ESAT News (May 1, 2018) Residents living near a gold mine in Southern Ethiopia took to the streets for the second day in protest against the extension of a contract for MIDROC mining company for another ten years. The residents say the dangerous chemicals released from the mining project, which has been going on for twenty years, has resulted in ...

ESAT News (April 30, 2018) The renewal of a gold mining project for another ten years has triggered street protests in five towns in Southern Ethiopia. Locals say the project, which has exploited their natural resources for over twenty years has not benefited the poor.   Residents of Shakiso and Fincha towns in Guji zone in Southern Ethiopia have taken ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (April 18, 2018) Eleven more people were killed in Southern Ethiopia, as clashes continued between the Gedeo and the Guji ethnic groups. According the Gedeo Association of North America, six of the deceased from yesterday’s attack were children. The Association also said up to 100,000 people might have been displaced as a result of the ...

ESAT News (April 16, 2018) Information reaching ESAT say ethnic clashes between the Guji and Gedeo communities in Southern Ethiopia has continued with more killings reported today.   Sources told ESAT that the crisis began when the Gurji, who are ethnic Oromos, began celebrating the appointment of the new Prime Minister, an Oromo, with celebratory gunshots and looked down on ...

ESAT News (April 13, 2018) Scores of people are feared dead and thousands displaced in renewed clashes between the Guji and Gedeo communities in Southern Ethiopia. It is not clear what triggered the new round of deadly clashes but reports reaching ESAT say the Gedeo people were being forced out of their villages in their thousands. Upto 15,000 are estimated ...

ESAT News (November 20, 2017) People in Southern Ethiopia are protesting the regime for keeping them in poverty and political and economic marginalisation. They also reject a billionaire whom they said had extracted gold for over 20 years but did nothing for the community. Residents of the town of Dima followed the footsteps of those in Shakiso and Adola and ...

ESAT News (September 20, 2017) At least 46 people were killed in ethnic fights in Southern Ethiopia while over 50 were injured since clashes began in July. ESAT learnt that the conflict has wiped out two localities in Southern Ethiopia with hundreds of houses set on fire and displacing thousands of locals. The deadly clashes began when authorities tried to ...