnt. The minority regime is replacing Ambassadors and diplomats from other ethnic groups with Tigrians. According to sources, Girma Biru, an Oromo, and ambassador of the ...

  ESAT News (June 22, 2016) Six children have sustained serious injuries following a grenade explosion in Adama Woreda, East Shewa Zone, local media reported on Wednesday. The six children ranging from 5 to 17 and three other women sustained the injuries when one of the children, unbeknownst to her that it was a grenade, tried to sell it to ...

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