by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (June 15, 2018) The towns of Awassa (Hawassa) and Sodo in Southern Ethiopia have seen deadly mob attacks against innocent residents as federal and regional security forces in the area refuse to intervene to stop the bloodshed. Although exact figures are not known, several people were believed to have been killed today by an unidentified ...
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Ethiopia: Thousands of Sidamas evicted from Bale
ESAT News (September 12, 2017) An estimated 5000 Sidamas were evicted from Bale Zone following orders by local authorities. A witness told ESAT that the lives of thousands is in peril. The witness said the about 5000 Sidamas have settled in Chiri district in Sidama Zone, Southern Ethiopia. Authorities have ordered the Sidamas, who lived in Bale in harmony with ...
Read More »TPLF assigns senior members of the Front to ambassadorial and other diplomatic positions
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 ...
Read More »Grenade explosion injures six children in Adama
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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ኢሳት ሬዲዮ -በሻሸመኔ ባልታወቀ ምክንያት ሰዎች እየተገደሉ ነው። ባለፉት ቀናት ከ8በላይ ሰዎች በተመሳሳይ አገዳደል ሞተው መገኘታቸው ነዋሪውን ስጋት ላይ ጥሏል። -የኢትዮጵያ የብድር መጠን ጣሪያውን ሊነካ ነው። 36 ቢሊየን ዶላር እስከ 2015 ድረስ የተበደረው መንግስት አጣብቂኝ ውስጥ ገብቷል። -በኮንሶ ውጥረቱ ተባብሷል። ነዋሪው ሲቪል አስተዳደር የለም። በወታደር ተተክቷል ብለዋል። ሰዎች ታፍነው እየተወሰዱ ነው። -የቀድሞ የሰማያዊ ፓርቲ ምክር ቤት አባል አርበኞች ግንቦት ሰባትን ...
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76 year old senior sentenced to prison on bogus terrorism charges
ESAT News (June 21, 2016) The tyrannical regime in Ethiopia sent a 76 year old elder in Arbaminch, south Ethiopia to jail for one year accusing him of hiding a weapon to carry out terror. Abebe Asfaw, 76, is a father of Befekadu Abebe, a member of the opposition Blue Party, who is serving 7 years on trumped up ...
Read More »Protests in East Hararghe following the killing of a young woman
ESAT News (June 21, 2016) Anti TPLF protests have gotten momentum in East Hararghe following the brutal killing of a young female student, Sabrina Abdella. Sabrina had just left a mosque where she was praying in this holly month of Ramadan when a thuggish officer of the regime shot and killed her. Police said the officer fired the shot to ...
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Political prisoner vows to continue hunger strike
ESAT News (June 20, 2016) A political prisoner who appeared before court today said he would continue with his hunger strike until authorities allow visitation by his family and lawyer. Agbaw Setegn and 15 others appeared before court today but judges did not act on their case but adjourned until June 28, 2016. The defendants have been in ...
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