Tag Archives: Somalia

Somalia parliament to probe into handover of ONLF member

ESAT News (September 20, 2017) Somalian parliament formed a 15 member body to open an investigation into the transfer to Ethiopia of Mr. Abdikarin Sheik Muse, an executive member of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) . Sheik Muse was handed over to Ethiopian security last month and both Addis Ababa and Mogadishu labelled him as a terrorist. But the ...

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NSA built secret surveillance network for Ethiopian regime: investigative report exposes

ESAT News (September 14, 2017) The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has built “clandestine eavesdropping outposts designed to listen in on the communications of Ethiopians and their neighbors across the Horn of Africa in the name of counterterrorism,” according to an investigative report by The Intercept, a news organization that covers national security, international affairs, technology and criminal justice among ...

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Somalis in U.K. protest at Ethiopian Embassy

ESAT News (September 13, 2017) Somalis residing in U.K. held a protest rally at the Ethiopian Embassy in London to express their anger against the extradition of a leading member of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF). Somalia last week handed over Abdikarin Sheikh Muse to Ethiopia. The extradition of Sheik Muse sparked uproar among the Somali community at home ...

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U.S strikes kills three Al-Shabaab militants

ESAT News (September 13, 2017) U.S. forces conducted three airstrikes in Somalia today killing six Al-Shabaab militants. The operation occurred in southern Somalia, about 260 kilometers south of the capital, Mogadishu. Lethal action against al-Shabaab within a geographically-defined area in support of partner forces in Somalia, according to a press release by the U.S. Africa Command. “U.S. forces will continue ...

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ONLF says member handed over to Ethiopia not terrorist

ESAT News (September 7, 2017) The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) said an executive member of the Front, Abdikarin Sheikh Muse, who was handed over to Ethiopia last week was not a terrorist as described by the cabinet of the Somali government. Hassan Abdulahi, a senior member and spokesperson of the ONLF, was responding to statementents by the Somali government ...

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ONLF decries refoulement of exec member to Ethiopia

ESAT News (August 30, 2017) The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) denounced the refoulement of Abdikarin Sheikh Muse, an executive committee member of the Front to Ethiopia. Mr. Sheik Muse, who lived in Mogadishu for three years, was detained by the regional security of the Galkacyo, Galmudug regional state in central Somalia on August 23, 2017, according to a press ...

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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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