ESAT News (May 26, 2016)
Documents from the Ethiopian Ministry of Defense showed that the regime had purchased close to 180 million dollars of armaments in the years September 2013 – September 2015. The regime also sent its military experts to China and Eastern European countries for high level military education.
The documents indicated that 34.2 million dollars had been spent for the purchase of tanks while 44.8 million dollars was spent on heavy artilleries.
The document also showed another 100 million USD was spent on grenades, vehicles and other military items in the reported year.
The majority of the tanks and artilleries were Russian made, it was learnt.
ESAT News (May 25, 2016)
Sporadic protest is still continuing in the Oromo Region of Ethiopia against the minority regime for political and economic rights.
Protests flared up in Ginchi on Tuesday and schools, transportation and other services were interrupted in the town. Ginchi town was where the protest in the Oromo region began six months ago sparked by governments attempt to implement a masterplan for the capital city that would expand the city limits to the surrounding Oromo farming communities.
Residents told ESAT that the town was still under the control of the regime’s army and security but their protest would continue until their demands were met.
The protest in Ginchi has reportedly spread to the town of Ambo as regime forces carried out mass arrest and incarceration.
Security forces killed one student early this week when protest resumed at the Haromaya University in eastern Ethiopia.