Around 10 die after a boat sinks in Lake Tana
ESAT News May 21, 2013 A passenger boat with over 100 people onboard has sunk in Lake Tana. Around 10 people have reportedly died. Sources say the boat sank due to a tide that was caused by “heavy...
View ArticleThe cause for Boat’s capsizing still unknown
ESAT News May 22, 2013 The North Gonder Zone Police Department and another Head Tana Late Transport have said that the cause of the accident that took the lives of five people,when a boat capsized in...
View ArticlePeople in Dessie utter frustration
ESAT News May 22, 2013 People in Dessie, North Central Ethiopia have boldly expressed their feelings andfrustrationsat meeting held inRukia Hall in the city. Although it was a closed meeting, ESAT...
View Article14 suspected of organizing protest in Gonder detained
ESAT News May 26, 2013 Residents of Kebele 6 and 7 of Gonder City, Northern Ethiopia had staged a peaceful protest in the city calling for immediate solutions to the problems of water, unemployment and...
View ArticleOfficials fall out results in border death in Central Ethiopia
ESAT News May 26, 2013 Instigated by government officials, boundary violence between Amhara and Afar ethnic groups in the Kewet Woreda of Northern Shewa Zone resulted in the death of 15 injuring...
View ArticleGinbot 7 holds annual Congress; makes decisions
ESAT News May 28, 2013 Ephrem Madebo, the Public Relations Head of the Ginbot 7 Movement, told ESAT that the Movement held its fourth annual congress for the past four days and has analyzed its...
View ArticleGrenade explosion in injures many in Central Ethiopia
ESAT News May 28, 2013 Six people were injured when a grenade exploded in Sora Cafeteria, Gundomeskel city, Dera Woreda of Northern Shewa, Ethiopia. Sources in the town told ESAT that three of the...
View ArticlePresident of Afar Region in a German Hospital
ESAT News May 30, 2013 Ismail Alisero, the President of the Afar Regional State, Ethiopia, who is popular for his close loyalty to the leaders of the Tigrean People’s Revolutionary Front (TPLF) and...
View ArticleAEUP declares it is taking part in Sunday’s Demo
ESAT News May 30, 2013 The All Ethiopian Unity Party (AEUP) has announced that it is going to take part on Sunday’s demonstration that is called by the Blue Party in Addis Abeba. Wondemagene Deneke,...
View ArticleEthiopian gov’t pays China 26billion birr to block sites, media
ESAT News May 31, 2013 The Ethiopian government has paid China $1.2 Billion (26 Billion Birr) for the later to block websites and media that the regime considers “critical and a danger” to its...
View ArticleNineteen armed police officers desert from Amhara region
ESAT News June 1, 2013 Nineteen police officers from Dangela area, Northern Central Ethiopia, have disappeared carrying their weapons, a nine month evaluation report by the Amhara Region police...
View ArticleCitizens say “frustrated by cost of living”
ESAT News June 1, 2013 Data and reports gathered by ESAT’s reporters from various regions of Ethiopia such as Addis Abeba, Southern Ethiopia, and Oromia regions, indicate that Ethiopians living at...
View ArticleEPRDF going bankrupt due to few readership: Document
ESAT News June 3, 2013 The ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) has said that it was going bankrupt due to lack of readership of its Party Organ newspapers and magazines....
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