Somali region

Amnesty says Ethiopian authorities must immediately demobilize Liyu Police

ESAT News (May 31, 2018) Amnesty International said today that the Ethiopian government must immediately withdraw and disband the Liyu…

6 years ago

Ethiopia: Security forces kill three in Somali region

ESAT News (May 24, 2018) Special police force of the Somali region, also known as Liyou Police, shot and killed…

7 years ago

Ethiopia: Elders from Somali region denied access to PM

ESAT News (May 22, 2018) About 150 elders from the Somali region who came to the capital Addis Ababa have…

7 years ago

Security forces kill eleven protesters in Somali region of Ethiopia

ESAT News (May 16, 2018) Somali region Liyou police and militia in Eastern Ethiopia have shot and killed eleven people…

7 years ago

Security forces hang and kill woman as protest intensified in Somali region of Ethiopia

ESAT News (May 11, 2018) Towns in the Somali region of Eastern Ethiopia continued protest against the regional administration led…

7 years ago

Dozens detained in Somali region of Ethiopia

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (May 9, 2018) Over 150 people have reportedly been detained in the Somali region of…

7 years ago

Three killed in Ethiopia’s Somali region amid growing protests

ESAT News (May 8, 2018) Security forces have shot and killed three people in Togwochalle town in Eastern Ethiopia while…

7 years ago

Ethiopia: Security forces attack and injure human rights head in Somali region

ESAT News (May 4, 2018) Security forces have reportedly attacked and seriously injured a human rights head in the Somali…

7 years ago

Town of Jijiga, Dire Dawa join protests in Eastern Ethiopia

ESAT News (April 27, 2018) Businesses were closed and transportations disrupted in the Eastern commercial town of Jijiga as residents…

7 years ago

Ethiopia: Protest continues in Shinille, Somali region

ESAT News ( April 24, 2018) A crisis smouldering in Ethiopia’s Eastern Somali region might have gotten more fuel from…

7 years ago