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Key Western Ally Ethiopia Descends into Violence [Malik Ibrahim]
Malik Ibrahim
It has now been just over three months since Abdirahman Mahdi warned al-Jazeera that “Ethiopia is now boiling.” A founding member of the Ethiopian Somali rebel group known as the Ogaden National Liberation Front, Mahdi described...
The Untold Plight of the Amhara People [By Wondemagne Ejigu]
The massive civil uprising in Ethiopia last week has captivated the attention of the world. Needless to say the world is now well aware of the protest by the Oromo ethnic group, the so called Oromo Protest, that has been going on for the last...
ETHIOPIAN POET, SINGER AND TAXI DRIVER ASFAWOSEN ALEMSEGED KILLED BY PASSENGER IN HOLLYWOOD
Abc7.com/KABC
Asfawosen Alemseged worked for the Yellow Cab for 24 years and that he was well known in his native Ethiopian community as a singer, musician, writer and artist.
Hollywood, Los Angeles (KABC)―A homicide investigation was underway...
AN URGENT CALL TO THE ETHIOPIAN PEOPLE[Obang Metho]
DEAR ETHIOPIANS:
I commend you, especially those in Oromia and Amhara regional states! You have demonstrated great courage, perseverance, self-control and regard for the human lives of others as you have peacefully risen up in increasing numbers...
Unprecedented Ethiopia protests far from over: analysts [AFP]
Regional protests that began last year in Ethiopia have spread across the country, and despite successive crackdowns analysts say dissatisfaction with the authoritarian government is driving ever greater unrest.
Demonstrations began popping...
#EthiopiaProtests: Nightmare of the Incumbent [By BefeQadu Z. Hailu]
Oromia, the biggest and most populated regional state of Ethiopia, has had non-stop protests, known as the #OromoProtests in social media, for consecutive nine months. All 18 zones of Oromia have witnessed more than thousands of mass protests....
7 dead as Ethiopian police and protesters clash [news24]
Addis Ababa – At least seven people were killed during fresh clashes between police and anti-government protesters in western Ethiopia on Saturday, local sources said, while the ethnic unrest also reached the capital Addis Ababa for the first...