ESAT News (November 2, 2017) Hundreds of Ethiopian migrants in Libya who escaped political persecution back home have called for help from compatriots and the international community as they are in wretched conditions. The over 200 Ethiopians are stranded in Libyan deserts and are at the mercy of smugglers and armed bandits, according to those who spoke to ESAT on ...

ESAT News (November 1, 2017) A cassation bench with the Ethiopian Supreme court has reportedly overruled an earlier decision by the court to grant bail to Bekele Gerba, a leading opposition figure incarcerated for over a year and half on charges of terrorism. The court over the weekend granted bail to Gerba as per the defense request that his charges ...

ESAT News (October 30, 2017) The supreme court of Ethiopia granted bail to Bekele Gerba, one of the key opposition leaders incarcerated for over a year and half on charges of terrorism, which were later reduced to criminal charges. Bekele was among 20 others who were imprisoned in April 2015 at the height of protests in the Oromo region accused ...

ESAT News (October 30, 2017) At least thirty people were killed in Ethiopia as ethnic clashes and anti-government protests have intensified in the country’s Oromo region. The killings of three people in Nekemte over the weekend brought the number of people who were killed in ethnic clashes and at the hands of Agazi forces to at least thirty in a ...

ESAT News (October 27, 2017) Two members of the Agazi special forces of the regime were killed in an ambush carried out by unknown individuals in Ginchi 50 miles west of Addis Ababa. Two other members of the force were wounded in the grenade attack on Friday at a gas station. Agazi forces have huge presence in Ginchi where fresh ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (October 26, 2017) At least six people were killed and five others wounded in Ambo as Agazi forces of the regime used live fire to disperse protesters who blocked roads in and out of the town, situated 74 miles from the capital Addis Ababa. A source also told ESAT that five others were wounded. Communications ...

ESAT News (October 25, 2017) Regime’s security forces killed three people in Ambo in an attempt to free trucks loaded with sugar that were held up by residents. One of the victims was said to be an officer with the regional police force. Residents of Ambo and the nearby town of Guder have held up several trucks loaded with sugar ...

ESAT News (October 24, 2017) Amharas displaced in last week’s ethnic violence in South Western Ethiopia have called for help as local elders are working to restore peace and normalcy. Several people were killed last week in Chora, Illubabor, in what the Amharas say was killings perpetrated by the Oromos. Close observers of the developments meanwhile accused that the ethnic ...

ESAT News (October 20, 2017) Security forces killed four people as anti-government protests continue in Ethiopia demanding the removal the regime. Regime security forces shot and killed two people in Gundo Maskal town of North Shewa while two others were killed in Bedelle town of Illubabor. Eight others were seriously injured. In Limu Genet, Jimma, protesters took control of vast ...

ESAT News (October 19, 2017) Students of Ambo University as well as students in Asela and Horogudru have joined the ongoing anti-government protests in the Oromo region of the country. As anti-government protests intensified in towns across the Oromo region, several government owned vehicles and buildings were set ablaze yesterday in Gebregurecha. Information reaching ESAT say that at least 20 ...