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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Blood and terror on the streets as protests grip Ethiopia Wolenkomi (Ethiopia) (AFP) – Two lifeless bodies lay on the ground as the terrified crowd, armed only with sticks against gun-toting Ethiopian security forces, fled the fierce crackdown on protesters. Blood seeped through a sheet covering one of the bodies on the road outside
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By Messay Kebede Regarding the present situation of unrest in Oromo towns and villages, many activists and observers repeatedly ask the question of knowing why other regions of Ethiopia where the discontent is no less general, especially the Amhara region, are not joining the ongoing protest. The consensus is that, unless the uprising extends to
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By William Davison, Bloomberg Protests by Ethiopia’s largest community against a plan to integrate the capital, Addis Ababa, with surrounding towns have spiraled into fatal clashes between ethnic groups over land in one district, the Ethiopian Human Rights Council said. Conflict between Oromo and Amhara people in Ameya Woreda of Oromia state flared on Dec.
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By Elias Meseret, Associated Press A grenade attack Friday during evening prayers wounded 24 people at the biggest mosque in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, five of them seriously, the government said. Authorities are not sure who is responsible for the attack at the Grand Anwar Mosque but investigations are underway, said Information Minister
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By Elias Meseret, Associated Press A grenade attack Friday during evening prayers wounded 24 people at the biggest mosque in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, five of them seriously, the government said. Authorities are not sure who is responsible for the attack at the Grand Anwar Mosque but investigations are underway, said Information Minister
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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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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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HRW Student protests are spreading throughout Ethiopia’s Oromia region, as people demonstrate against the possibility that Oromo farmers and residents living near the capital, Addis Ababa, could be evicted from their lands without appropriate – or possibly any – compensation. Social media is filled with images of bloodied protesters; there are credible reports of injuries
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