by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 12, 2018) The Qeerroo, a youth network in the Oromo region of Ethiopia, has banned fuel trucks from operating in the region for a week in protest against the ongoing killings of compatriots by soldiers of the regime. News of the call by Qeerroo to ban fuel truck operations sent drivers to form long ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 7, 2018) Five officials of the Oromo People’s Democratic Organization (OPDO) have reportedly been imprisoned by the Command Post, which has been given the power to execute the state of emergency declared on February 16, 2018. Their arrest and detention violates their immunity as members of the regional administrative council. They were accused of ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (February 27, 2018) A statement issued today by the “Command Post”, the military and security committee overseeing a martial law declared in Ethiopia last week, says the military has been ordered to “take all measures necessary” against civilian protesters demanding political reforms. The statement specifically mentioned the renewed protest in the country’s Oromo region, where ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (February 27, 2018) One person was killed and 20 others wounded when snipers of the TPLF/Agazi forces indiscriminately shot at protesters in the city of Nekemte, Western Ethiopia. Abebe Mekonnen, was shot by sniper fire this morning at the central square of Nekemte, a city that has seen renewed protest demonstration against the TPLF regime ...

ESAT News (January 3, 2018) Protests have continued today in a number of towns and villages in the country’s Oromo region despite an announcement by the regime that some political prisoners would be freed. Tensions remained high in West Arsi and West Shewa with protesters denouncing the regime from Shashemene to Kofele and Arsi Kokosa. Clashes with security forces have ...

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 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 20, 2017) Recurring reports of violence in several universities and clashes in different parts of Ethiopia are deeply worrying, in particular as regards their increasingly ethnic nature, the European Union said in a statement today. The statement by Catherine Ray, the Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy pointed out the recent incidents in Oromia-Somali regions, which ...

ESAT News (December 18, 2017) Dozens of people have been killed in a renewed ethnic attack in Eastern Ethiopia over the weekend in what activists and critics say was carried out following the decision by the military to leave areas where ethnic tensions were high. Details of what happened in two districts in West Hararghe remain blurry but initial reports ...