By Simona Foltyn, Al Jazeera Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – At first sight, things seem to have returned to normality in the town of Ambo, 120 kilometres west of Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. Few uniformed security forces are visible on the Read More ...
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By Tsegaye R. Ararssa When in mid April 2014 the government in Ethiopia announced its readiness to implement what it called the “Addis Abeba Integrated Regional Development Plan” (the “Master Plan” for short), which proposes to annex most of the city’s surrounding areas belonging to the National Regional State of Oromia, it provoked an immediate
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By Elias Meseret, Associated Press Ethiopian government forces have killed more than 80 people in the past four weeks in protests in the country’s Oromia region, an Ethiopian opposition party charged Wednesday. The killings should be investigated, said the Ethiopian Federal Democratic Unity Forum, a coalition of four opposition parties, at a press conference. “Trigger-happy
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By Justine Boulo, AFP People in Wolenkomi, some 60km west of Ethiopia capital Addis Ababa stand on December 15, 2015 near the body of a protester from Ethiopia Oromo group allegedly shot dead by security forces Wolenkomi, Ethiopia (AFP) – Two lifeless bodies lay on the ground as the terrified crowd, armed only with sticks
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By JACEY FORTIN, NY TIMES BURAYU, Ethiopia — There are creeping signs of tension in this small town on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, the capital. Small groups of federal police officers prowl the streets, eyeing taxi stands and coffee shops. On a side road near the town center, a rectangle of black soot and
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አዲስ አበባ ፣ ሚያዚያ 23 ፣ 2006 (ኤፍ.ቢ.ሲ.) በኦሮሚያ ክልል አንዳንድ ዩኒቨርሲቲዎች በተፈጠረ ግርግር በህይወትና ንብረት ላይ ጉዳት መድረሱን የመንግስት ኮሚዩኒኬሽን ጉዳዮች ፅህፈት ቤት አስታውቋል። ጽህፈት ቤቱ ማምሻውን እንደገለፀው በአዲስ አበባና በዙሪያው የሚገኘውን የኦሮሚያ ልዩ ዞንን በልማት ለማስተሳሰር የተነደፈውን የተቀናጀ…
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By Tedla Asfaw April 26, 2014 Ethiopian students of our generation are known for being politically very active. We grew up chanting “Land to the Tiller, Merete LeArashu”. Many died for that cause and it seems this generation of Ethiopians…
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By Tedla Asfaw April 26, 2014 Ethiopian students of our generation are known for being politically very active. We grew up chanting “Land to the Tiller, Merete LeArashu”. Many died for that cause and it seems this generation of Ethiopians…
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