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Over 200 detained amid continued deadly protest in Northern Ethiopia

ESAT News (October 24, 2018) Security forces of the Tigray region detained over 200 people in Raya Waja and Raya…

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Ethiopia cracks down on illegal military training facility

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (October 15, 2018) Police in Ethiopia's western restive region of Benishangul-Gumuz say they have cracked…

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Over 70,000 displaced, at least 40 killed in violence in Western Ethiopia

ESAT News (October 2, 2018) Deadly ethnic violence in areas bordering the Oromo and Benishangul-Gumuz region in Western Ethiopia left…

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Several killed and thousands displaced in Western Ethiopia

  ESAT News (October 1, 2018) At least 20 people have been killed and about 50,000 displaced over the weekend…

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Ethiopia: New figures emerge in death toll as mass arrest in Addis Ababa also targets opposition supporters

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (September 24, 2018) Police announced new figures in death toll in deadly violence in Addis…

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58: Death toll in weekend ethnic violence in Addis Ababa

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (September 19, 2018) The number of people killed in ethnic violence in the outskirts of…

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Ethiopia: Abiy Ahmed assures victims perpetrators of killings will face justice

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (September 18, 2018) Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who visited residents displaced by the weekend deadly…

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Ethiopia: Five killed in Tepi in ethnic violence

ESAT News (August 29, 2018) Five people were killed in a renewed ethnic attack in Tepi town, 360 miles southwest…

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Ethiopia: Abdi Illey arrested for inciting ethnic, religious violence

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (August 27, 2018) The ex-president of Ethiopia’s Somali region, Abdi Mohamoud Omar, also known as…

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Ethiopia: Insecurity a problem despite reforms, says rights watchdog

ESAT News (August 16, 2018) Ethnic and religious motivated attacks and killings in Ethiopia were still a problem despite reforms…

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