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Ethiopia has issued an arrest warrant for fugitive ex-spy chief, Getachew Assefa over alleged human rights abuses, state media outlet Ethiopia News Agency reported on Friday.

To his credit, Prime Minister Dr. Abiy has begun the boldest and most sweeping change ever. He has started arresting and holding party, federal and regional officials that bled Ethiopia.

Ethiopians know full well for years now this bunch had been on the take – often in cahoots with business leaders and others in their network. What happened to Gen Kinfe et al is the tip of the ice berg.

Ethiopian Satellite Television and Radio (ESAT) latest Ethiopian News from Addis Ababa, Amsterdam and Washington DC, November 15, 2018.

Ethiopia's former deputy intelligence chief has been arrested amid investigations into corruption and human rights abuses committed by the security forces.

As a matter of fact, ESAT suspects that the reporter or reporters involved from BBC Ethiopia section might have an ulterior motive of tarnishing ESAT’s hard-won reputation.

Ethiopian Satellite Television and Radio (ESAT) latest Ethiopian News from Addis Ababa, Amsterdam and Washington DC, November 14, 2018.

The UN Security Council has unanimously agreed to lift sanctions against Eritrea after nine years.

Ethiopian Satellite Television and Radio (ESAT) latest Ethiopian News from Addis Ababa, Amsterdam and Washington DC, November 13, 2018.

The two high ranking military officers were the first to resign from their office following the appointment of Abiy Ahmed (PhD) as Ethiopia’s Prime Minister.

The multi billions dollar business conglomerate EFFORT (Endowment Fund For Rehabilitation of Tigray) is an illegal mafia business organisation  which controls significant economic sector of Ethiopia.

The sweeping high-profile arrests carried out in recent days are a result of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's order for a months-long investigation into misdoings under the previous government.

Ethiopian Satellite Television and Radio (ESAT) latest Ethiopian News from Addis Ababa, Amsterdam and Washington DC, November 12, 2018.

Prosecutor General of Ethiopia talks about gruesome and brutal torture techniques used by recently arrested former security officials against political prisoners, activists and journalists.

Prosecutor General of Ethiopia briefed the media regarding Meskel Square grenade attack, recently arrested top security officials in suspect of the crime.

Every November since 2007, I have written annual memorial declarations and tributes in remembrance of the hundreds of innocent victims of the Meles Massacres of 2005.

Thousands of Ethiopians and Eritreans took part in a 10-kilometre reconciliation run Sunday in Addis Ababa in the first joint sporting event since the former bitter foes launched a rapid diplomatic thaw in July.

The Gambella Nilotes United Movement (GNUM) congratulates the newly elected Governor, Mr. Omot Ojulu Obup, as the Head of Gambella State Regional and the Deputy Governor Mr. Thankey Jock.

More than 40 former officials of the Metals and Engineering Corporation (MetEC) and members of intelligence have been detained, The Reporter has learnt.

Ethiopian Satellite Television and Radio (ESAT) latest Ethiopian News from Addis Ababa, Amsterdam and Washington DC, November 9, 2018.

Ethiopia's flag carrier Ethiopian Airlines (ET) on Friday launched thrice weekly direct passenger flights between Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa and Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, after 41 years.

Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki arrived in the northern Ethiopian city of Gondar for the summit. They also visited a university.

Lefort blames the victim. In fact, it is the TPLF that is expansionist because it has annexed forcibly territories from the Amhara regions of Gondar and Wello.

The ruling front, in its hugely anticipated congress, has made it clear that the path of ‘ethnic politics’ will continue to guide the country. 

Ethiopian Satellite Television and Radio (ESAT) latest Ethiopian News from Addis Ababa, Amsterdam and Washington DC, November 8, 2018.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrived in the Amhara region on Thursday for the start of an official visit, his office reported.

Ethiopia’s state affiliated broadcaster says police have uncovered a mass grave of 200 people in the troubled area between the country’s Oromia and Somali regions.

Ethiopian Satellite Television and Radio (ESAT) latest Ethiopian News from Addis Ababa, Amsterdam and Washington DC, November 7, 2018.

Abiy's arrival "was real change," Berhanu said. "It did not take us a minute... We have no particular interests in violence. We just said: 'Are you serious, is this something you are committed to? Yes, good, we are done'."

Ethiopian Satellite Television and Radio (ESAT) latest Ethiopian News from Addis Ababa, Amsterdam and Washington DC, November 6, 2018.

The new press secretary held her first briefing for local and foreign journalists on Monday with reports that she announced the issuance of access badges for media operating within the PM’s office.

The outbreak was confirmed in Wolaita Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region and has been traced back to a patient who fell ill on Aug. 21. It has caused 35 suspected cases of the disease.

Ethiopian Satellite Television and Radio (ESAT) latest Ethiopian News from Addis Ababa, Amsterdam and Washington DC, November 5, 2018.

The politics of ethnicity or nationalism is highly vulnerable to those elites who stupidly want to exploit it for their own ugly political agenda.

On behalf of H.E. Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed and the Ethiopian Diaspora Trust Fund Advisory Council, I would like to express my appreciation and gratitude to all of our donors who number just over 1,000.

As moral philosophy teaches, once you beg and receive baloney from anyone, you establish beggar-donor relationship and you sell your independence.

ARDUF/ UGUUGUMO EXPRESSED its commitment to providing unquestionable, unwavering and unconditional support to the ongoing democratic reform process initiated by reformist Dr. Abiy Ahmed.

Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia won the men’s race in the New York City Marathon on Sunday, with a time of 2 hours 5 minutes and 59 seconds, surging ahead of two other runners near the finish in Central Park.

Ethiopian Satellite Television and Radio (ESAT) weekly Ethiopian News from Addis Ababa, Amsterdam and Washington DC, November 4, 2018.

Such discoveries could remind modern Ethiopians of their country’s past as a wealthy, cosmopolitan trading empire with contacts around the world.

Amidst all the disillusionment, many would be shocked to learn there’s an unlikely country whose government, over the past seven months, has been a mobilising force for monumental change.

Ethiopian Satellite Television and Radio (ESAT) latest Ethiopian News from Addis Ababa, Amsterdam and Washington DC, November 2, 2018.

The government of Ethiopia on Friday officially launched the issuance of visa on arrival for all African citizens, at an event at the African Union (AU) Headquarters in Addis Ababa.

As a person that has embraced optimism, I feel that the negative signals I am alluding to now should not simply be posed or assumed as predetermined, things that couldn’t be changed.

Ethiopian Satellite Television and Radio (ESAT) latest Ethiopian News from Amsterdam and Washington DC, November 1, 2018.