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Why Are Students in Ethiopia Protesting Against a Capital City Expansion Plan?

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Photo from Global voices Over the past two weeks, students in Ethiopia’s largest regional state, Oromia, have been protesting against a government plan to expand the area of the capital, Addis Ababa, into Oromia.  Reports  suggest security forces used  violence  including live ammunition to disperse crowds of peaceful demonstrators in the compounds of universities in Oromia. According to  Human Rights Watch , at least  three students  were killed and hundreds were injured across the region as security forces used excessive force to disperse student protesters. Other reports put the number of students killed up to  ten . Although protesters are primarily university students, in some instances, high school and primary school children were also reportedly involved in intense confrontations with government forces. At least nine students  were killed  by government forces in May 2014 while protesting over the same issue. The persecution of Oromo people The students argue that

በገዛሄኝ ተጽፎ በፍጹም ጌታቸው የተተረከው የሲዳማ ኣዲስ ኣመት ፊቼ ጫንባላላን የተመለከተ የኣስር ደቂቃ ዶክሜንትሪ

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በገዛሄኝ ተጽፎ በፍጹም ጌታቸው የተተረከው የሲዳማ ኣዲስ ኣመት ፊቼ ጫንባላላን የተመለከተ የኣስር ደቂቃ ዶክሜንትሪ

Dispatches: Yet Again, a Bloody Crackdown on Protesters in Ethiopia

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Student protests are spreading throughout Ethiopia’s Oromia region, as people demonstrate against the possibility that Oromo farmers and residents living near the capital, Addis Ababa, could be evicted from their lands without appropriate – or possibly any – compensation. Social media is filled with images of bloodied protesters; there are credible reports of injuries and arrests in a number of towns; and local police have publicly acknowledged that three students have died so far.   EXPAND Ethiopian migrants, all members of the Oromo community of Ethiopia living in Malta, protest against the Ethiopian regime outside the office of Malta's Prime Minister in Valletta June 16, 2014.   © 2014 Reuters The current protests echo the bloody events of  April and May 2014 , when federal forces fired into groups of largely peaceful Oromo protesters, killing dozens. At least hundreds more students were arrested, and many remain behind bars. Both then and today, the demonstrators ar

Ethiopia's Walya Antelopes defeated Sudan 5-4 on penalties after both sideds played to 1-1 draw in regular time at Addis Ababa Stadium

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Photo from GOAL Ethiopia's Walya Antelopes defeated Sudan 5-4 on penalties after both sideds played to 1-1 draw in regular time at Addis Ababa Stadium to finish third in 2015 Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup and walk away with USD10, 000 prize money. The hosts were defeated 5-3 through a penalty shoot out by Uganda with Sudan joining them after a defeat to Rwanda by the same margin. As opposed to regular scenes of home fans filling the stadium, this match which was played  on Saturday  saw a small crowd turning in to cheer the teams. Walya Antelopes started on a high note winning a free-kick earlier on in the second minute which the captain Panom unable to beat the wall. The Sudanese should have taken the lead in the 13th minute when keeper Yidnekachew Kidane parried the ball to the opponent with Atif Eltayib unable to finish off the rebound. Almost five minutes later, it was the keeper again, who was called into action, this time round by Koko Abdalla, who unleashed a fi

በኢህአዴግ የተሳሳተ የኢኮኖሚ ፖሊሲ፣ በድርቅና በድህነት ምክንያት በሕዝባችን ላይ እየደረሰ ያለው ከፍተኛ ችግር መጠን ሊድበሰበስ አይገባም!! – መድረክ

በኢህአዴግ የተሳሳተ የኢኮኖሚ ፖሊሲ፣ በድርቅና በድህነት ምክንያት በሕዝባችን ላይ እየደረሰ ያለው ከፍተኛ ችግር መጠን ሊድበሰበስ አይገባም!! (ከኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ አንድነት መድረክ የተሰጠ መግለጫ) ሀገራችንን ላለፉት 25 ዓመታት ሲገዛ የቆየው ኢህአዴግ ባለ2 አሀዝ ፈጣን እድገት እያስመዘገብኩ ሀገራችን በምግብ ራሷን እንዲትችል፣ ከስንዴ ልመና ለመውጣትና እያንዳንዱ ዜጋም በቀን ቢያንስ ሶስት ጊዜ ለመብላት እንዲበቃ እያደረኩ ነኝ ብሎ በሚያሰራጨው የፕሮፓጋንዳ ጋጋታ ሕዝባችንን የተስፋ ዳቦ እየመገበ ለማኖር ቢሞክርም በአገዛዙ ጊዜ የተፈጥሮ ድርቅ በሚከሰትበትም ሆነ በሌላ ወቅት በህዝባችን ላይ እየደረሰ ያለው ከፍተኛ ችግርና መጎሳቆል የፕሮፓጋንዳውን ባዶነት በተጨባጭ በተደጋጋሚ አሳይቷል፡፡ ሀገራችንን በዓለማችን መካከለኛ ገቢ ካላቸው ሀገሮች ተርታ በአጭር ጊዜ ለማሰለፍ የሚያስችል ፈጣን እድገትና ለውጥ በማስመዝገብ ላይ ነን፣ በማለት በሚያሰራጨው ፕሮፓጋንዳም የጥቅት የሥርዓቱ ገዥዎችና ምንደኞች በስተቀር የብዙሃኑ ሕዝባችን ኑሮው ሲሻሻል አልታየም፡፡ አህአዴጎች ምርታማነትን በከፍተኛ ደረጃ በመጨመር ሀገራችን በምግብ ራሷን እንዲትችል ብቻ ሳይሆን ለውጭ ገበያም ለማቅረብ በቅተናል፣ በማለት በተደጋጋሚ ድስኩር ባሰሙ ማግስት፣ በአንድ የምርት ወቅት ብቻ እንኳ የተከሰተው የዝናብ እጥረት የድስኩራቸውንና የፉከራቸውን ባዶነት እያጋለጠ እርቃናቸውን ሲያስቀራቸው ለማየትና ለመታዘብ ችለናል፡፡ በእጂጉ የሚያሳስበን ይህንን ባዶ ፕሮፓጋንዳቸውን ለመሸፋፈን ሲሉ በሕዝባችን ላይ እየደረሱ ያሉ ችግሮችን በትክክል ባለመግለጽ ሕዝባችንን ለባሰ ጉዳት እየዳረጉት መገኘታቸው ነው፡፡ ለእነዚህ ችግሮች ዋና መሠረቱም ኢህአዴጎች ብዙ የሚያወሩለት የኢኮኖሚ እድገት ፖሊሲ የምልአተ-ሕዝ