Regions to be accountable for unrest in their regions, including for tolerating people carrying ‘terrorist’s flag’. BY AFRICA NEWS The Ethiopian government on Friday announced a ban on protest rallies across the country, the state-owned ENA reports. The move according to the authorities is part of a national security plan aimed at consolidating peace and […]
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BY JARED JEFFREY | CNBC AFRICA According to ESAT, protests by small business owners, which began last week in Addis Ababa and parts of Oromia, have spread to towns in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ (SNNP) region. The protests are against new taxes being imposed on businesses with annual turnover of up to Etb100,000 […]
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By Middle East Monitor, Egyptian groups are supporting banned Ethiopian opposition groups, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said on Wednesday.. Speaking before parliament a day before the formation of new government, Desalegn said that Addia Ababa has made “important contacts” with Cairo and demanded clarifications about the involvement of some Egyptian bodies in supporting banned […]
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