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October 2016

Seven Point Turn-Around Strategy to Bring Ethiopia Back to Peace and Stability.

Currently Ethiopia is facing one of the most difficult challenges of its history. However, this is a country with world class reputation on resilience and has been able to survive as an independent nation against all odds for thousands of years. As far as EPRDF corrects its mistakes rapidly and succeeds to stabilize the country […]

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11 factories and more than 60 vehicles have been damaged in unrest in Ethiopia

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) Some 11 factories and flower farms and more than 60 vehicles have been damaged in unrest in Ethiopia in recent days, a local broadcaster said on Friday, adding to the list of businesses hurt by a wave of protests over land grabs and political rights. The latest violence follows the death of

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Renowned opposition leader Hailu Shawel passes away at 80 years old.

Renowned opposition leader Hailu Shawel passes away at 80 years old.

Engineer Hailu Shawel, a prominent opposition figure whose party nearly overthrew the incumbent government in the 2005 election, passed away on October 6 while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. He was 80 years old. After holding various government positions during the Derg military regime, Engineer Hailu turned to politics following the rise

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Harari Revival Movement Condemns the Irresponsible Action of Security Forces that Caused the Death of Hundreds of People at Irrecha Festival

HRM Condemns the Irresponsible Action of Security Forces that Caused the Death of Hundreds of People at Irrecha Festival Press Release from Harari Revival Movement: Oct 4, 2016 Our thoughts are with the victims of Irrecha Festival. We extend our heartfelt condolences in to the families who lost their loved ones particular and to worldwide

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Today’s mass killings of the Oromo People at the Annual

by Birhanemeskel Abebe Segni Irreecha(Thanksgiving) Celebration in Bushoftu City in Oromia, about 40 kilometer from Addis Ababa, where over 500 people are believed to have been killed, was not “an stampede” as regime forces and some media outlets purported to frame, but a carefully planned and executed government security operation to cause maximum mass death

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Ethiopia: many dead in anti-government protest at religious festival

Police in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region fired teargas and warning shots to disperse anti-government protesters at a religious festival, triggering a stampede the opposition party said killed at least 170 people. The government did not give a precise death toll resulting from chaotic scenes on Sunday during the annual festival, where some people chanted slogans against

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