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Ethiopia:
The People Want Their Country Back
Fahamu, 18 February 2016
Ethiopia is in the grip of a terrible crisis. The recent widespread popular protests must be understood in the context of an atrociously repressive regime and near total capture of… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Political Elements Here and Abroad Hijack the Process of the Peaceful and Acceptable Protest - Minister
Ethiopian Herald, 27 February 2016
Last Thursday in the afternoon, Government Communication Affairs Office Minister Getachew Reda gave press conference for local and foreign correspondents in his office. The… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Govt Says Legitimate, Peaceful Protests Hijacked By Political Elements
Ethiopian Herald, 26 February 2016
The Government Communication Affairs Office Minister Getachew Reda said that the legitimate and peaceful protests in some parts of the country especially in Oromia State have been… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Oromo Councils 'Alarmed' by Unrest, Urge Solutions
Addis Standard, 3 March 2016
The Union of the Oromo Gadaa Councils said it was "alarmed" by the unrest in Oromiya and is "deeply disturbed" that many lives were lost and properties damaged in connection with… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Protest Crackdowns - Beyond the Body Count
Addis Standard, 23 February 2016
What is now widely acknowledged as the 'Oromo protests' started in early November 2014 in Ginchi town, about 80km west of the capital Addis Abeba. It was pioneered by a small group… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Ethiopia's Oromo Protests - a Problem That Repression Can't Solve
Daily Maverick, 23 February 2016
The Ethiopian government likes to be in control - of the economy, of opposition movements, of independent media. Like it or not, the tough approach has worked, at least in terms of… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Opinion - the 'Special Interest' Trickery
Addis Standard, 7 March 2016
After four months and an endless public protest across the Oromiya regional State, the situation remains bleak. Protesters are being killed (albeit sporadically and often in… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Oromo People Demand Equal Rights in Protests
Al Jazeera, 26 March 2016
Six-year-old Abi Turi and her nine-year-old brother Dereje have not been attending classes in Wolonkomi. Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Oromo Protests Continue Amid Harsh Crackdown
Al Jazeera, 24 March 2016
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… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Political Responsibility (Not Vague Apology) Should Come First
Addis Standard, 11 March 2016
Save for yesterday's vague 'apology' from Ethiopia's Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, the ruling party in Ethiopia is dead silent on the scale of the tragedy that gripped… Read more »
