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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Washington Post IN THE latest chapter of Ethiopia’s escalating authoritarianism, young people, journalists and musicians have been the targets of the ruling regime’s quest to silence political dissent. For several weeks, students from the Oromo majority ethnic group have been 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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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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Nairobi (AFP) – At least 75 people have been killed during weeks of protests in Ethiopia which have seen soldiers and police firing on demonstrators, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday. “Police and military forces have fired on demonstrations, killing at least 75 protesters and wounding many others, according to activists,” HRW said in a
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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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Press Statement Mark C. Toner Deputy Department Spokesperson Washington, DC December 18, 2015 The United States is deeply concerned by the recent clashes in the Oromia region of Ethiopia that reportedly have resulted in the deaths of numerous protestors. We greatly regret the deaths that have occurred and express our condolences to the families of
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Press Statement Mark C. Toner Deputy Department Spokesperson Washington, DC December 18, 2015 The United States is deeply concerned by the recent clashes in the Oromia region of Ethiopia that reportedly have resulted in the deaths of numerous protestors. We greatly regret the deaths that have occurred and express our condolences to the families of
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