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Ethiopia: Ethiopia Arrests 1,700 Officials Over Deadly Unrest
Nation, 13 August 2020
Authorities in Ethiopia's Oromia region have arrested about 1,200 zonal and district level government officials in connection with last month's deadly unrest that was sparked by… Read more »
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Ethiopia: The Fracturing of the Oromo Elite and Return of Ethiopia's Law and Order State
Addis Standard, 13 August 2020
Ethiopia's delicate transition is under severe strain. A ferocious burst of communal violence in July, touched off by the murder of a popular Oromo singer, which claimed some 160… Read more »
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Ethiopia: More Than 37,000 Re-Displaced People in West Wollega in Need of Immediate, Sustainable Solutions: UN
Addis Standard, 13 August 2020
Addis Abeba, August 13/2020 - Some 37,000 secondary displaced persons in West Wollega need immediate and sustainable solutions. From 64,594 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Authorities in Ethiopia Detain Four Journalists, One Media Worker Amid Unrest
CPJ, 12 August 2020
Between July 2 and July 18, 2020, security personnel in Ethiopia detained Kenyan freelance journalist Collins Juma Osemo, who goes by the name Yassin Juma, and four employees of… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Oromo Witness: a People's History of the Bale Oromo Movement
Addis Standard, 12 August 2020
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Ethiopia: Public Health Consequences of Violence and Inter-Generational Trauma
Addis Standard, 11 August 2020
Trauma is pervasive in many societies and it has intergenerational health implications. Trauma is not a phenomenon that is solely experienced by people in war zones, torture… Read more »
How Ethiopia's Abiy Could Deal with Tensions in the Oromia Region
The crisis in Oromia Regional State - the homeland of the Oromo people - is complex, serious and multi-layered. Left to fester it, certainly will become intractable, result in large-scale violence and undo PM Abiy's wobbly transition. The assassination of Hachalu Hundessa - a singer and symbol of Oromo pride - triggered a bout of violence and protest, the worst since PM Abiy came to power in April 2018. State-driven violence is a major contributor to localized violence in Oromia. Aggressive and hostile policing, mass arrest of activists, indiscriminate and disproportionate use of lethal force to quell protests have all combined to create a combustible environment of siege that stokes counter-violence, writes Rashid Abdi for Addis Standard, and offers some solutions to the situation.
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The murder of revered Oromo singer and musician Haacaaluu Hundeessaa has heightened tensions in and around Addis Ababa, and the Oromia region, where he was born. More than ... Read more »
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Since January 3, 2020, Ethiopian authorities have disconnected mobile phone networks, landlines, and internet services in the Oromia region. The shutdown has prevented ... Read more »
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The country's electoral board will come up with a new election operation plan and schedule in order to keep citizens safe and healthy amid the global COVID-19 pandemic and to ... Read more »
