ESAT News (February 24, 2018) Clashes have been reported in Bahir Dar, a city in the north of the country, after soccer fans chanted anti-TPLF slogans in and outside the city stadium. No casualties were reported but stone throwing fans have reportedly clashed with security forces after they had left the stadium. Soccer fans of Bahir Dar City FC and ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (February 24, 2018) Leaders of the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) who were recently freed from prison have been detained briefly today and banned from entering Nekemte, a city in Western Ethiopia, to meet their supporters. Dr. Merera Gudina and Mr. Bekele Gerba were on a tour in the Oromo region to meet and thank ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (February 23, 2018) About ten officers, including Generals and Colonels were released from prison yesterday as part of the release of political prisoners by the regime in Ethiopia, that came as a result of relentless pressure from the people calling for their freedom. They were held for nine years. In the course of their detention, ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (February 22, 2018) The Foreign Ministry of Ethiopia has reportedly summoned the United States Ambassador to that country following recent statements by the Embassy in Addis Ababa that “strongly disagrees” with the reimposition of a martial law in the East African country. Ambassador Michael Raynor reportedly got an earful from Ethiopian diplomatic officials on Monday ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (February 22, 2018) Countries across the globe continue to denounce the martial law declared in Ethiopia saying it curtails basic human rights and worsens the crisis in the country. Swedish Foreign Minister, Margot Wallstrom, said today that her country, which is a long-time partner of Ethiopia, is concerned about the re imposition of the state ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (February 22, 2018) The Oromo People’s Democratic Organization (OPDO) one of the parties making the ruling EPRDF coalition has elected Dr. Abiy Ahmed as its new chairman, moving him one step closer to the premiership. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister for five years, Hailemariam Desalegn, resigned last week amid political turmoil in the East African country where ...

ESAT News (February 21, 2018) The three day strike called in the Amhara region went as planned with businesses and transportations shutdown on Wednesday, the third day of the strike called as a show of persistent rejection of the TPLF rule and the recently declared state of emergency. The strike was more prevalent in the city of Gondar while most ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (February 21, 2018) A United States Congressman said today in a tweet that the game is over as far as the TPLF regime in Ethiopia is concerned. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, is a strong critic of the Ethiopian regime. Rohrabacher does not mince words when it ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (February 20, 2018) Residents of towns in Northern Ethiopia and towns in the southwest of the country have continued their strikes and protests despite a martial law imposed last week that prohibits public demonstrations and expression of dissent in any form. Strikes and protests have continued for a week in Wolkite town, 93 miles southwest ...

By Engidu Woldie ESAT News (February 20, 2018) Nigist Yirga, a young activist from northern Ethiopia, who has been jailed since September 2016, was released today, a family member confirmed to ESAT. Nigist Yirga, a 24 year old activist known for her viral photo as she took part in one of the protests in Gondar in July 2016, was abducted ...