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Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville
Location: Geneva
Date: 7 October 2016
Subject: Ethiopia
(1) Ethiopia
There has been increasing unrest in several towns in the Oromia region, south east of Addis Ababa, … Read More
ከቅንጅት ለአንድነትና ለዴሞክራሲና ከመላ ኢትዮጵያ አንድነት ድርጅት – መኢአድ መሥራቾችና መሪዎች አንዱ የነበሩት አቶ ኃይሉ ሻወል አረፉ፡፡
ከቅንጅት ለአንድነትና ለዴሞክራሲና ከመላ ኢትዮጵያ አንድነት ድርጅት – መኢአድ መሥራቾችና መሪዎች አንዱ የነበሩት አቶ ኃይሉ ሻወል አረፉ፡፡
አቶ ኃይሉ ሻወል በሰማንያ ዓመት ዕድሜአቸው
By FELIX HORNE
When our Observer Assif travelled to the town of Bishoftu, Ethiopia, to take part in the Ireecha festival held yearly by the Oromo ethnic group, he didn’t expect gunfire and blind panic. However, when Ethiopian security forces opened fire on 
By
Kebour Ghenna
“Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one”. Thomas Paine
Last week someone asked me what would I say
[Postscript: I finished writing an article just hours before I heard the disturbing news about the death of scores of people during the Irrecha festival in Bishoftu. My main motivation in writing the article was to reach out to the … Read More
On the 2nd of October 2016, Police in Bishoftu (Ethiopia) dispersed protesters chanting anti-government slogans and turned an ancestral spiritual and festive celebration into a nation wide tragedy!
50 to 300 deaths and much more injured have been reported.
(Watch … Read More
When news of a 100% victory by the ruling EPRDF came out shortly after the May 2015 general elections, everyone scorned the result; it was too stupid to be true. After all, democratic elections in a multinational state home to … Read More