Africa
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News: Protests in Degehabur after death of a young man in the hands of the police; Somali region chief security says situation calm
Protesters burned tyres and blocked inner city road in front of the police station and other parts of the city,…
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News: Security forces suspend community radio station in Sodo; shut down local civil society org. office
Yesterday’s release on bail of 19 people, including Dagato Kumbe, Wolaita Zone administrator, and Muluneh Woldetsadik, deputy president of the…
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Confirmed: Defense Minister Lemma Megerssa under house arrest
Lemma Megeressa (left) and PM Abiy Ahmed pictured together during the September 2018 9th organizational conference of then OPDO in…
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Analysis: Early lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
As Ethiopia eases public transport restrictions, passengers queue to board Anbesa City Bus in the capital Addis Abeba Benyam Worku,…
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News: More than 37,000 re-displaced people in West Wollega in need of immediate, sustainable solutions: UN
In 2018, more than 64, 594 people, including women and children, were internally displaced following communal clashes in Kamashi Zone…
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In-depth Analysis: The fracturing of the Oromo elite and return of Ethiopia’s law and order State
From Left: Defense Minister Lemma Megeressa, former chairman of ODP; opposition politician Jawar Mohammed, in prison; and Prime Minister Abiy…
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News: After a daylong lull tension resurfaces in Wolaita
Fresh protests erupted today in Gununo town in Wolaita zone. Addis Standard staffs Addis Abeba, August 12/2020 – After a…
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Book Review: Oromo Witness: A people’s history of the Bale Oromo movement
Reviewed by Mohammed Ademo (@OPride) Addis Abeba, August 12/2020 – In the Ethiopian popular imagination, emperors and rulers are glorified,…
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Update: Wolaita People’s Democratic Front says 21 people killed as uneasy calm returns
Sodo city. August 10/2020. Addis Standard staff Addis Abeba– In a statement it released today, the opposition Wolaita People’s Democratic…
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Viewpoint: Public Health consequences of violence and inter-generational trauma
One of the August 10 victims of security forces’ crackdown in Welaita zone being attended by a medic. Picture: Sent…
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