Afan Oromo as the Federal Language: Building Common Policy Understanding
(Birhanemeskel Abebe Segni) As we continue calling upon the Ethiopian government and the ruling EPRDF to immediately and unconditionally adopt Afan Oromo as the federal working language, it is...
View ArticleEthiopia: Oppositions report fourth post-election death
Semayawi and Arena-Tigrai parties reported two deaths putting the total post-election death claims at four, coupled with those from Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC). Semayawi party’s founding member and...
View ArticleEthiopia: 6 Student activists and Reeyot Alemu released
Ethiopia released six student activists who allegedly took part in the 2014 protests, while journalist Reeyot Alemu was granted release on probation. Authorities released on Wednesday six of the eight...
View ArticleOromia-Addis Master Plan: An agenda not like EPRDF
(Milkessa Midega)(PhD Candidate – Center for Federal Studies, Addis Ababa University) In this very brief reflection, I present the underlining reasons why I say the controversial Addis Ababa and its...
View ArticleChinese firm awarded Modjo-Meki highway project
China Railway Seventh Group Co.Ltd (CRSG) won the bid for the design and construction of Modjo-Meki highway project. CRSG undertook to complete the work within 42 months at 3.66 billion birr (inc. 15%...
View ArticleEthiopian militia killed three Kenyan officers: Reports
Kenyan media reports Ethiopian militia killed three Kenyan officers on Friday. The incident took place in northern Kenya, Marsabit county, at Anona and parts of Sololo township. A police official of...
View ArticleEthiopia: University students injured as protests rock Oromia region
Haramaya University students clashed with police as a series of protests takes place across Ethiopia’s Oromia region. The first of the protests was reported in Ginchi town (Western Shewa zone) on...
View ArticleEthiopia: Atleast three dead as protests continue in Oromia
Three people reported dead as protests in Ethiopia’s Oromia region marks fifteenth day. Sporadic protests raising regional and local issues have been taking place in several towns of Oromia for two...
View ArticleEthiopia: Death toll rises to 5 as protests in Oromia mark third week
Series of protests that engulfed Ethiopia’s largest region Oromia for a third full week left at least five people dead. The controversial “master plan” for the capital Addis Ababa was the prominent...
View ArticleEthiopia: Weeks-long Protests slid into a Security Crisis
The weeks-long protests in Ethiopia’s largest region Oromia slid into a security crisis costing the lives of civilians and officers. The federal government issued a statement. Students and locals at...
View ArticleWhy we shall embrace Oromia protests despite tumult
Oromia, the largest state in Ethiopia, had parts of it in turmoil especially in the last two weeks. The protests started on November 19 in Ginchi town (Western Shewa zone) following local officials...
View ArticleEthiopia arrests journalist after channel reports on protests
(CPJ) The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in Ethiopia to release news anchor Fikadu Mirkana. Fikadu, who works for the state-run broadcaster Oromia Radio and TV, was arrested at...
View ArticleEthiopia| Merera Gudina: “The gov’t is simply accusing left and right”
Deutsche Welle’s interview with Merera Gudina (PhD), v/chair of Ethiopian Federal Democratic Unity Forum and Chair of Oromo Federalist Congress, regarding the weeks long protests in Oromia. (Isaac...
View ArticleEthiopia: Ruling party announced full rollback on Addis Ababa ‘master plan’...
The ruling party of Ethiopia’s largest region, Oromia, announced full roll back on the proposed master plan of Addis Ababa and its surrounding towns. The announcement came after weeks long protests...
View ArticleAfDB approves loan for Adama, Adwa, Bichena and Gode water projects
(AfDB) The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 approved a loan of US $76.11 million from the AfDB financing window to the Federal Democratic...
View ArticleWhy Ethiopia is making a historic ‘master plan’ U-turn
(Mathias Muindi – BBC Monitoring) A controversial plan by the Ethiopian government to expand the capital, Addis Ababa, is set to be scrapped after a key member of the ruling coalition withdrew its...
View ArticleExclusive| Abay Tsehaye: Oromos know who robbed, maltreated them
Ethnic baiting targeting TPLF and Tigrayans in connection with the protests in Oromia is a diversionary tactic, said Minister Abay Tsehaye Director of the Policy Study and Research Center. Abay...
View ArticleOromo Protests: The ultimate warning shot?
(René Lefort – OpenDemocracy) The culture of power is one of centralisation. But real federalism couldn’t be beyond reach. Oromya shows that it is becoming an absolute requirement. The Tigray Peoples...
View ArticlePM’s statement on OromoProtests: More of the same
(Dr. Birhanemeskel Abebe Segni) The Ethiopian Prime Minister, in his midyear report to the Ethiopian federal parliament on Thursday, March 10, 2016, did neither apologized as some media outlets...
View ArticleEthiopia’s Oromo Problem: The Ministry of Culture is Just One Face of Many
(Dr. Birhanemeskel Abebe Segni) According to Ethiopia’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism, which is responsible for developing and promoting tourism in Ethiopia, Afaan Oromo, the third largest most...
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