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November 2017

Ethiopia says ethnic clashes kill more than 20 in past week

Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ethiopia’s government says more than 20 people have been killed in renewed clashes between ethnic Oromos and Somalis in the past week. Spokesman Negeri Lenco says 98 people were arrested in the Oromia region and five arrested in the Somali region. A long-standing border dispute and an increased military

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Lifting her robe the young woman revealed undulating scar tissue blanketing her breasts, stomach, and extending up her neck and along her arms.

James Jeffrey Freelance journalist based in Addis Ababa and regular contributor to IRIN “They poured petrol over me then lit it,” said 28-year-old Husaida Mohammed. “They were Somali boys.” When IRIN met Mohammed she was in a camp of about 3,500 displaced Oromo people on the outskirts of Harar, the ancient walled city in Ethiopia’s Harari

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Bekele Gerba and Monkey Business in T-TPLF Monkey Kourts in the Banana Republic of Ethiopia

By Alemayehu G. Mariam   Author’s Note: We are watching another cruel political theater produced and directed by the T-TPLF playing out in Ethiopia. On October 30, 2017, the T-TPLF’s Federal Supreme Court ordered the release of Professor Bekele Gerba, Deputy Chairman of the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) on bail set at  30,000 birr (less than USD$1,000).

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