Oromo Student Protests Death Toll Reaches 10

By William Davison | for Bloomberg, Ethiopian police killed 10 Oromo students who were demonstrating peacefully over plans to integrate the capital, Addis Ababa, with surrounding towns in Oromia region in the past three weeks, an opposition leader said. High-school and university students from across Ethiopia’s most-populous region are protesting to demand the government shelve […]

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Ethiopia: One Killed, 70 Injured in Haramaya University Explosion

By TesfaNews, IN AN apparent escalation of the ongoing protest by ethnic Oromo students in about a dozen Oromia towns, an explosion went off at Haromaya University late Wednesday night killing one and injured more than 70 students. According to eyewitness reports, the explosion occurred when a hand grenade was thrown at students watching a football match. […]

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