by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (October 30, 2017) A member of the European Parliament who is a fervent critic of the TPLF said current political developments in Ethiopia could lead to conflict with tremendous consequences to the Horn of Africa. Speaking to ESAT on the phone, the Portuguese politician said she fears that the ongoing conflicts in various parts of ...

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (October 27, 2017) A change.org campaign calls for the resignation of Dr. Tedros Adhanom from his post as the WHO Director General. The campaign warns if Dr. Tedros fails to resign on his own terms, a world wide campaign will be launched to ask governments to revoke his mandate. “Your recent decision to nominate Mr. ...

ESAT News (October 26, 2017) The new head of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was urged to leave his post as the Director General of the world’s health agency. A columnist for the World Politics Review and a regular CNN.com opinion contributor, Frida Ghitis, said in an opinion published in the Washington Post that Dr. Tedros’ judgement ...

ESAT News (October 23, 2017) A watchdog agency called for investigation into the now rescinded appointment of Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe as a WHO goodwill ambassador of Non Communicable Diseases (NCD) by its Director General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. A statement by the non-governmental human rights group UN Watch said it “welcomed WHO’S cancellation of its ‘absurd, immoral and insulting’ ...

ESAT News (October 20, 2017) Dr. Tedros Adhanom, the new head of the World Health Organization has named Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe a goodwill ambassador for the agency, in what a STAT reports said was a move that has startled public health experts. The report said the WHO director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, made the controversial announcement on Wednesday in a ...

ESAT News (August 16, 2017) The newly minted director general of the World Health Organization and the former foreign minister of Ethiopia denies his country is one of the leading jailers of journalists. In an interview with Foreign Affairs magazine, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , who was once a member of the inner circle of the TPLF, a regime that holds ...