Ethiopia:   Why Oromo Protests Isn't Just a Protest Against a 'Master Plan'?

Addis Standard, 9 February 2016

In mid-April 2014 senior officials from the Oromiya Special Zone were the first ones to have publically resisted the Addis Abeba and Surrounding Oromiya Special Zone Integrated… Read more »

South Africa:   Bloody Repression in Ethiopia and Why #FeesMustFall Should Take Notice

The Daily Vox, 4 February 2016

Over the past few months, students, in solidarity with farmers resisting land grabs in the Oromia region of Ethiopia, faced off with security forces in some of the biggest protests… Read more »

Ethiopia:   Oromo Protests: Getting the Messages Right

Addis Standard, 25 January 2016

#OromoProtests Special coverage Read more »

Ethiopia:   Ethiopia's Invisible Crisis

HRW, 22 January 2016

"Badessa" was a third-year engineering student in western Ethiopia in April 2014 when he and most of his classmates joined a protest over the potential displacement of ethnic Oromo… Read more »

Ethiopia:   The Master Plan Is Fully Terminated Heeding Public's Demand - OPDO Central Office Head

Ethiopian Herald, 22 January 2016

Human lives and property have been lost and damaged as a result of protest on the proposed joint master plan of Addis Ababa and its surrounding towns of the Oromia State. The… Read more »

Ethiopia:   Addis Plan Scrapped After Protests

Ethiopia Government, 13 January 2016

Central Committee of the Oromo People's Democratic Organization (OPDO) passed a resolution to abandon the Addis Ababa and Finifine Surrounding Oromia Special Zone integrated… Read more »

Ethiopia:   European Parliament Adopts Powerful Ethiopia Resolution

Addis Standard, 20 January 2016

The 751 Members of the European Parliament, the only directly-elected body of the European Union (EU), have debated and adopted a powerful motion presented to them on the current… Read more »

Ethiopia:   European Parliament to Debate and Vote On a Powerful Ethiopia Motion

Addis Standard, 20 January 2016

The 751 Members of the European Parliament, the only directly-elected body of the European Union (EU), are to debate and vote on a powerful motion presented to them on the current… Read more »

Ethiopia:   In Pursuit of Democracy

Addis Fortune, 18 January 2016

The Integrated Master Plan of Addis Abeba and the Special Zones of Oromia has, of late, become a front page topic that has taken toll of over a hundred lives of peaceful… Read more »

Ethiopia:   OPDO Abandons Integrated Master Plan

Addis Fortune, 18 January 2016

During its extraordinary and emergency meeting, the Central Committee of Oromo People's Democratic Organization (OPDO) decided to totaly abandon the Integrated Master Plan… Read more »

Ethiopia:   US Calls for Meaningful Dialogue About Oromo Community Concerns

Guardian, 16 January 2016

The United States is increasingly concerned by the continued stifling of independent voices in Ethiopia, including the detention of Oromo political party leaders. These arrests… Read more »

Ethiopia:   Government Backs Down, but Will Protests End?

HRW, 15 January 2016

Nine weeks after bloody protests broke out in Ethiopia's Oromia region, the government has made a major concession to the protestors - halting a plan to expand the municipal… Read more »

Ethiopia:   U.S. Hits At 'Stifling of Independent Voices'

State Department, 14 January 2016

Statement by John Kirby, Spokesperson, Bureau of Public Affairs, Washington, DC: Read more »

Ethiopia:   Havoc Is Not a Magic Carpet

Ethiopian Herald, 14 January 2016

I have repeatedly failed to figure out the causes of the recent ferment. My Goodness, what really is driving this unrest? I think the event would be so confusing and unpalatable… Read more »