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December 2015

Let Us Take Warning: It is a Dangerous Time for Ethiopia – SMNE Press Release

December 11, 2015. Washington, DC- On Wednesday, December 9, 2015 a group of courageous Oromo students from the Addis Ababa Science and Technology University made a strong statement of protest on behalf of Ethiopians at risk throughout the country! As planned in advance, these students arrived early at the school’s dining room. They took their […]

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‪7 Major‬ Reasons Why Everyone Should Oppose ‪‎TPLF‬ ‪‎Master Plan‬

By Geresu Tufa 1. The Master Plan violates core Human_Rights. It deprives millions of people around Finfinnee (Addis Ababa) of their only means of livelihood – their land.It threatend their right to live-core human right. Therefore, the #Master_Plan should be opposed by everyone. 2. The Master Plan extends ‪#‎Historical_injustice‬. Injustice has been in place since

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Ethiopia: Over 10 million will need food aid in January

By Associated Press The Ethiopian government says more than 10 million people including nearly 6 million children will need emergency food by January because of drought. Mitiku Kassa, head of Ethiopia’s disaster relief operation, said Monday that the government is currently distributing its own emergency food aid because pledges made by donors have not yet

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Breaking news: Protesters in Oromia region over throw the administrative authorities and elected their representatives

As the protest continued in different parts of the country, people in Western Wollega zone in Oromya region  over throw the regime’s administrative authorities. In a town called Chelia, they elected a temporary representative body of four members, according to Jawar Mohammod who organizes the protest from the diasporas. he government continued using force to

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Students protesting development plan met with violence in Ethiopia

by Mohammed Ademo @OPride Activists claim security forces have killed at least seven students in more than two weeks across Ethiopia’s Oromia state, where students have been protesting a government plan to expand the area of the capital, Addis Ababa, into Oromia. Oromia police have confirmed three fatalities in what it termed provocations by “anti-peace

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Ethiopia: Dying Farmers

On November 22, 2015, the Orthodox Christian faithful at Delanta Wereda, 598km northeast of Addis Abeba in Southern Wello were celebrating the annual St Michael’s feast at the local Saint Michael’s Church. An anomaly this year, affecting the age-old practice, is the drought and its impact on the livelihood of the farmers. The year before

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Economic ties that binds Ethiopia with the United States

Tanya L. Cole, Senior Commercial Officer, commercial service at the US embassy in EthiopiaWhile the economic footprint from Africa and particularly Ethiopia may seem to be dominated by Chinese and to a lesser extent Turkish and Indian investments, largely out of view the economic presence from the world’s largest economy, the US which also happens

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Ethiopia: Draft Bill Proposes Income Tax Exemptions for Cooperatives

By Yonas Abiye MP abstains special committee membership appointment The House of People’s Representatives (HPR) on Tuesday discussed on a draft bill which seeks to provide income tax exemptions for cooperative societies. The draft is an amendment to the existing Cooperative Societies Proclamation No. 147/1998 and its amendment proclamation of 402/2004. Under the section ‘Government

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