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Launched. April 24, 2010; 14 years ago. ( 2010-04-24) Links. Website. ethsat .com. Ethiopian Satellite Television ( ESAT) is an Ethiopian satellite news network headquartered in Washington D.C., United States. [1] [2] It is a nonprofit and independent media outlet mostly privately funded by donors from the broader Ethiopian diaspora. [3]
Following the 2018 dissolution of the ethnic federalist, dominant party political coalition, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, there was an increase in tensions within the country, with newly resurgent regional and ethnically based factions carrying out armed attacks on military and civilians in multiple conflicts throughout Ethiopia.
The Ethiopian Herald. The Ethiopian Herald is a government-owned English-language newspaper published by the Ethiopian Press Agency, which also publishes the Amharic-language Addis Zemen . It was launched as a weekly on 3 July 1943. [2] Jan Hoy Simpson, an Englishman, was its first editor. Later editors were from the United States.
9 October 2016 – 5 June 2018. Location. Ethiopia. Cause. 2014–2016 Oromo protests. Outcome. Extended twice, on 28 March 2017 and 15 February 2018 [1] [2] Lifted by Abiy Ahmed administration. A state of emergency was declared on 9 October 2016 by Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, after de facto taking effect the previous day. [3]
The 2014–2016 Oromo protests were a series of protests and resistance first sparked on 25 April 2014. The initial actions were taken in opposition to the Addis Ababa Master Plan, and resumed on 12 November 2015 by university students and farmers in the town of Ginchi, located 80 km southwest of Addis Ababa, encircled by the Oromia region.
Abiy Ahmed's tenure as prime minister of Ethiopia began on 2 April 2018 with his swearing-in at the Ethiopian parliament, succeeding Hailemariam Desalegn.Abiy is the first person of Oromo descent to hold the office, and became chair of the ruling Prosperity Party after the dissolution of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) in November 2019.
New, Kebele 03/05, Bole, Addis Ababa. The Reporter ( Amharic: ሪፖርተር ), also known as The Ethiopian Reporter, is a private newspaper published in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It appears in both English and Amharic, and is owned by the Media and Communications Center. [2] [1] The general manager and founder of the newspaper is Amare Aregawi .
BBC News. July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018. ^ Maasho, Aaron (August 13, 2018). Holmes, David (ed.). "At least 40 killed by paramilitaries in eastern Ethiopia". Reuters. At least 40 people were killed by paramilitary forces in eastern Ethiopia over the weekend, a senior regional official said on Monday, in the latest spate of violence driven ...