ESAT NEWS (July 2, 2016) The UN Human Rights Council on Friday rejected a resolution to refer Eritrea to the Security Council, but instead passed “a watered-down” resolution against the East African country, according to reports. A UN Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea last month recommended that the human rights situation in that country be referred to the International Criminal ...

ESAT News (July 2, 2016) A local administrator in Aweday, East Hararge shot and killed three, two of them children as police opened fire on residents who had gathered for a fund raising event for two individuals whose businesses were gutted by fire. Residents of Aweday told ESAT that they were holding a fundraising for a barber shop and a ...

ESAT News (July 1, 2016) The TPLF regime in Ethiopia has been moving its army and heavy military equipment in large numbers to the north of the country, according to eyewitness accounts. The witnesses said public transport buses, as per the instructions given by the regime, have been transporting large numbers of the army from south and central regions of ...