December 2015

Ethiopia: Protest in front of State Department, Washington DC

The Oromia-Wide Oromo Protests Against the Master Plan in Video Clips (Nov./Dec. 2015)

Ethiopia: Protest in front of State Department, Washington DC

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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Oromo students protest in Sululta, north of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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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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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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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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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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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