Coronavirus: African Union Member States reporting COVID-19 cases as of 2 August 2020, 6 pm EAT provided by His media outfit, Oromia Media Network, The arrest comes in the wake of mass protests against the shooting and killing on Monday night of a famed Oromo musician and activist in Addis Ababa.Hachalu Hundessa, was celebrated as a symbol for the Oromo people – Ethiopia’s most populous ethnic group. Abbay Maleda News July 30,2020/ አባይ ማለዳ ዜና / Ethiopia news today/ Abbay Media News/ Abbay Media/ - Duration: 13:13.
Protests in the capital and other cities resulted in 16 deaths and dozens of wounded.“The majority of people believe the transition is off track and we are backsliding towards an authoritarian system,” Jawar said, sitting in his heavily guarded Addis Ababa home-office at the time.It is also the home region of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Barely a month later, he claimed victory over the disease and invited tourists to return to his East African nation. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year for dramatic reforms, including welcoming home once-banned exile groups. “The filling of the dam doesn’t need to wait until the completion of the dam.” Ethiopia has started filling the Grand Renaissance dam, a giant hydroelectric project it is building on the Blue Nile, its water minister said on Wednesday, a day after talks with Sudan and Egypt on the issue became deadlocked.
Abiy and Jawar fell out last year after the PM told parliament of media personalities who were fomenting unrest with their outlets, Jawar said the claims were an attack on him.Police and state authorities should deescalate as much as possible to control this situation. However, Abiy’s steps to open political space have been used by some Ethiopians to air ethnic and other grievances. He had been a prominent voice in anti-government protests that led to a change in leadership in 2018, with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed taking office.The killing was a “tragedy,” Abiy said Tuesday, vowing that the perpetrators would be brought to justice and declaring that “our enemies will not succeed.” “Our enemies think they can easily disintegrate us; however we will use this incident to unify the country and to ensure our plans for peace and security of the country continue. 00:47 No fewer than 3,000 vulnerable persons received food stuff and cash donations in Sokoto on Thursday by the Attahiru Bafarawa Foundation, an NGO, for the Friday Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. Addis Ababa: 10 best things to do in Ethiopia's capital The renovation work is at the behest of the charismatic prime minister, Abiy Ahmed; some $170 million has been lavished on it. 01:35 This marks th There was no immediate sign of protests in Addis Ababa on Wednesday and roads were empty.Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? The killing was a “tragedy,” Abiy said Tuesday, vowing that the perpetrators would be brought to justice and declaring that “our enemies will not succeed.” We have to renew our political discourse and institutions. Similar scenes in towns along the Rift Valley corridor to Bishoftu, including Arsi Negele and Ziway particular At least 239 people have been killed and 3,500 arrested in more than a week of unrest in Ethiopia that poses the biggest challenge yet to its Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister.In the Oromia region, the toll includes 215 civilians along with nine police officers and five militia members, regional police commissioner Mustafa Kedir told the ruling party-affiliated Walta TV on Wednesday.Officials earlier said 10 people were killed in the capital, Addis Ababa, eight of them civilians, amid outrage after a popular singer was shot dead last Monday.Hachalu Hundessa had been a rallying voice in anti-government protests that led to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed taking power in 2018.