by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 9, 2018) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s remark in Addis Ababa on Thursday that the resignation of a placeholder Prime Minister in Ethiopia was a “very powerful symbol to the strength of the democratic process,” draws surprise and disapproval. Tillerson also expressed his “concern” over the reimposition of the state of emergency “because it ...

    “Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas” to be screened tonight in DC By Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 8, 2018) “Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas,” a documentary film on land grab in Ethiopia will be screened for the second time in Washington, DC tonight. The investigative documentary particularly focuses on land grabbing in the fertile Gambella region of Ethiopia ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 7, 2018) Five officials of the Oromo People’s Democratic Organization (OPDO) have reportedly been imprisoned by the Command Post, which has been given the power to execute the state of emergency declared on February 16, 2018. Their arrest and detention violates their immunity as members of the regional administrative council. They were accused of ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 7, 2018) Ethiopia’s ruling coalition will meet on Sunday to elect its chairman, who will, by default, be annointed Prime Minister. The Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic (EPRDF), made up of four parties formed along ethnic lines, is considered by critics and the opposition as a quasi coalition since it is run behind the scene ...

By Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 6, 2018) The U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson will arrive in Ethiopia tomorrow as part of a five country tour in Africa. Tillerson’s visit to Ethiopia comes at a time when the East African country is undergoing political turmoil and as a state of emergency is put in place to quell growing demand ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 6, 2018) U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, announced today an additional aid package amounting to $533 mainly for five African countries that are faced with food insecurity and malnutrition due to ongoing conflicts and drought. Tillerson made the announcement today in remarks at the George Mason University ahead of his trip to five ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 5, 2018) Ethiopians living in the DC metropolitan area have come out in huge numbers and flocked at the U.S. Department of State and Congress to denounce the state of emergency declared in their home country and urge the United States to dissociate itself from a brutal regime. The demonstrators have also submitted a ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 5, 2018) Congressman Dana Rohrabacher of the 48 district of California and a critic of the Ethiopian regime said the state of emergency had “failed” at the Ethiopian Parliament. Rohrabacher said in a tweet on Sunday that the 346 votes in favor of passing the martial law fell short of the 359 minimum two-third ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 5, 2018) Towns in the restive Oromo region of Ethiopia has continued to defy a state of emergency declared in mid-February as a three-day “stay-at-home” strike began on Monday. The new wave of strikes in some parts the Oromo region had actually began last Friday when Parliament ratified the decree. The vote tally at ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 3, 2018) Residents of towns in the Oromo region used rocks and burning tires to block roads and shut down transportations and businesses as soon as Ethiopia’s Parliament on Friday ratified, in a controversial tally of votes, a six-month state of emergency that gives absolute power to the military. Agazi soldiers of the regime ...