Egypt wishes Ethiopia stability, continuing development amid unrest

Ahram A picture taken on December 15, 2015 shows Ethiopians from the Oromo group blocking a road in Ethiopia after protesters were shot dead by security forces in Wolenkomi, some 60km West of Addis Abeba. Egypt said Monday that the unrest witnessed by Ethiopia is an “internal matter,” and expressed hopes for return to stability

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The Addis Ababa Master Plan is Constitutional

By Desta Andargie (PhD) Oromo university students are once again protesting against the expansion of the city of Addis Ababa, claiming that it would result in displacing Oromo farmers living around the capital. Whether the students are opposing the Integrated Regional Development Master Plan (Master Plan) per se or merely seizing the opportunity to vent

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Ethiopian Opposition Say 10 Oromo Students Killed at Protests

By William Davison Ethiopian police killed 10 Oromo students who were demonstrating peacefully over plans to integrate the capital, Addis Ababa, with surrounding towns in Oromia region in the past three weeks, an opposition leader said. High-school and university students from across Ethiopia’s most-populous region are protesting to demand the government shelve a master plan

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Students protesting development plan met with violence in Ethiopia

By Mohammed Ademo Students at Addis Ababa University hold sit-ins to protest the controversial ‘Master Plan’ of the capital that is feared will evict Oromo farmers from their ancestral lands. Activists claim security forces have killed at least seven students in more than two weeks across Ethiopia’s Oromia state, where students have been protesting a

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