Oromo Students Protest Archives

A Bloody Crackdown on Oromo Protesters in Ethiopia, Again

December 5, 2015December 5, 2015TesfaNews17 Comments

By Felix Horne | for Human Rights Watch, Student protests are spreading throughout Ethiopia’s Oromia region, as people demonstrate against the possibility that Oromo farmers and residents living near the capital, Addis Ababa, could be evicted from their lands without appropriate – or possibly any – compensation. Social media is filled with images of bloodied […]

Ethiopia at Risk of Disintegration: Oromo FC

December 3, 2015December 3, 2015TesfaNews67 Comments

By TesfaNews, The opposition Oromo Federalist Congress on Wednesday warned that Ethiopia is at risk of disintegration due to the violent policies of the government whose security forces have descended on Oromo people and university students. The students were protesting against the displacement of Oromo farmers from their “ancestral land” and the inclusion of Oromo […]