Deadly clashes in Bure, west Gojam as more Amhara towns join protest against...
By Engidu Woldie ESAT News August 27, 2016 (A child with his hands crossed in a protest sign now made famous by Ethiopian olympic star Feyisa Lilesa at the Rio marathon. Photo obtained from social...
View ArticleFederal police in Addis Ababa blocked roads randomly, conducted searches
August 27,2016 Addis Ababa Federal Police is stopping residents randomly and searching back-bags and brief cases this afternoon. There is no planned protest in Addis Ababa for this weekend. Not clear...
View ArticleAlmaz Ayana seeks apology from Ethiopians for not winning gold in 5000m at Rio
August 22,2016 Almaz AyanaSource ; Herald Sun Almaz Ayana made history at Rio Olympic by shattering world record in 10,000 meters distance when she finished the distance in 29:17:45 minutes slicing...
View ArticleFederal police in Addis Ababa blocked roads randomly, conducted searches
August 27,2016 Addis Ababa Federal Police is stopping residents randomly and searching back-bags and brief cases this afternoon. There is no planned protest in Addis Ababa for this weekend. Not clear...
View ArticleSix civilians killed in fresh attack in Debretabor and Durbete , Ethiopia
August 29,2016 Chair man of All Ethiopian Unity Party, Adane Tilahun, told voice of America Amharic services six civilians are killed in a fresh attack on civilians in two towns in the Amhara region...
View ArticleEthiopia : Massive street protest broke out in Bahir Dar again
August 29,2016 Bahir Dar protest /File Photo Credit: ESAT According to Breaking News coverage by ESAT and social media report on facebook, a huge street protest broke out in Bahir Dar – capital of...
View ArticleESAT breaking news [Amharic Video]
August 29,2016 http://www.borkena.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ESAT-breaking-news-August-29.mp4 video of ESAT breaking news [Amharic]. A truck on its way to the town of Adiarqay in North Western...
View ArticleEthiopia : Amhara region intensifies uprising against TPLF, several killed by...
By Engidu Woldie ESAT News August 30, 2016 The blue skies over the city of Bahir Dar were covered in smokes on Monday, on this deadly day of protest against TPLF oligarchy, as people in the Amhara...
View ArticleEthiopia : Over two hundred regime soldiers desert the army….
September 1,2016 By Engidu Woldie ESAT An over 250 regime soldiers deserted the army in Sanja, Amhara region following a brief gun battle with local farmers. A source who spoke to ESAT on the phone...
View ArticleEthiopian Airlines transporting TPLF forces to Bahir Dar : ESAT
By Engidu Woldie ESAT September 2,2016 The TPLF regime is using a civilian airlines, The Ethiopian Airlines, to transport its army to the Amhara region where hundreds of people were murdered by TPLF...
View ArticlePopular singer Abby Lakew cancelled concerts in the US because of killings in...
September 3,2016 Abby Lakew Source : Facebook page of Abby Lakew Toronto – In an update Popular singer Abby Lakew wrote on her facebook page, she announced that Ethiopian New Year concerts in cities...
View ArticleUS says ‘excessive use of force’ against Ethiopia protesters
Associated Press Published on September 5,2016 JUBA, South Sudan – The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says her country has raised “grave concerns” about what it calls excessive use of force...
View ArticleEthiopia : Security forces beat, detain families of Qilinto prisoners
By Engidu Woldie ESAT September 8, 2016 Families of Qilinto prisoners who demanded the regime to disclose the identities of political prisoners who were reportedly shot and killed by security forces...
View ArticleEthiopia :Groups say forming democratic government is ultimate goal of struggle
By Engidu Woldie ESAT September 8, 2016 The Oromo Democratic Front (ODF) and Patriotic Ginbot 7 for Unity and Democracy (PG7) said on Thursday that removing the tyrannical regime and replacing it with...
View ArticleTeddy Afro postponed New CD release ; other singers cancelled new year concerts
September 9,2016 Teddy AfroSource :Facebook page of Dereje Habtewold Toronto – For nearly a year now, fans and Amharic music lovers alike were anticipating that Teddy Afro – arguably most talented and...
View ArticleEthiopia frees Muslims jailed after protests over religion
Ustaz Abubekr -one of Muslim committee members who is released from prison today.Credit :Dimtsachin Yisema on Facebook Associated Press / Metro By Elias Meseret Published on September 10,2016 ADDIS...
View ArticleOlympic runner yearns for peace, fears bloodletting in Ethiopia
Olympic silver medalist, marathoner Feyisa Lilesa of Ethiopia, arrives for a press conference at a hotel in Washington, DC on September 13, 2016 (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan) AFP / Via Yahoo September...
View ArticleEthiopia : Young lady abducted by regime forces in Gonder
September 19,2016 Nigist Yirga Young lady in her early twenties is reportedly abducted in Gonder. Muluken Tesfaw, journalist by profession, who has been covering news of popular resistance in Gonder...
View ArticleUN rights body cannot ignore the situations in Turkey, Bangladesh, and Ethiopia
HRW September 19, 2016 Human Rights Watch continues to be concerned about a number of country situations that are not receiving the attention they require from the Human Rights Council. In Turkey,...
View ArticleEthiopia : Gondar, Bahir Dar strike again
ESAT September 19,2016 Residents of Gondar and Bahir Dar in the Amhara region went on strike for the third time in the last three months of protest against the TPLF regime demanding the release of...
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