Feb. 22 (ESAT News) Over forty teachers who started protesting were suspended from their jobs and were told they cannot be reinstated unless they apologize. The teachers are defiant so far. Following last week’s strike by teachers teaching in schools of Debarq district in North Gondar Zone, more than 40…
Feb. 21 (ESAT News) The leaders of the Unity, Democracy and Justice Party (UDJ), Dr. Negasso Gidada, Dr. Hailu Araya, Mr. Asrat Tase, Eng Zeleke Redi and Mr Daniel Tefera, said in a joint statement that Mr Andualem Aragie who is incarcerated at Kaliti prison had been beaten up that…
Feb. 21 (ESAT News) There is a growing fear that the recent spate of Friday rallies by Ethiopian Muslims in Addis Ababa could develop into skirmishes between and among the believers themselves. The government is reportedly bringing in large contingent of troops into the capital. The last 8 successive Friday…
Feb. 21 (ESAT News) The Burial Service of the renowned author Sebehat G/Egziabher was Conducted yesterday at the Holy Trinity Cathedral. The renowned Author and journalist who contributed a great deal for Ethiopian literature have passed away. Among his great works are; Letum Ainegalign, Tikusat, Sebategnaw Melak Eigre Menged and…
Feb 18 (ESAT News) Andualem Aragie, Vice President and Head of Public Relations of the Unity for Democracy and Justice Party, was beaten on February 17,2012 around 2:00 PM while he was sitting in Kaliti prison where he is jailed on terrorism charges. After the attack, there was a visible…
Feb 17 (ESAT News) At least 100,000 people came out to Awelia Mosque and the area around it as people to hear the report from the meeting held last Monday between representatives of the Muslim community and government officials, according to our reporter. The representatives, sensing the mood of the…
Feb 18 (ESAT News) Wendosen Getaneh, younger brother of satire columnist Abe Tokichaw, was found dead in a hotel near Semien Mazegaja in Addis Ababa. Temesgen Desalegn, Editor-in-Chief of Feteh newspaper in Addis Ababa, wrote in Amharic on his Facebook page thatWondosen was a young man who worked as a…
Washington DC, Jan 22 (ESAT)–The Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front (ARDUF) has blamed Ethiopian government forces for the killings of five European tourists from Germany, Hungary and Austria in Afar region. The front also confirmed that it was holding an unspecified number of German nationals and Ethiopian soldiers. In a…
By Abebe Gellaw Washington DC (ESAT)–America’s top diplomat for Africa under George H.W. Bush has said that the hegemonic minority rule of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) is difficult to sustain as Ethiopians are demanding freedom and democracy. Former US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Ambassador Cohen,…
By Abebe Gellaw Washington DC (ESAT)–The Oromo Liberation Front has announced its historic decision to drop its long-held secessionist agenda and to embrace the unity of Ethiopia under a genuine federal arrangement that must guarantee the rights, equality and liberty of all Ethiopians. In a historic press release, the OLF,…