Tag Archives: Somali region

Displacement continues in Eastern Ethiopia as killings lull

ESAT News (September 15, 2017) Thousands of people are being displaced from the Somali region in Eastern Ethiopia, a region that has seen deadly violence this week. Locals blame the TPLF regime for igniting the killings in arming both the Somali Liyou Police and Oromo militias. There has been a lull in the killings today but ESAT sources say thousands ...

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Killings, displacement continue in Eastern Ethiopia as violence intensifies

ESAT News (September 14, 2017) Officials of the Oromo and Somali regional administrations traded accusations and counter accusations amid the death of scores of people on both sides in a new wave of violence. The Somali administration said in a statement that in Aweday town alone, a commercial hub in Eastern Ethiopia, over 50 Somalis were killed in the last ...

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Ethiopia: At least dozen people killed in Eastern Ethiopia as eviction of Oromos continue

ESAT News (September 13, 2017) At least a dozen of people have reportedly been killed in Eastern Ethiopia as violence continues on Wednesday and hundreds of Oromos forced to leave the Somali region. Deder and Aweday are two towns that have seen the deadliest so far since new waves of violence began on Monday following an ongoing border dispute between ...

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Ethiopia: Two killed in unrest in Eastern Ethiopia

ESAT News (September 12, 2017) Two people were killed and several others wounded in the ongoing clashes between the Somali and Oromo communities in Eastern Ethiopia as the president of the Somali region, Abdi Omar, reportedly decreed the Oromos to leave the region. The Oromos held protest rallies in Aweday, Deder, Kobo, and Chinaksen towns today against the violent actions ...

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Four students injured in grenade explosion in Eastern Ethiopia

ESAT News (September 6, 2017) Four children were reportedly injured today when a grenade was thrown into a school in Meiso, Harar in eastern Ethiopia. Reports also say six people were injured in the ensuing shootout in the town. The injured students were at the school for registration when the grenade was thrown. Residents of the town blamed the Somali ...

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Over 50 killed in clashes in eastern Ethiopia

ESAT News (September 1, 2017) Over 50 people were reportedly killed in Meiso, Harar in clashes between the Somali region special police and Oromos residing on the border with the Somali region. The Oromos accuse that the Somali regional government had sent the Liyou (Special) police force in the areas bordering the two side to forcefully crush a dispute between ...

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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 ...

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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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ESAT Radio Wed 22 Jun 2016

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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ESAT Radio Morning 30 Min June 22, 2016

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