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by Sally Hayden, Reuters
It was late 2015 when Endalk Chala began documenting deaths in his home country of Ethiopia, scouring Facebook, Twitter, and blogs to piece together who had died and where.
Chala comes from Ginchi, a town 72 km (45 miles) from Addis Ababa where protests began in November 2015, initially over a government plan to allocate large swathes of farmland to the capital city for urban development.
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by Hanna Blyth, Fragile States Index
Since the end of an almost two-decades long civil war that began in 1991, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) has provided relative political stability and enabled strong economic development. Though an inter-state conflict with Eritrea over disputed territory flared in 1998-2000, since the ceasefire was declared between the two countries in December 2000, Ethiopia has been on a path of strong fiscal growth and has become an increasingly respected player within the international community. Ethiopia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has risen from US$8.2 billion in 2000, to an impressive US$61.5 billion in 2015 – coinciding with major injections of foreign capital from development partners. Looking past these golden dollar sign headlines, however, there are signals that deep social and political fissures have the potential to set the country back on a path to conflict.
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አዲስ አበባ ፣ ሚያዚያ 19 ፣ 2009 (ኤፍ ቢ ሲ) የእፎይታ ጊዜያችን ሳያልቅ እንዲሁም በመሬት መደራረብ ምክንያት ስራ አቁሙ በተባልንበት ሁኔታ ውላችን እንዲሰረዝ ተደርጎብናል ሲሉ በጋምቤላ ክልል በግብርና ኢንቨስትመንት ላይ የተሰማሩ ባለሀብቶች ቅሬታቸውን ያሰማሉ።
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በጋምቤላ ክልል ተገቢ ያልሆነ የኢንቨስትመንት ፍቃድና የመሬት ካርታ በመስጠት ምንጩ ያልታወቀ ሃብት ያፈሩ ግለሰቦች ክስ ተመሰረተባቸው
አዲስ አበባ ፣ ሚያዚያ 13 ፣ 2009 (ኤፍ ቢ ሲ) በጋምቤላ ክልል ከ28 በላይ ለሆኑ ባለሃብቶች ተገቢ ያልሆነ የኢንቨስትመንት ፍቃድና የመሬት ካርታ በመስጠትና በባንክ ካዝናቸው ምንጩ ያልታወቀ ከ20 ሚሊየን ብር በላይ ሃብት ያፈሩ ከ25 በላይ ሰራተኛ እና ሃላፊዎች ላይ ክስ ተመሰረተ።
በጋምቤላ ከተማ ከፍተኛ ፍርድ ቤት ወንጀል ችሎት የቀረበው ክስ፥ የክልሉ የመሬት አስተዳደር ባለስልጣን፣ የኢንቨስትመንት ኤጀንሲ እንዲሁም በሕገወጥ ተግባሩ አገናኝ የነበሩ ደላሎች ላይ የተመሰረተ ነው።
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by Chris Stein (AFP)
One minute, Zemed Derib stood negotiating with her precocious siblings who had locked themselves inside their uncle’s home as a prank.
The next, the playful scene gave way to horror as the hillside of the rubbish dump above them collapsed.
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by Jason Burke, The Guardian
Addis Ababa had a plan – to expand, and lead newly prosperous Ethiopia into a brave new century. But after protests led to a violent and harrowing state crackdown, what happens next could reverberate across Africa.
‘We are marginalised in everything’
Police fire tear gas to disperse protesters during Irreecha, the thanksgiving festival of the Oromo people in Bishoftu town of Oromia region, Ethiopia. Photograph: Tiksa Negeri/Reuters
Drive out of Addis Ababa’s new central business district, with its five-star hotels, banks and gleaming office blocks. Head south, along the traffic-choked avenues lined with new apartment blocks, cafes, cheap hotels and, in the neighbourhood where the European Union has its offices, several excellent restaurants. Go past a vast new church, the cement skeletons of several dozen unfinished housing developments, under a new highway and swing left round the vast construction site from which the new terminal for the Ethiopian capital’s main international airport is rising.
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by David Steinman (Forbes)
In what could be an important test of the Trump Administration’s attitude toward foreign aid, the new United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, and UN aid chief Stephen O’Brien have called on the international community to give the Ethiopian government another $948 million to assist a reported 5.6 million people facing starvation.
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by William Davison, The Guardian
A state crackdown has silenced ethnic Oromo people in Ethiopia, but grievances over land and rights, and a lack of political options, could reignite protests
Oromo people stage a protest against the government near the Hora Lake at Debre Zeyit. Photograph: Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
In a muted show of defiance near Ethiopia’s capital city, a tall farmer glanced around before furtively crossing his arms below his waist to make the Oromo people’s resistance symbol.
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