Dozens of university students protested in Ethiopia’s capital on Tuesday, demanding an end to police crackdowns that followed months of demonstrations over plans to requisition …
Read More »ETHIOPIA DETAINS JOURNALISTS COVERING OROMO PROTESTS
BY CONOR GAFFEY ON 3/7/16 AT 6:31 PM A woman and her child await medical attention in Oromia, Ethiopia, January 31. A severe drought and …
Read More »#OromoProtests journalists William Davison, Jacey Fortin and their translator were detained while traveling to East Oromia to cover the #OromoProtests there.
Below is The Foreign Correspondents’ Association of East Africa (FCAEA) ================= The Foreign Correspondents’ Association of East Africa (FCAEA) is concerned about an escalation …
Read More »Sustaining Ethiopia’s Progress in Health – Panel 1
On Thursday, March 3, 2016, the CSIS Global Health Policy Center hosted a conference on Ethiopia’s health system, its successes, and enduring challenges. This event …
Read More »Eertraa Dhaan Butamnee Deebine Jedhu Lammiiwwan Itiyoopiyaa
WASHINGTON, DC — Butamanii gara Ertraatti geessamanii kan turan obbo Habtaay Gebree attamiin akka butamanii fi booda irras gara biyya isaaniitti akka deeb’ian dubbataniiru. Yeroo …
Read More »Ethiopia: Union of the Oromo Gadaa Councils “Alarmed” & “Deeply Disturbed” By Unrest in Oromiya – Urged for Solutions
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 …
Read More »There is no shortcut to maturity, Africa should be recolonized – Trump
American business mogul Donald Trump has said that Africa needs to be recolonized. This time around he has directed his anger to African leaders who …
Read More »OROMO PROTESTS: WHY ETHIOPIA’S LARGEST ETHNIC GROUP IS DEMONSTRATING
Since the Ethiopian government announced plans to expand the territory of the capital Addis Ababa in April 2014, the country’s largest region, Oromia, has been …
Read More »MN Oromos decry human rights violations in Ethiopia, say violence continues
The Ethiopian government may have backed off its planned capital expansion after deadly protests last fall, but ethnic Oromo in Minnesota say violence and arrests …
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