Damee Boruu irraa

Mootummaan Sanyii balfattuu Afrikaa Kibbaa gara bara kudha sgalii fi jaatamaa keessa warqii fi diamond baafachuuf humna hojjetaa uummata gurraachaa saamuu hojii isaa duraa godhate. Garuu namni qaaman gurracha tahe mirgaa fi haaqaa isaa gaafachuu hin danda’u. Kana malee eehama ittiin darbu qabaate malee hojii isaaniif illee magaala adii seenuu dorkaa dha. Gurraachi mana barumsaa addii deemee barachuus hin danda’u. Mindaan argatu garuu jiraachuuf isa hin gahu. Waan tokko waan ifa bahee jiru cunqurfamaa fi cunqurstuun bifaan wal hin fakkaatan. Kannaafuu uummatni diinni isaa eenyu akka tahe ifatti beeka.

Akkuma rorroon isanitti hammachaa dhufeen bara 1960 didaa isaanii agarsiisuuf eehama mootummaa malee magaala seenanii hidhamuuf uummatni gurraachaa murteefatan. Uummata hark qullaa mormii isaa karaa nagaa agrsiifachuu barbaadu irratti bakka Sharpeville jedhamee waamu irratti poolisiin uummata irratti dhukaasa banee namni 69 yaroo du’an namni 186 mada’an. Guyyaan kun” Sharpeville Massacre”, yookan” Dhumaatii Sharpeville” jedhamee beekama. Guyyaa sanaa kaasee Mootummaan Sanyii Balfattuu Afrikaa Kibbaa fi uummatni cunqurfamaan Afrikaa warra dhiigaa tahe.

Mootummaan Sanyii Balfattuu kun akkuma TPLF kana waraana sanyii ishee ijaaratee kan dhuunfaa godhatee uummata biraa horii fi dhantaan bituudhaan akka isheef basaaan gochaa turte. Mootummaan kun meeshaa fi horii kadhaan kan jiraatu hin ture.Warshaa albudaa gugguddaa dinagdee shee utubuuf qabdi. Meeshaa waraanaa hunda ofiif tolshati. Meshaa waraanaa biyya lafaa balleessu danda’u humna nuclear illee tolfatee jirti. Garuu meeshaa fi qabeenyi humna uummata muratee fatee caalu hin jiru. Ummatni bal’aan Afrikaa Kibbaa mootomichaa waraana dhiisee baasastotaa irratti tarkaanfii keessa deebii hin qabne fudhachuu jabeese. Mootummaa fi waraanni mootummaa jaamaa ulee jalaa butan tahan. Isa booda qabsoo uummata bal’aaf jilbeefachuun dirqama itti tahe.

Guyyaa har’a Onkololeessa 2, 2016 Uummata Ormoo nagaan ayyana Irreechaa kabajachuuf Haro Arsedeetti wal gahe irratti Mootummaan Sanyii BalfattuuTigray lafaa fi qileensa irraan waraana irratti bantee amma ammaatti namni dhiba sadii ol akka du’anii namni bayyeen akka madahanii jiran dhagaa jirra. Guyyaa kun seenaa Uummata Oromoo keessatti “Dhumaatii Aarsedee” , “ Aarsede Massacre” , jedhamee beekamuu qaba. Uummata nagaa aadaa isa ayyaannefatu irratti waraana banuun seera warrana cabsuu waanteef biyyi lafaa mootummaa kana baayyisee balaalefachuu qaba. Wal quunnamtii wajjin qaban illee kutuun barbaachisaa dha. Kana irratti namni Oromoo bakka jirru maratti dhiibaa guddaa gochuu qabna.

Mootummaan kun tuffii uummata Oromoo irraa qabdu deebistee deddeebistee agrsiisaa jirti. Mootummaan kun amma meeshaa waraana tuulatee jirtutti uummata Oromoo biyyaa isaa irraa dugugtee balleessu yoo inni hafes humnaan cabstee bituuf murteefattee jirti. Kana booda kan ifatti murteefachuu qabu uummata Oromoo taha. Yookan afaan isaa qabatee bitamuu yookan ka’ee of irraa darbuu qofa. Mootummaa ibidaa fi rasaasn ilmaa Oromoo lafa irraa haxxaa’aa jiru karaa nagaa ni moona jechuun waan hin fakkanne dha. Haala kan jala murree uummta keeny hubachiisuu qabna.

Namichi mataa TPLF turee fi abjuu isaanii hiiku, Meles Zenawii nu qawween fudhanne yoo dandeessan isiniis qawwee fudhaadha jedhee ifatti labsee du’e. Qawwee isaan hara’a qaban kana qabaachuuf qabsoo waggaa dheeraa gochuu qabna. Uummatni Oromoo, ABO fi Qeerroon Bilisummaa Oromoo maaliif humna Agazii kana dura qawween hin dhaabbanne namni jedhu yoo jiraate nama TPLF hojjetu nama farra uummata Oromoo tahe qofa. Humni Uummata Oromoo Waraana Agazii dura dhaabbchuuf meeshaa waraanaa isaan gitu qabaachuun dirqama. Humna waraanaa fi meeshaa waraanaa Agzii gitu akka uummatni hin qabnee bareechinee beekna.

Waan nu hubaa jiruu deddbisnee qeerroo Bilisummaa Oromoo fi Uummata Oromoo yaadachisuu yaallee basaastotaa fi lukkee TPLF tahanii ijoollee keenya dabarsanii kennaa jiran of keessaa duraan dursinee armauu qabna yaada jedhu dha. Lukee isaaii of keessaa aramnee diina kana qofaa hanbisuu hin dandeenyu yoo tahee waan foksaatu nu eegata. Bakka bakak itti basaastooinni TPLF saaxila bahan kan jedhu gabaasaa qeerro irraa ni dhageenya. Yoo tarkaanfiin warra saxilamaan kana irratti hin fudhatmu tahe saaxila baasuun maaliif barbaachisaa tahe? Isaan ijoollee keenya dabarsanii ficisiisuu dhaabaa hin jiran.

Warra bobaa keenya jala taaa’anii dhiiga keenya dhagalaasaa fi dhangalaasiss jiran kana irratti humna qabnuun tarkaanfii fudhannee ija diina jaamsu yoo dandeenyu tahe nutu of ficisiisaa jira. Yoo warra odduu guru fi quba namatti qabu jalaa haxxoofne waraanni Agazii gurri isaa dudaa, iji isaa jaamaa taha. Ijoollee Oromoo guyyaa guyyaan ukkamamnii fi ajjeefaman lakkobsa hin qaban. Yoo basaastota kana of keessaa qulqulleessuuf meeshaa waraana nu barbaachisa jenne kan sodaannu tahe bara iyyuu nuuf guutuu hin danda’u. Meeshaa uummaan qabnuun warra nu keessa jiran of keessaa qulqulleessuu ni dandeenya. Kan nu barbaachisu murteefachuu qofa.

Dumaatii Aarsedee kana booda uummatni Oromoo Muutmmaa TPLF wajjin karaa ifa taheen warra dhiigaa tahuu labsatee adda bahuu qaba. Warra dhiigaa wajjin waan dubbatanii fi waan hojjetan tokko illee hin jiru. Haqa isaa gonfachuuf karaa danda’ame maraan qabsoo hadhooftuu gochuu qabu jabeessuu dha. Filmaanti gara biraas hin jiru , yoo sanyi Ormoo amma Oromiyaa irraa dugumee badnutti kan eeganu tahe malee. Sanyii keenya baduu isaa dura aarsaa barbaachisuu tahe baasuuf tokko tokkoon keenya of qopheessu qabna.

Injifannoo Ummata Oomoof!
Oromiyaan ni Bilisoomti!

By Rundassa Afsheetee Hundee

October 2, 2016 saw the true reality of one of the most horrific acts of Tigre tribe brutality, the Bishooftuu Massacre.

For the Oromians, the Tigre tribe war started in 1991, the day the Tigre tribe army conquered Oromia with the help of the military government of Ethiopia captives, who the Tigreans labeled as OPDO.  After that the outbreak of the Tigre tribe hostility against the oromo people took place in Hursso of eastern part of Oromia where they killed tens of thousands of Oromo Liberation army trainee who were disarmed and jailed in Hurso military camp.

Just a year earlier, in 1991, the Tigre invading army lost  some of it’s fighters by Ambo resistance movement. Angered by this, the Tigre tribe army assassinated well known business man, Daraaraa Kafanii, and student Jagamaa Badhaanee and teacher Baqalaa ababaa and Baqalaa Argawu Dinqaa.   Around the same time, the Tribe’s army killed Yonataan Isaq and thousands others in western part of Oromia. Next, it assassinated a well known artist, Ebisa Adunya and Jaatanii Ali.

The large protracted war that the Tigre tribe army waged in Oromia took place in eastern part of Oromia, in Bale,  Arsi, Iluu abba Booraa and in Jimmaa. In the process, tens of thousands nationalist Oromo men and women were eliminated from every town, city and village of Oromia.

Although things seem to be quit between years 1998-2004, the killing soon escalated into full-scale war in 2015 after the Tigre tribe announced the implementation of what it called “ the Finfinnee Master Plan”.

Before it was forced to abandon it, the tribe murdered over thousand people in central part of Oromia alone.  Since then, the Oromo people fought the tribe even when they are heavily outnumbered when it comes to having guns and bullets. This, in itself, raised the wrath of the Tigre rulers, who preferred the idea of dominating the majority by force because considering peaceful meant to them  a cowardly act.

Recently when the Qimaant people demanded to re join the Amhara region, the Tigre tribe loaded it’s tribe members onto trucks and buses and moved them back to the Tigre region. The idea behind this plan was to wage full scale war against the Amhara people who also opposed a one tribe superiority in empire Ethiopia.  After that, there were killing and gruesome assassinations in the Amhara region, in Knoso and all over Oromia.

The killing methods they used in Hara-mayaa, Hadaamaa, Roobee, Ambo, Bulee Horaa and Wallagga universities ranged from hanging, stubbing, decapitating, burning alive or burying alive.  This was done to  prove their manliness and readiness for the the real war against the majority population that rejected the superiority of small tribe. Proud of their work, the Tigre tribe leaders, Suyom Mesfin and Abay Tashaye called the mass “the ignorant bunch who could never understand democracy but abuse”.

The Tigre tribe amy known for killing and mutilating Oromo corpses began planning the Bishooftuu massacre weeks before the Irrechaa celebration day.  The well experienced Agaazii army known for  killing the elderly, little kids, for raping young girls/women,  for killing pregnant women, for sodomizing men arrived in Bishooftuu three days before the Irrechaa celebration day and camped out ready to kill the Oromo people whose indignities would cease only with death.

On October 2, 2016, close to four million people arrived to attend Irrechaa from every villages and towns or cities of oromia and many of them have traveled hundreds of kilometers and some for several days, and have made great sacrifices in order to attend Irreechaa.  To avoid any misunderstanding, the abba gadaa of oromia warned the Tigre tribe rulers and their tools, the OPDO, not to bring the Tigre flag or attend Irrechaa because the killing that took place in oromia was still fresh in people’s minds.   But the Tigreans interest was to show their authority and power so they raised their flag at this sacred holly land and also told their puppets, the OPDO to take the podium from where they would  give their tiresome deceptive speeches.

The oromians who came to celebrate Irrechaa refused to listen to the Tigre killers explaining that the primary purposes of attending Irrechaa is to thank God not to talk about politics.   All what the people wanted was to be in their own environment and to pray in their own language and increase their faith and devotion to God, and raise the voice of unity and freedom.

Mothers and daughters sang spiritual songs before the speakers were going emphasize the role women have in Oromo society, and  the great influence they have in the lives of their families.   But the egoistic Tigre tribe tools, the OPDO leaders appeared to give speech as if what they were going to say would have inspiring message in it.

This time, the oromo youth started chanting “ Down with Tigre tribe domination”! Down with Waa-yaannee!

The Tigre tribe army, the AGAZII had to demonstrate it’s ability of killing and rained bullets upon 4 million people  with an incredible cruelty so the carnage began.   it was that time when people started running for shelter but there was no place to run away from the Helicopter gunship.

Figures vary, but over a period of few minutes, close to 500 Oromians were massacred by the Tigre tribe army, the AGAZII.  The atrocities this tribe committed in Oromia had been condemned worldwide which the Tigre tribe government shrugged off in a war attitude and so the Oromo people remained under the Tigre tribe occupation.  All these things done however, the Oromo people have decided to fight until this fragile tribal government collapses.

Oromia shall be free!

Namoo Daandii fi Tuujubee Horaa

Mormii Irreechaa hora Arsadee

WASHINGTON, DC (VOA Afaan Oromoo) — Dhaggeeffatoota keenyaa, Ayyaana Irreechaa Har’a Magaalaa Bishooftuu Haroo Harsadii irratti Ayyaaneffamuuf ture irratti, dhukaasa banamee fi namoonni miloiyoonaan lakkaawaman dhukaasa irraa dheessuuf ennaa fiigan wal-irra ba’anii wal-caccabsuu irraa lubbuun namoot dhibba tokko olii dhabamuu isaa hooggqanoonni mormitootaa fi hirmaattonni ayyaanichaa ijaan argina, jedhan dubbataa jiran.

Sababaan du’aa fi miidhaa hedduu dhaqqabsiise kunis, yeroo ayyaanichi banamutti Abbaa-gadaa silaa eebbisanii banuuf turan, Abbaa-gadaa Bayyanaa Sanbatuu sabababaa hin beekamneef boodatti harkifamuu, akkasumas, waltajjii ayyaanichaa irratti ayyaanichaa irratti halaabaan fannifamuu fi aagawaa mootummaa akka haasawan dhiheessuuf yaaluu ennaa uummatni mormetti humnoonni mootummaa dhukaasa gaazii imimmaansisuu fi rasaasaa jalqabuu isaanii akka tahe dubbatan.

Appeal for urgent action:

The Ethiopian Government is utterly responsible for the unlawful killings at the Ardsade Irrecha (Thanksgiving) Oromo Celebration

To: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

Palais Wilson
52 rue des Pâquis
CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland.

Dear Commissioner,

Oromia Support Group Australia extremely shocked about the killings of innocent Oromo civilians at the Ardsade, few Kilometers from the capital city (Finfinnee – Addis Ababa) during today’s Irrecha (Oromo Thanksgiving) celebration on 2 October 2016.

The Ethiopian Federal forces, racially affiliated and heavily armed, known as Agazi and part of the select force of the ruling Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), violently opened fire and killed more than 140 people out for the celebration (please see attached evidence).

Ethiopia’s tight restrictions on civil society and free media make it difficult to external sources to verify the current, mounting killings, and the exact details of the ongoing agonising situation. This situation is made worse by the severe restrictions on access to Ethiopia which affects foreign media and neutral international organisations to query this brutality.

Particularly, since November 2015, every day we are seeing and hearing heartbreaking images and videos of hundreds of Oromo civilians (including children) being beaten to death and killed by shooting. There are credible reports of severe injuries and arbitrary arrests in many locations that the Ethiopian government armed forces and authorities are unable to deny and publicly admitted the killings. We are concerned that this pattern will continue to worsen.

We respectfully believe your office the has a duty to use its diplomatic relationships with the reciprocal expectation of protecting human rights and legitimate democratic governance. These accusations reveal not only violations of human rights but also serious of a criminal act and legal process, and without external accountability, many vulnerable people will die.

We, therefore, urge you to:

1. Request and conduct a country visit to Ethiopia as soon as practicable, in order to investigate, amongst other things, the massacre of Oromo civilians in Oromia particularly for the last two years including the more than 140 killings of Oromo civilians at the ArdSade Irrecha celebration.
2. Raise this case with the international community and other relevant United Nation bodies, and punishment of the perpetrators, in line with the UN Guidelines on the right to remedy.
3. Raise this case and the severe and worsening trend that it represents (and which the prominent bodies, such as, European Parliament resolution on the situation in Ethiopia (2016/2520(RSP) by the European Union and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, 13 September 2016 that requests be given access in order for it to conduct a human rights assessment, particularly in the Oromia and Amhara regions.
4. Urge Ethiopian officials to invite relevant UN and AU human rights mechanisms, including the UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; and the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to visit Ethiopia.

Thank you for your giving attention to this very urgent matter.

Sincerely,
Marama Kufi,
Oromia Support Group Australia

Appendix:
ArdSade Killings by the Ethiopian army
Photo: 2 October 2016

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WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, October 3, 2016/APO/ — In response to actions by Ethiopian security forces leading to the death of more than 150 people attending the Irreecha religious and cultural celebration in the Bishoftu town in Ethiopia’s Oromia region on October 2, Freedom House issued the following statement:

“The deaths in Bishoftu occurred because security forces fired tear gas and live ammunition at a crowd of over a million people celebrating a religious occasion,” said Vukasin Petrovic, director for Africa programs. “The government of Ethiopia should allow a truly independent body to investigate the tragedy at Bishoftu as well as security forces’ well-documented record of using excessive force against peaceful gatherings.”

Background:

Irreecha is an annual holiday for giving thanks, celebrated by the Oromo people, Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group. While firm numbers remain unavailable, eyewitnesses say that the total number of deaths on October 2 may exceed 300.

Ethiopia is rated Not Free in Freedom in the World 2016, Not Free in Freedom of the Press 2016, and Not Free in Freedom on the Net 2015.

Sweden (Blank Spot Project) – A large number of people are feared killed in connection with protests against the government of Ethiopia on Sunday. The country  is now facing perhaps his biggest political crisis in decades.

Two million people gathered Sunday at the sacred lake Harsadi, south of the capital Addis Ababa, to attend a ceremony called “Irecha” where people group Oromo celebrate the end of the rainy season.

In films from the participants can see how the religious celebration after a while turns into protests against the government.

The assembled chanted “Down with the government” and “We want freedom” in which police fired on the anti-government demonstrators with tear gas grenades and rubber bullets, which sparked panic. Many people were trampled to death as they fled for their lives.

Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn commented on the incident with the protesters prepared for chaos, ” pre-planned mayhem ” which led to many dead and he denied that the security forces opened fire.

“As a result of the chaos walked lives lost and several injured have been taken to hospital. Those responsible will be brought to justice, “the government announced in a statement.

But video footage from the scene hears gunfire and witness statements are also talking about tear gas to have been shot from helicopters.

The current government has confirmed that 52 people have been killed, while the Ethiopian opposition groups are talking about hundreds killed.

Last spring, struck the US-based organization Human Rights Watch concluded that during the recent wave of protests against the Ethiopian government security forces had killed more than 400 people.

The protests in Ethiopia began in the fall when the government unveiled a plan to expand the capital Addis Ababa. As part of the plans would farmers are forced to move from their land. But the protest movement quickly grew to be about much more than just land.

Oromo are Ethiopia’s largest region and ethnic group was in the last census to 25 million out of a population of 74 million. They have long been marginalized and can be described as “Africa’s Kurds.”

In the images that are now starting to spread from hospitals in the region during the tags #IrechaMassacre and #OromoProtests sees hundreds of injured and dead.

Ethiopia, which is often held up as a textbook example of growth and social progress are facing perhaps his biggest political crisis in decades.

(Aljazeera) — Demonstrators have clashed with police in central Ethiopia a day after a deadly stampede at a religious festival that started when police fired tear gas and warning shots.

Protesters blocked roads in several towns in the Oromia region on Monday as the Ethiopian government declared three days of mourning to ease tensions in the region after at least 52 people were killed in Sunday’s chaos.

Oromo activists called for “five days of rage” after the stampede [Tiksa Negeri/Reuters]

INSIDE STORY: What is triggering Ethiopia’s unrest?

Witnesses said many people were crushed and others fell into ditches as they tried desperately to escape the police. Shoes and clothing littered the scene of the disaster, as a small group of angry residents dug for bodies in a deep ditch.

“We’re digging because people are buried inside the ditch. Fifty-two dead is a lie,” Dagafa Dame, one of the diggers, told AFP news agency.

Oromo activists called for “five days of rage” after the stampede.

Live rounds

Clashes between security forces and protesters continued Monday morning in Bishoftu and Ambo, an Ethiopian government official and witnesses told The Associated Press.

“Some people tried to come out en masse this morning to protest the deaths of holiday-goers on Sunday and also demand the release of people arrested during the celebrations,” said Nimona Negash, a tuk-tuk driver in Bishoftu, where the disaster occurred.

“Today’s protesters were peaceful but dispersed by police violently. I’m not aware of any deaths this morning, but it was violent. But I’m aware of live bullets used this morning in other vicinities of this town.”

Anti-government protests erupted in Ethiopia in November [Tiksa Negeri/Reuters]

“I went to the place where the accident happened this morning, and I’ve seen people being pulled out,” he said. “More and more people are coming out of a deep ditch. I saw seven bodies being pulled out then left the scene as I was unable to watch more.”

‘Not out of control’

Fikadu Tessema, a spokesman for the Oromia region, said on Monday some groups were trying to “continue the violence that they orchestrated on Sunday”.

He said they were trying to blame the deaths on security forces who fired live rounds. “I can assure you 100 percent that all the 52 victims died of a stampede and didn’t have bullet wounds on their bodies,” he said.

“The current situation in Oromia is not out of control. We are taking measures to bring back our peace.”

OPINION: The ‘Ethiopia rising’ narrative and the Oromo protests

Oromia has experienced violent, sometimes deadly anti-government protests since November 2015 as people call for wider political freedoms and the release of detained opposition figures and journalists.

Ethiopia’s government, a close ally of the West, has been accused often of silencing dissent and at times blocking internet access.

The US recently spoke out against what it called the excessive use of force against protesters, calling the country’s situation “extremely serious”.

#OromoProtests We are hearing from Bulee Horaa a horrendous story once again that agazi repeated its barbarity of attacking a mother over her son’s dead body. This time, they even killed the mother too, according to unconfirmed reports coming in. #IrreechaMassacre

“Haati reeffa ilama ishii irratti ajjeefamte.” Via Girma Gutema

#Oromoprotest erga Bishooftu ergamte
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Raajii! namootni dandamatan hospitaala Bishooftuu keessa kunoo dhiiga barbaadu waan ta’eef lammiwwan arjoomuu danda’an akka birmatan nuuf dhaama .
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Egaa akkuma ergaa biyyaa dhammtaniin oromoo nannoo jirtan qaqqabaafii dhiiga arjoomaa(donate blood) galfata isaani kana hin dagatiina lammii koo. Share godha. Via Raajii Gudeta

Falmiin mirga abbaa biyyummaa guyyaa arraa guutummaa oromiyaa keeysatti cimee itti fufee jira.
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hanga hammaatti Magaaloota akka Bulee horaa, Amboo, Ijaajji, Danbidoolloo, Shaashaamaannee, Asaasaa, Dodolaa, Seeroftaa, Garambaamoo, Baatuu, Maqii, Shawaa Lixaa Aanaa Ilfataa Magaalaa Bakee, Baalee Roobee, Aajjee, Harargee Lixaa Magaalaa Madhichoo, Magaalaa Nuunnuu, Mugar, Incinnii, Shanoo cobii, Goodina Jimmaa Magaalaa Sarboo, Godina shawaa Lixaa Magaalaa Gooroo, Finchaa’aa, fi kkf keeysatti geggeeffamaa akka jiru beekameera.
Mormii yeroo hammaa geggeeffamaa jiru kana irratti bakkeewwan hunda keeysatti Waajjiraaleen Mootummaa, qabeenyi mootummaa, qabeenyi deggertoota mootummaa fi manneen jireenyaa lukkeewwanii fi basaastootaa gubachaa kan jiru yommuu ta’u, hidhattoonni dhiigan oromoo ta’anis qawwee isaanii qabachuun gara Uummataatti dabalamaa akka jiran beekameera.
Hawaasni Oromoo hundis bakkeewwan hundatti tarkaanfii waajjiralee Mootummaa, qabeenyaa mootummaa, kan lukkeewwanii fi basaastootaa irratti fudhachaa cimsee itti fufuu akka qabu qindeessitoota qabsoo oromoo irraa ergaan kan darbe yommuu ta’u, miseensoonni OPDO’s osoo lafti itti hin dhihiin dafanii qabsoo uummatatti akka makamanii fi kana ta’uu baannaan tarkaanfiin suukkanneessaa fi gara jabeenyaa isaan irratti akka fudhatamu himameera. Via Gadaa Araaraa

By Obar Mark Asuelaa

(Standard Digital) — A festival turned tragic on Sunday following a confrontation between Ethiopian police and the ethnic Oromo people. Tension ensued when the Oromo people who were attending Irrecha festival to thank Waaqa (God) for the blessings and mercies, also demanded for equal rights in the country with over 96 million people.

The crowd chanted ‘we need freedom’ while displaying crossed wrists, a popular gesture of dissent against Ethiopian government’s alleged oppression.

The festival that was hosted in Bishoftu in the Oromia region was punctuated by anti-oppression catchphrases leading to police deadly intervention.

The Ethiopian security forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas, creating a stampede that led to the death of over 250 Oromo people while over 300 people sustained serious injuries including gunshot wounds. A number of people ended up falling in deep pits.

Human Rights Watch estimates that more than 400 people have been killed by the government forces since 2014 when Oromos first protested against Ethiopian government’s planned expansion of the capital, a move which was seen to threaten Oromo’s farm lands.  Even though the government deferred the plan, Oromos and other dissenting communities have remained marginalised.

In the wake of this turmoil, African Union leaders as well as world leaders have remained silent over the endless bloodbath that is now threatening peace in Eastern Africa.

“The trend of silence is worrying many people in Africa. It’s like massacre is now the new norm in the continent,” Ethiopian Human Activist (name withheld due to security reasons) lamented.

African Union has recently acquired the most effective weapon against International Criminal Court (ICC), and that is, “threat to withdraw” from Rome Statute that established ICC. Interestingly, this tool is very effective since it’s been used and proven to shield African leaders from international justice systems.

On September 23, 2016, United Nations Security Council (UNSC) was forced to consider highly advanced enticing exercise for African Union (AU) to reconsider its call for mass withdrawal from International Criminal Court (ICC) membership. Of course, as usual, AU got its way and the world had its say, and the impunity grew bigger.

“AU efforts to undermine the only permanent criminal court for victims of atrocities are fundamentally at odds with the AU’s rejection of impunity, and with its decision to make 2016 as the AU’s year of human rights,” said Stella Ndirangu of the Kenya section of International Commission of Jurists. “The AU’s commitment to justice cannot be reconciled with protecting African and other leaders from accountability for mass atrocities before the ICC.”

Ironically, Article 4 of the Constitutive Act of the AU expressly rejects and condemns impunity which on the other hand remains entrenched within African governments. The AU has also identified justice as one of its “shared values,” and 2016 as the “African Year of Human Rights with Particular Focus on the Rights of Women.”

International Justice systems consider Ethiopian government’s alleged massacre as crime against humanity that is prosecutable at the International Criminal Court, but there is no doubt that African Union will defend a regime which tolerates no dissent.

In January 2016, African Union forged a legwarmer negotiation team known as Open-Ended Committee on the ICC to develop a “comprehensive strategy” that includes withdrawal from the ICC. The Open-Ended Committee was given the mandate to identify areas which United Nations Security Council had to comply in and with, and they included a demand for immunity for sitting Heads Of State and other senior officials from prosecution before the ICC.

“Probably this explains height of impunity and government’s induced massacres that go unpunished in the continent,” Ethiopian Human Activist (name withheld due to security reasons).

According to Open-Ended Committee, the ICC has unfairly been targeting African leaders who according to AU, are very innocent.

AU Commission Chairperson sends condolence message following deadly Ethiopian Stampede

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, October 3, 2016/APO/ — The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma sends her deepest condolences to the Ethiopian government, people and families of those who lost their loved ones following the stampede. The deadly stampede happened on 2 October 2016 at the annual Irrecha Festival of Thanksgiving in Bishoftu town, Ethiopia.

The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia reported that 52 people were killed in the stampede. The Government has, in this regard, sent a message of condolences to the bereaved families, declared three-days of national mourning and promised to investigate the incident.

The AU Commission Chairperson welcomes the government’s efforts to investigate the cause of the stampede and to bring to justice those responsible, while calling for calm and peace. She also welcomes the three-days of national mourning and reiterates the AU’s solidarity with the victims and the people of Ethiopia during these trying times.

Did tear-gas lead to deadly “stampede” at religious festival?

Irreechaa Hora Arsadee irratti hirmaattonni oggaa mormii agarsiisan, Onkoloolessa 2, 2016

WASHINGTON, DC (VOA Afaan Oromoo) — Waggoota hedduu dhaaf akkuma baratame kaleessa magaalaa Bushoftuu keessatti kabajamuuf kan ture ayyaanni Irreechaa kan inni xumurame karaa hin eegaminiin ture.

Ayyaanni sun kan geggeessame mormii mootummaa irratti dhiyaate jeeqama ka’ee fi sanaan wal qabatee baduu lubbuu namoota hedduu, qaamaa hir’achuu dhaan akka ta’e sabaa himaalee biyya keessaa qabee hanga sabaa himaalee sadarkaa addunyaa beekamoo ta’aniin hanga har’aatti gabaasamaa jira.

Itti aanaa dura taa’aan Kongresii Federaalawaa Oromoo obbo Mulaatuu Gammachuu VOAf akka ibsanitti miidhaa guddaan kaleessa raawwatame haala hamtuu ka biroo dhaqqabsiisaa jira. Oromiyaa gama dhiyaa akkasumas Oromiyaa waaltaa keessa kanneen jiran magaalaalee adda addaa keessatti hiriirawwan mootummaa morman hedduun har’a geggeessamaniiru.

Amboo Najjoo Mandii Gimbii dhiya Wallaggaa achii immoo Sandaafaa keessatti haatii fi ilmi du’anii sirna awwaalchaa irratti uummati achii ennaa deebi’u hiriira geggeesseen walitti bu’iinsi uumamuun nutti himamee jira.

Adaa Bargaa Meettaa Roobii, Shaashamannee, Baatuu, Bulee Horaa, Dambi Dolloo, Jalduu, Arsii Nagallee, Adaabbaa, Dodolaa, Gadab Asaasaa keessatti uummati mormii isaa dhageessiaa jira jedhan.

Itti aanaa komiishinerri kmishina poolisii naannoo Oromiyaa obbo Soorii Dinqaa har’a har’a waaree booda ibsa kennaniin naannolee Oromiyaa adda addaa keessa har’as dubbii tuqachuutu jira jedhan. Akkuma Kanaan naannolee Amboo, Dambi Dolloo akkasumas Bishooftuutti bilbillee jiraattota dubbisnee jirra.

የበርካቶች ሕይወት በጠፋበት የኢሬቻ በዓል አከባበር ላይ በአካል ከነበሩ ጋዜጠኞች ጋር የተደረገ ቃለ ምልልስ

በኢሬቻ በዓል ላይ ሕይወቱ ያለፈው የ32 ዓመቱ የኮንስትራክሽ ኢንጂነር አቶ ተስፉ ታደሰ የቀብር ሥነ ስርዓት

(VOA Amharic Service) — በቦታው ከነበሩ ጋዜጠኞች አንዱ “እኔ ብቻ ሆስፒታል ውስጥ ተጥለው በነበሩ ድንኳኖች ሰው እንዲለያቸው ተብለው የተቀመጡ ከ50 በላይ አስክሬኖች ቆጥሬያለሁ ” ይላል።

ዲሲ — በትናንትናው ዕለት በቢሾፍቱ ሆራ አርሰዲ ሃይቅ ለመከበር በዝግጅት ላይ የነበረውና ከኦሮሞ ክብረ በዓሎች አንዱ የሆነው ኢሬቻ በዓል ላይ ለዘገባ ተገኝተው የነበሩ ጋዜጠኞች የተከታተሉትን በዝርዝር ለአሜሪካ ድምፅ ተናግረዋል።ጽዮን ግርማ የተወሰኑትን አነጋግራ ተከታዩን አጠናቅራለች።

ዝርዝሩን ከተያያዘው የድምፅ ፋይል ያድምጡ።

By Aaron Maasho

A man mourns during the funeral of Tesfu Tadese Biru, 32, a construction engineer who died during a stampede after police fired warning shots at an anti-government protest in Bishoftu during Irreecha, the thanksgiving festival of the Oromo people, in Denkaka Kebele, Ethiopia, October 3, 2016. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Protests broke out in some areas of Ethiopia’s Oromiya region on Monday, a day after dozens of people were killed in a stampede at a religious festival sparked by a bid by police to quell demonstrations, witnesses said.

Opposition politicians and government officials gave contrasting tolls of casualties that took place during the annual Irreecha festival in the town of Bishoftu, some 40 km (25 miles) south of the capital Addis Ababa, where police fired teargas and shots in the air to disperse protesters.

The manager of the town’s government-operated referral hospital said the death toll had risen to 55, with 100 injured, from 52 dead on Sunday. An opposition leader told Reuters the number of dead stood at around 150.

On Monday, witnesses said crowds took to the streets in Oromiya’s Ambo, Guder, Bule Hora and other towns in response to the deaths.

“Shots are still being fired. Everything remains shut – Ambo has been brought to a standstill,” said Mesfin, a university student who did not want to give his full name out of fear of reprisal.

Two other residents of the other towns said scuffles took place between demonstrators and police.

The region’s assistant police chief told journalists that “widespread disturbances” had taken place in several parts of the region.

“Roads have been blocked, while government offices and vehicles have been burnt down. Police are trying to put an end to all this,” said Sorri Dinka, deputy commissioner of the Oromiya Police Commission.

The Horn of Africa country has declared three days of national mourning, with flags flying at half mast throughout the country to pay tribute to the victims.

Sporadic protests have erupted in Oromiya over the last two years, initially triggered by a land row but increasingly turning more broadly against the government. Scores of protesters have been killed in clashes with police since late last year.

The developments highlight tensions in the country where the government has delivered high economic growth rates but faces criticism from opponents and rights groups that it has reduced political freedoms.

The government blames rebel groups and dissidents abroad for stirring up the protests and provoking violence. It dismisses charges that it clamps down on free speech or on its opponents.

Merera Gudina, chairman of the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress, said Sunday’s death toll had climbed to 150 people and that some of the victims were shot dead by police, contrary to official claims.

“We are calling on the government to establish an independent inquiry,” he told Reuters.

By James Jeffrey

Addis is booming, but not all benefit

ADDIS ABABA, 3 October 2016 (IRIN)–On Sunday evening, the bars of Addis Ababa were doing their usual brisk business. Just 50 kilometres south of the Ethiopian capital, in the picturesque volcanic lake town of Bishoftu, more than 100 people lay dead.

About two million ethnic Oromo had turned up to celebrate a traditional cultural festival. But a deadly stampede ensued after police fired tear gas at protesters who were chanting anti-government slogans and throwing stones and bottles.

Ethiopia is going through its most widespread and sustained protests since the ruling Ethiopia People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front came to power in 1991. It’s testing the leadership’s grip, and its big idea of a “developmental state” – the implied bargain in which the government delivers economic growth, in exchange for acquiescence over its authoritarianism.

Although there has been significant economic growth over the past two decades, it has not kept pace with a “youth bulge”, rising unemployment and growing inequality. The bargain seems to be fraying in the face of increasingly obvious public corruption, disaffection with the suffocation of civil liberties, and localised misrule at the state level.

When Ethiopian marathon runner Feyisa Lilesa celebrated at the finish line in the Rio Olympics by crossing his forearms above his head, the symbol of the opposition movement, he drew attention to the months of government crackdowns on protest.

Since November 2015, that has cost upwards of 600 lives, according to human rights groups.

“The oppressed stay silent but eventually you reach a critical mass and then it boils over,” said Yilikal Getenet, chairman of the opposition Blue Party. “Hundreds have been killed but they keep protesting. They go to protests knowing the risks. So what does that tell you?”

Discontent spreads

The Oromo are the country’s largest ethnic group, constituting 35 percent of the country’s nearly 100 million population. They have historically felt short-changed by successive regimes in Addis Ababa, and, initially, the unrest was confined to the Oromia Region.

But then in August, similar grassroots protest broke out among the Amhara, Ethiopia’s second largest ethnic group, starting in the ancient city of Gondar. For the first time, the government seemed to be on the ropes.

“This movement, fundamentally, involves the peasants in the countryside,” said human rights lawyer Abebe Hailu. “This government came into being with the support of the rural poor. Now it is the rural poor that is against them – this is the irony.”

Addis Ababa, the hub of political power and the engine of Ethiopia’s economy, has remained relatively cocooned. But there is undoubtedly a degree of uncertainty lurking among the sparkly new malls and rushing traffic.

Activist alliance?

It’s hard to say how closely the Amhara and Oromo activists are cooperating; but they are releasing joint press releases, mounting joint demonstrations outsides embassies abroad, and both groups are expressing solidarity with their counterparts.

“The immediate causes of the two sets of protests were different but they have the same demands: deliver the right leadership,” said Yilikal, the opposition party chairman.

“That was why, when the Amhara protested in Gondar, they carried posters calling for an imprisoned Oromo leader to be freed. Activists from either side are releasing messages to stand together.”

Merera Gudina, chairman of another opposition party, the Oromo Federalist Congress, believes the ruling EPRDF’s political project of “ethnic federalism” could be unravelling.

“What’s happening is a combination of everything: historical marginalisation and present marginalisation,” he told IRIN. “It’s a revolt against minority rule and its policies.”

The EPRDF’s federal constitution was meant to accommodate the country’s impressive diversity of more than 80 ethnic groups, providing for shared and decentralised power.

But the EPRDF is seen as controlled by the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front, which waged a successful guerrilla war against the 14-year military dictatorship of Haile Mariam Mengistu.

Tigrayans form only about six percent of the population but have a key role in government, business, and especially the security forces – to the chagrin of those that are locked out.

Alienation

“The TPLF has trapped itself by ethnicising political life without accepting real autonomy for every regional state,” explained Robert Wiren, a French journalist who specialises on the Horn of Africa.

“It is an open secret that behind each regional state leader there is a kind of unofficial political supervisor,” he said. “Since Ethiopia’s economic growth is due to a centralised-driven process, a lot of non-Tigray people suspect the Tigray elite to be the only beneficiary of the economic boom.”

This style of governance has alienated the Amhara, who historically provided the emperors that ruled the country. The Oromo feel they have always been excluded, first by the Amhara, and then by the Tigrayans, a reality that could limit the strength of the new opposition alliance.

The towering figure of Meles Zenawi, who ruled Ethiopia from 1991 until his death in office in 2012, wasn’t blind to such frictions. He chose as his successor Hailemariam Desalegn, who hails from a minority southern ethnic group.

While proving himself an able technocrat, Hailemariam hasn’t been able to restrain Ethiopia’s competing elements and balance its fragile ethnic politics.

But he hasn’t been shy of speaking out, warning that issues facing the regime are a matter of “life or death”, and criticising party members for using “public authority for personal gain at all levels”.

And he appears willing to make concessions. In the wake of the initial Oromo protests, the government shelved the ostensible cause: a plan to expand Addis Ababa into the surrounding Oromia countryside. This unprecedented government compromise was praised by many.

“Obviously, the government has to maintain law and order. That’s the point of a government. But you have to balance things: on the one hand law and order, but on the other you have to deliver genuine solutions to people’s demands,” noted Lidetu Ayele, founder of the opposition Ethiopia Democratic Party.

“If you balance that, you can really handle the situation. Otherwise, if you always pretend and play the same old political game, it cannot take you anywhere.”

But the government doesn’t appear willing to go to the extent of opening a dialogue with the opposition. “All we have are our principles and public support – we have no power to negotiate with them on anything,” said Yilikal.

Do opposition parties have a plan?

But the civilian opposition – as opposed to the armed insurgents the government still battles – is also criticised for not matching the volume of its anti-government rhetoric with effective policy alternatives.

During Ethiopia’s now infamous 2005 national election, opposition parties won a significant number of seats, but some refused to take them due to accusations of vote rigging that denied them outright victory.

A troublesome youth bulge

While many acknowledge vote rigging occurred, others lament how that boycott proved catastrophic. Today the opposition remains divided, apparently unable or unwilling to coalesce into a single effective voice.

“What does the Ethiopian public want? Firstly, peace; secondly stability; thirdly prosperity,” suggested one Addis Ababa-based foreign analyst.

“In most cases, the Ethiopian opposition have conflated opposition with opposite,” he added. “When asked for details of the programme for achieving those three needs, they revert to type and complain about how difficult it is to be opposition instead of answering the questions.”

Reform

“There are two types of opposition: those involved in armed struggle and then there’s legal representation like us, but the problem is the EPRDF puts all opposition in the same basket,” said Merera, of the OFC.

“If it’s not willing to open political space for moderate forces, how can we do anything?”

It’s argued, however, that much of the inability of opposition parties to gain traction and effectively engage with the EPRDF has more to do with their funding.

“Nearly all of opposition political party funds come from the diaspora, and the diaspora are not going to pay for an opposition that cosies up to the EPRDF,” the analyst said.

The EPRDF’s “revolutionary democracy” ideology is seen as fundamentally anti-democratic. What is needed, observers say, is reform. That would include releasing all political prisoners, unshackling the media, allowing freedom of expression, and reforming key institutions such as the judicial system.

A sterner test will be ensuring the fairness of the next local elections in 2018 and national elections in 2020.

The government has started talking about reforms. But for a country with a millennia of centralised, autocratic rule – first under its emperors and then its military leaders – that’s much easier said than done.

“People need to be calm and patient,” said Abebe, the human rights lawyer. “And we need acceptance by the government about making real reforms.”

By William Davison

• As many as 100 said to have died in flashpoint Oromia region
• Country’s largest ethnic group has protested for almost a year

(Bloomberg) — The Ethiopian government’s deadly mishandling of a protest at a cultural event by the Oromo people threatens to reignite demonstrations across the country’s largest region and worsen political risk in one of the U.S.’s key African allies.

The Association for Human Rights in Ethiopia estimates as many as 100 people were crushed to death or drowned on Sunday as they fled from regional police firing tear gas, rubber bullets and live rounds to disperse a crowd in Bishoftu city, 28 miles (45 kilometers) southeast of the capital, Addis Ababa.

Oromo protesters had crossed their arms — a symbol of resistance by Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group that’s been demonstrating for almost a year — as they chanted anti-government slogans and threatened to take over a stage where traditional leaders were due to speak. Government spokesman Getachew Reda put the death toll at 55 and said some of the protesters were responsible for the stampede.

“People are now angry and we expect a huge backlash in Oromia,” said Milkessa Midega, a doctoral candidate at the Center for Federal Studies at Addis Ababa University. “This is going to inflame another round of deadly protests.”

Regional Bulwark

The U.S. considers Ethiopia a bulwark in the Horn of Africa, a region troubled by failing states. With one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies, Ethiopia is part of an internationally funded African force battling al-Qaeda-linked militants in Somalia and also has peacekeeping troops in South Sudan and Sudan.

Protests that began over the eviction of farmers and arrests of leaders have led to 600 Oromo being killed by security forces since November, according to the rights association. Since July 31, there have also been fatal anti-government demonstrations in Amhara, Ethiopia’s second-most populous region. Combined, they present a major challenge for the ruling coalition that’s controlled Africa’s second-most populous nation for 25 years.

Oromo angry at the Bishoftu tragedy have already started demonstrating across the sprawling central region in towns including Ambo, according to Milkessa, who attended Sunday’s event. He said youthful protesters were angered by government efforts to control which traditional leaders spoke at the annual Irreecha celebration. The danger of people getting crushed in the ditches if force was used was obvious, Milkessa said.

The leaders of the Oromo wing of the ruling coalition were replaced last month amid government pledges to combat corruption and maladministration. Government opponents say senior officials of Tigrayan ethnicity control the Oromo politicians that lead the region of about 35 million people.

The Bishoftu incident was described as a “massacre” by influential activists such as U.S.-based Jawar Mohammed, executive director of the Oromia Media Network, who disseminates videos and reports of protests to more than 1 million Facebook followers. He says the military shot and caused the deaths of as many as 600 people and on Sunday called for five “days of rage” across the region.

Crowds stoned vehicles traveling between the towns of Modjo and Shashemene on Sunday and the road was effectively closed to traffic on Monday, said Sara Negash, a passenger in a targeted bus. At Hagere Mariam in southern Oromia, protesters burned a customs office and police station, according to Getachew.

There will probably be a shift in resistance tactics after the tragedy as the Oromo “intensify their struggle for freedom and equality,” said Awol Kassim Allo, a lecturer in law at the University of Keele in the U.K.

“I think yesterday’s event marks a significant turning point in the struggle of the Oromo people,” he said.

The figure 52 was set by the Government of Ethiopia, but eye witnesses say it is well over 300

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At least 52 people were crushed to death in a stampede on Sunday after police volleyed tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse an … Government continues mass murder in Ethiopia: Massacre at Irreecha Celebration nazret.com – ‎7 hours ago‎ Injured protesters wait for help after several people died during the Irrechaa, the thanks giving festival of the Oromo people in Bishoftu town of Oromia region, Ethiopia, October 2, 2016. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri. Advertisement. “The Regime in Ethiopia … Oromia: Stampede at Ethiopia protest leaves 52 dead Nehanda Radio – ‎12 hours ago‎ Fifty-two people were killed and many more injured in Ethiopia’s Oromia region during a protest at a religious festival, the government says. The US had already expressed concern about excessive use of force against protesters before Sunday’s violence.

Police trigger deadly stampede that kills 50 Times LIVE – ‎16 hours ago‎ Police in Ethiopia’s Oromia region fired teargas and warning shots yesterday to disperse anti-government protesters at a religious festival, triggering a stampede that the opposition party said killed at least 50. Over 50 killed in stampede in Ethiopia after police fire warning shots at protest India Today – ‎19 hours ago‎ More than 50 people were killed and many more injured in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region during a protest at a religious festival, the government says. Reuters | Posted by Mriganka Sen. reuters@intoday.com. Addis Ababa, October 3, 2016 | UPDATED 10:55 IST. Dozens killed during stampede at religious celebration Jamaica Gleaner – ‎17 hours ago‎ Several dozen people died in a stampede Sunday morning when a religious celebration in Ethiopia turned into an anti-government protest that led police to fire tear gas and rubber bullets. An estimated two million people were attending the annual … Did tear-gas lead to deadly “stampede” at religious festival? BBC News – ‎15 hours ago‎ More than 50 people have been killed as they attended a religious festival in the Oromiya region of Ethiopia. Thousands of people had gathered including anti-government protestors. The Ethiopian prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, has blamed rioters … Ethiopian stampede: Dozens crushed to death at Ethiopian religious festival after police fired gas Ya Libnan – ‎15 hours ago‎ The US had already expressed concern about excessive use of force against protesters before Sunday’s violence Fifty-two people died on Sunday at a religious festival in Ethiopia to celebrate the end of the rainy season after police fired tear gas at … Stampede in Ethiopia kills 50 Business Standard – ‎20 hours ago‎ At least 50 people were killed in a stampede triggered after police fired teargas and warning shots at anti-government protesters during a religious festival in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region. Thousands of people had gathered for an annual celebration of … Annual Celebration Turns Deadly in Ethiopia Voice of America – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Ethiopian soldiers block the street as people march during an annual religious festival in Bishoftu, a town southeast of Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. Share. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share on Google+ · Email to a … More than 50 dead in Ethiopia stampede Newshub – ‎19 hours ago‎ Ethiopia’s government says several people have died and others have been injured in chaotic scenes at a festival near the capital, while the opposition party says the death toll is at least 52 in a stampede sparked by police action to break up a protest. Ethiopian Festival Protest Leaves 52 Dead RadioVop – ‎16 hours ago‎ Fifty-two people were killed and many more injured in Ethiopia’s Oromia region during a protest at a religious festival, the government says. Some died in a stampede after police employed tear gas, rubber bullets and baton charges, witnesses said. In Ethiopia: Dozens killed in stampede after police fire warning shots at protest Pulse Nigeria – ‎13 hours ago‎ Crowds chanted “We need freedom” and “We need justice”, preventing community elders, deemed close to the government, from delivering their speeches. Published: 09.55; Pulse News Agency International By Reuters. Print; eMail · play … 100 Feared Dead In Ethiopia Stampede As Police Disperse Oromo Festival AFKInsider – ‎12 hours ago‎ At least 100 were killed and scores others injured in a stampede in Ethiopia after police fired teargas and warning shots at a crowd that had attended an annual cultural festival of the Oromo people in Bishoftu town, south of the capital, on Sunday … Dozens killed in Ethiopia after police use tear gas on protest at festival Washington Post – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — Dozens of people died Sunday at a festival after security forces fired tear gas into a crowd during a political protest and provoked a stampede. Opposition leaders estimated at least 100 dead. Late Sunday, the regional … Dozens killed during stampede at Ethiopia religious event WLS-TV – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ FILE – In this June 10, 2005 file photo, members of the Ethiopian army patrol the streets of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, after recent clashes with protesters. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo, file). AP. Sunday, October 02, 2016 01:37PM. BISHOFTU, Ethiopia … Ethiopian religious festival marred by deadly violence Deutsche Welle – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ A stampede has left 52 dead after police attacked protesters during an Ethiopian religious festival. The violence was reportedly triggered when people made anti-government gestures at police, who replied with tear gas. Proetesters in Bishoftu (DW/Y. 52 confirmed dead in stampede during Ethiopia religious celebration Chicago Tribune – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ People march during an annual religious festival in Bishoftu, a town southeast of Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. People march during an annual religious festival in Bishoftu, a town southeast of Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa … Ethiopia: 52 killed in Oromia festival stampede Doordarshan – ‎19 hours ago‎ 52 people were killed in a stampede near the Ethiopian capital on Sunday after police fired tear gas at protesters during a religious festival. Several thousand people had gathered at a lake to take part in the Irreecha ceremony, in which the Oromo … Human rights protest in Ethiopia leaves 52 dead Headlines & Global News – ‎16 hours ago‎ Countless people were injured and 52 people died during a protest at a religious festival in Ethiopia. Protesters were reported to be rallying against economic marginalization and the lack of concern of the government about their human rights. By … Ethiopian stampede claims 50 after police fires tear gas Mid-Day – ‎18 hours ago‎ Addis Ababa: Around 50 peop were reportedly killed in a stampede near the Ethiopian capital yesterday after police fired tear gas at protesters during a religious festival, according to a photographer at the scene. Thousands of people had gathered at a … At least 50 people killed in stampede in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region K24 TV – ‎11 hours ago‎ More than 50 people were yesterday killed in a stampede in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region after police lobbed teargas and shot in the air to disperse anti-government protesters at a religious festival. The state broadcaster put the death toll at 52, citing … Deadly stampede at Oromia protest Daily Trust – ‎21 hours ago‎ Residents of Bishoftu crossed their wrists above their heads as a symbol for the Oromo anti-government protesting movement during the Oromo new year holiday Irreechaa in Bishoftu yesterday. Dozens have been killed and injured in Ethiopia’s Oromia … ‘More than 100’ dead in stampede after protest at Ethiopian religious festival Yahoo7 News – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ More than 100 people were reportedly crushed to death in Ethiopia after police fired tear gas at protesters during a religious festival on Sunday, triggering a panicked stampede. Play Video. Play. Mute. Current Time 0:00. /. Duration Time 0:00. Loaded: 0%. Dozens killed in Ethiopia festival stampede as police clash with anti-government protesters UPI.com – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ OROMIA, Ethiopia, Oct. 2 (UPI) — As many as 100 people are believed to have drowned or been crushed to death in Ethiopia’s Oromia region after security forces faced off with protesters, causing a deadly stampede, witnesses said. Some died and many … Ethiopia Stampede Kills Dozens at Religious Event Wall Street Journal – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Several dozen people died in a stampede Sunday when a religious celebration in Ethiopia turned into an anti-government demonstration that triggered police to fire tear gas and rubber bullets. Photo: AP … 52 people killed in Ethiopia stampede after police fire tear gas at anti-government protesters during religious festival Mirror.co.uk – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ More than 50 people have been killed in a stampede in Ethiopia after police used tear gas and shot in the air to disperse anti-government protesters at a religious festival. Protesters chanted “We need freedom” and “We need justice” in a show of anger … Ethiopia: 50 killed in stampede after anti-govt. protests The Hindu – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ More than 50 people were killed in a stampede in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region that was triggered when police used tear gas and shot in the air on Sunday to disperse anti-government protesters at a religious festival. The state broadcaster put the death … Stampede at Ethiopia kills 50 indiablooms – ‎18 hours ago‎ Addis Ababa, Oct 3 (IBNS): At least 50 people were killed during a protest at a religious festival in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, media reports said. According to reports, several others were injured in the incident. Some died in a stampede after police … Dozens killed in Ethiopia stampede after police fire at protesters ITV News – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Dozens have been killed after Ethiopian police fired teargas and guns at a large crowd. Credit: RTV. More than 50 people have been killed in a stampede at a religious festival in Ethiopia after police confronted anti-government protesters. It was the … Stampede at Ethiopian Thanksgiving Festival Leaves Scores Dead After Clash Between Police and Protesters The Inquisitr – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ About a hundred people died in a stampede in Ethiopia on Sunday after police clashed with anti-government protesters during the Irreecha festival. The Irreecha festival is a cultural Thanksgiving event observed by the Oromo people, who are Ethiopia’s … Ethiopia Stampede Kills at Least 100 as Oromo Protest Dispersed Bloomberg – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ A protest in Ethiopia turned into a stampede that left at least 100 people drowned or crushed to death as police dispersed a crowd at an annual cultural festival of the Oromo people, the nation’s largest ethnic group, a doctor from Bishoftu Hospital said.

Dozens die in crush as police fire on crowd Irish Independent – ‎21 hours ago‎ Injured protesters wait for help after several people died during festival in Ethiopia. Photo: 1 Injured protesters wait for help after several people died during festival in Ethiopia. Photo: Tiksa Negeri. AT LEAST 52 people were crushed to death in a … Ethiopian festival ends in deadly stampede euronews – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ “People are alienated from the way the food is produced – therefore they don’t want to pay for it, they don’t know what is healthy for them, and all these problems are related to the separation.” Culture. 03/10/2016 … Video: ‘Several’ killed during protest at Irreecha festival in Bishoftu, Ethiopia nazret.com – ‎20 hours ago‎ A deadly stampede broke out after Ethiopian police reportedly fired tear gas to break up an ethnic Oromo protest during a festival with several people killed south of the capital, Addis Ababa. Below is the report on Ethiopian State-Owned EBC TV … Ethiopia: Irreechaa a Festival That Promotes Unity and Peace AllAfrica.com – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ This writer is of the opinion that culture is what we human beings bring to this world. People are born in a cultural setting which highly influences them. Hence no one is free from the influence of culture. Very recently this writer had been in … More than 50 killed in stampede at Ethiopia religious festival Daily Sabah – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ At least 52 people were killed and many injured after an annual thanksgiving festival of the Oromo community turned into an anti-government protest Sunday in the south-central Ethiopian town of Bishoftu. According to a statement issued by the regional … 50 killed after Irreecha festival stampede in Ethiopia International Business Times UK – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Chaos broke out at a religious festival in the Oromia region of Ethiopia, after police fired tear gas and warning shots to break up a protest. At least 50 people were killed in the resulting stampede, according to reports from opposition party sources … Ethiopians killed in stampede after police fire warning shots during protest Daily Mail – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Police fired teargas and warning shots at anti-government protesters during a religious festival, triggering a stampede that killed ‘at least 50 people’. Thousands of people had gathered for an annual celebration of thanksgiving in Ethiopia’s Oromiya … Ethiopia regional government confirms that 52 killed in stampede after protest at religious event Corvallis Gazette Times – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia regional government confirms that 52 killed in stampede after protest at religious event. Tags. Wire · General News · Protests And Demonstrations · Local Governments · Political And Civil Unrest · Religious Issues … Fatalities reported after police fired tear gas at anti-government rally in Ethiopia RT – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Multiple deaths are reported in a stampede in Ethiopia, which happened after the police fired tear gas and warning shots at a crowd of anti-government protesters who gathered for a religious festival. A reporter from AFP on the scene reported seeing up … Several dead, many injured after crackdown on Oromia protest in Ethiopia africanews – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Several people have died and many injured during a stampede after Ethiopia’s special forces fired teargas and warning shots on Sunday to disperse protesters at the annual Irreecha thanksgiving festival of the Oromia people in Bishoftu. ‘Several dozen’ die in Ethiopia stampede, witnesses say ITV News – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Several dozen people have died in a stampede in Ethiopia as a religious celebration turned into a protest, according to witness reports. It is reported to been sparked when people fled after police fired teargas and shots in the air to disperse anti … Ethiopia declares three days of national mourning for Bishoftu victims; Premier extends condolences (+Video) Awramba Times – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Awramba Times (Addis Ababa) –The government of Ethiopia has declared three days of national mourning for 52 people died in a stampede at the annual Irrecha celebration in Bishoftu town, Hora Arsadi. According to a statement by the house of people’s … Dozens of deaths during stampede at Ethiopia religious event The Providence Journal – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ BISHOFTU, Ethiopia (AP) — Witnesses say several dozen people have died in a stampede during a religious celebration in a town southeast of Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. People at the annual festival in Bishoftu were crushed to death Sunday morning … 52 People Died During Stampede at Irrecha Celebration, Government says Awramba Times – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Awramba Times (Bishoftu, Ethiopia) – The Oromia regional state said 52 people were died in a stampede today while police fired teargas and warning shots to disperse protestors at the annual Irrecha celebration in Bishoftu town, about 40km southeast of … 52 people confirmed killed in Ethiopia religious festival stampede Irish Independent – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ A total of 52 people have been confirmed killed in a stampede in Ethiopia after police tried to disperse an anti-government protest at a religious festival. Share. Email. Go To. Comments. The Oromia regional government confirmed the death toll late on … Deadly stampede triggered by police at Ethiopian religious festival The Week Magazine – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Police response to an Oromo ethnic group protest at the annual Irreecha religious festival in Ethiopia caused a stampede to break out Sunday, killing an unknown number of people. After the protesters began marching and chanting, police reportedly … Oromia festival disrupted as Ethiopian police fire teargas to disperse protesters africanews – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ The annual Irreecha thanksgiving festival of the Oromia people in central Ethiopia was disrupted on Sunday after police fired teargas to disperse protesters in Bishoftu. Among the thousands of festival participants, a number of them marched chanting … Ethiopia stampede: Dozens die in stampede after protests break out at religious ceremon Daily Star – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ A STAMPEDE has killed at least 50 part in Ethiopia after police warning shots and teargas sparked panic among protesters. By Jeremy Culley / Published 2nd October 2016. Stampede in Ethiopia DS. CHAOS: Huge crowds fled the police tear gas and shots. Building science expertise from the ground up in Ethiopia Royal Society of Chemistry – ‎11 hours ago‎ Zoe Zeliku first went to Ethiopia in 2010, as a GSK volunteer working at the Centre for National Health Development in Addis Ababa. Now she is returning, to share her expertise and enthusiasm for analytical chemistry. Now a manager at GSK, she is going … Ethiopia stampede: ‘At least 50 killed’ after police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters The Independent – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Dozens of people have been killed in a stampede in Ethiopia after police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse anti-government protesters at a religious festival. The opposition party said at least 50 people had died. An estimated two million … Scores of Ethiopians killed in stampede after police fire warning shots during protest The Eagle Online – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Report says scores of Ethiopians have been killed as police fired warning shots and teargas in Oromiya region on Sunday to disperse anti-government protesters at a religious festival, triggering a stampede. It said though government did not give a … Stampede, gunfire hit Ethiopian festival www.worldbulletin.net – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ An unconfirmed number of deaths have been reported after a festival in Ethiopia descended into violence and protest on Sunday. An annual thanksgiving festival of the Oromo community, Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, turned into an anti-government … Ethiopia: Excelling in Transport Stream to Sustain Development AllAfrica.com – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ The growth of transportation sector is a sign of economic advancement of a nation. It is one component and element of development. Developed countries usually have a better and advanced transport means than less developed or developing ones. Ethiopia police fire warning shots during demo Press TV – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Policemen attempt to control protesters chanting slogans during a demonstration in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, August 6, 2016. (Photo by Reuters). Police in Ethiopia have fired teargas and warning shots to scatter people participating in a … Ethiopia stampede: At least 50 killed after police open fire in Bishoftu Metro – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ At least 50 people have been killed after police opened fire at protesters during a religious festival in Ethiopia. Thousands of people had gathered at a sacred lake in the town of Bishoftu to take part in the Irreecha ceremony, which marks the end of … Witnesses: Several dozen die in Ethiopia stampede as religious celebration turns into protest Corvallis Gazette Times – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ BISHOFTU, Ethiopia (AP) — Witnesses: Several dozen die in Ethiopia stampede as religious celebration turns into protest. Tags. Wire · General News. Could not retrieve products. ×. Post a comment. Emoticons. Comment Text. Cancel. Post comment. × … Ethiopia: ‘Several’ killed in Oromia festival stampede Nehanda Radio – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Dozens have been killed and injured in Ethiopia’s Oromia region after security forces confronted protesters at a festival, witnesses say. Many fled as security forces used tear gas Security forces said they were responding to protesters throwing … Ethiopians drive cars you won’t find in Nigeria The Punch – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ We just had the Africa Fashion Reception in partnership with the African Union. The reception took place at the headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa. The Africa Fashion Reception is aimed at empowering women and youths through various … Dozens feared dead in Ethiopia stampede iAfrica.com – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ People look at a severely injured man carried for treatment after a deadly stampede in Bishoftu, on October 2, 2016. Several people were killed in a stampede near the Ethiopian capital on October 2 after police fired tear gas at protesters during a … More Than 50 Killed During Ethiopian Religious Festival Stоck Nеws USА – ‎13 hours ago‎ Teargas and warning shots were fired by the police at the anti-government protesters at a religious festival, from which a panic which killed ‘at least 50 people’ was triggered. Thousands of people gathered for the annual thanksgiving celebration from …

Dozens die in crush as police fire on crowd Irish Independent – ‎21 hours ago‎ Injured protesters wait for help after several people died during festival in Ethiopia. Photo: 1 Injured protesters wait for help after several people died during festival in Ethiopia. Photo: Tiksa Negeri. AT LEAST 52 people were crushed to death in a … Ethiopian festival ends in deadly stampede euronews – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ “People are alienated from the way the food is produced – therefore they don’t want to pay for it, they don’t know what is healthy for them, and all these problems are related to the separation.” Culture. 03/10/2016 … Video: ‘Several’ killed during protest at Irreecha festival in Bishoftu, Ethiopia nazret.com – ‎20 hours ago‎ A deadly stampede broke out after Ethiopian police reportedly fired tear gas to break up an ethnic Oromo protest during a festival with several people killed south of the capital, Addis Ababa. Below is the report on Ethiopian State-Owned EBC TV … Ethiopia: Irreechaa a Festival That Promotes Unity and Peace AllAfrica.com – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ This writer is of the opinion that culture is what we human beings bring to this world. People are born in a cultural setting which highly influences them. Hence no one is free from the influence of culture. Very recently this writer had been in … More than 50 killed in stampede at Ethiopia religious festival Daily Sabah – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ At least 52 people were killed and many injured after an annual thanksgiving festival of the Oromo community turned into an anti-government protest Sunday in the south-central Ethiopian town of Bishoftu. According to a statement issued by the regional … 50 killed after Irreecha festival stampede in Ethiopia International Business Times UK – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Chaos broke out at a religious festival in the Oromia region of Ethiopia, after police fired tear gas and warning shots to break up a protest. At least 50 people were killed in the resulting stampede, according to reports from opposition party sources … Ethiopians killed in stampede after police fire warning shots during protest Daily Mail – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Police fired teargas and warning shots at anti-government protesters during a religious festival, triggering a stampede that killed ‘at least 50 people’. Thousands of people had gathered for an annual celebration of thanksgiving in Ethiopia’s Oromiya … Ethiopia regional government confirms that 52 killed in stampede after protest at religious event Corvallis Gazette Times – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia regional government confirms that 52 killed in stampede after protest at religious event. Tags. Wire · General News · Protests And Demonstrations · Local Governments · Political And Civil Unrest · Religious Issues … Fatalities reported after police fired tear gas at anti-government rally in Ethiopia RT – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Multiple deaths are reported in a stampede in Ethiopia, which happened after the police fired tear gas and warning shots at a crowd of anti-government protesters who gathered for a religious festival. A reporter from AFP on the scene reported seeing up … Several dead, many injured after crackdown on Oromia protest in Ethiopia africanews – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Several people have died and many injured during a stampede after Ethiopia’s special forces fired teargas and warning shots on Sunday to disperse protesters at the annual Irreecha thanksgiving festival of the Oromia people in Bishoftu. ‘Several dozen’ die in Ethiopia stampede, witnesses say ITV News – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Several dozen people have died in a stampede in Ethiopia as a religious celebration turned into a protest, according to witness reports. It is reported to been sparked when people fled after police fired teargas and shots in the air to disperse anti … Ethiopia declares three days of national mourning for Bishoftu victims; Premier extends condolences (+Video) Awramba Times – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Awramba Times (Addis Ababa) –The government of Ethiopia has declared three days of national mourning for 52 people died in a stampede at the annual Irrecha celebration in Bishoftu town, Hora Arsadi. According to a statement by the house of people’s … Dozens of deaths during stampede at Ethiopia religious event The Providence Journal – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ BISHOFTU, Ethiopia (AP) — Witnesses say several dozen people have died in a stampede during a religious celebration in a town southeast of Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. People at the annual festival in Bishoftu were crushed to death Sunday morning … 52 People Died During Stampede at Irrecha Celebration, Government says Awramba Times – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Awramba Times (Bishoftu, Ethiopia) – The Oromia regional state said 52 people were died in a stampede today while police fired teargas and warning shots to disperse protestors at the annual Irrecha celebration in Bishoftu town, about 40km southeast of … 52 people confirmed killed in Ethiopia religious festival stampede Irish Independent – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ A total of 52 people have been confirmed killed in a stampede in Ethiopia after police tried to disperse an anti-government protest at a religious festival. Share. Email. Go To. Comments. The Oromia regional government confirmed the death toll late on … Deadly stampede triggered by police at Ethiopian religious festival The Week Magazine – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Police response to an Oromo ethnic group protest at the annual Irreecha religious festival in Ethiopia caused a stampede to break out Sunday, killing an unknown number of people. After the protesters began marching and chanting, police reportedly … Oromia festival disrupted as Ethiopian police fire teargas to disperse protesters africanews – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ The annual Irreecha thanksgiving festival of the Oromia people in central Ethiopia was disrupted on Sunday after police fired teargas to disperse protesters in Bishoftu. Among the thousands of festival participants, a number of them marched chanting … Ethiopia stampede: Dozens die in stampede after protests break out at religious ceremon Daily Star – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ A STAMPEDE has killed at least 50 part in Ethiopia after police warning shots and teargas sparked panic among protesters. By Jeremy Culley / Published 2nd October 2016. Stampede in Ethiopia DS. CHAOS: Huge crowds fled the police tear gas and shots. Building science expertise from the ground up in Ethiopia Royal Society of Chemistry – ‎11 hours ago‎ Zoe Zeliku first went to Ethiopia in 2010, as a GSK volunteer working at the Centre for National Health Development in Addis Ababa. Now she is returning, to share her expertise and enthusiasm for analytical chemistry. Now a manager at GSK, she is going … Ethiopia stampede: ‘At least 50 killed’ after police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters The Independent – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Dozens of people have been killed in a stampede in Ethiopia after police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse anti-government protesters at a religious festival. The opposition party said at least 50 people had died. An estimated two million … Scores of Ethiopians killed in stampede after police fire warning shots during protest The Eagle Online – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Report says scores of Ethiopians have been killed as police fired warning shots and teargas in Oromiya region on Sunday to disperse anti-government protesters at a religious festival, triggering a stampede. It said though government did not give a … Stampede, gunfire hit Ethiopian festival www.worldbulletin.net – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ An unconfirmed number of deaths have been reported after a festival in Ethiopia descended into violence and protest on Sunday. An annual thanksgiving festival of the Oromo community, Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, turned into an anti-government … Ethiopia: Excelling in Transport Stream to Sustain Development AllAfrica.com – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ The growth of transportation sector is a sign of economic advancement of a nation. It is one component and element of development. Developed countries usually have a better and advanced transport means than less developed or developing ones. Ethiopia police fire warning shots during demo Press TV – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Policemen attempt to control protesters chanting slogans during a demonstration in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, August 6, 2016. (Photo by Reuters). Police in Ethiopia have fired teargas and warning shots to scatter people participating in a … Ethiopia stampede: At least 50 killed after police open fire in Bishoftu Metro – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ At least 50 people have been killed after police opened fire at protesters during a religious festival in Ethiopia. Thousands of people had gathered at a sacred lake in the town of Bishoftu to take part in the Irreecha ceremony, which marks the end of … Witnesses: Several dozen die in Ethiopia stampede as religious celebration turns into protest Corvallis Gazette Times – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ BISHOFTU, Ethiopia (AP) — Witnesses: Several dozen die in Ethiopia stampede as religious celebration turns into protest. Tags. Wire · General News. Could not retrieve products. ×. Post a comment. Emoticons. Comment Text. Cancel. Post comment. × … Ethiopia: ‘Several’ killed in Oromia festival stampede Nehanda Radio – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Dozens have been killed and injured in Ethiopia’s Oromia region after security forces confronted protesters at a festival, witnesses say. Many fled as security forces used tear gas Security forces said they were responding to protesters throwing … Ethiopians drive cars you won’t find in Nigeria The Punch – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ We just had the Africa Fashion Reception in partnership with the African Union. The reception took place at the headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa. The Africa Fashion Reception is aimed at empowering women and youths through various … Dozens feared dead in Ethiopia stampede iAfrica.com – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ People look at a severely injured man carried for treatment after a deadly stampede in Bishoftu, on October 2, 2016. Several people were killed in a stampede near the Ethiopian capital on October 2 after police fired tear gas at protesters during a … More Than 50 Killed During Ethiopian Religious Festival Stоck Nеws USА – ‎13 hours ago‎ Teargas and warning shots were fired by the police at the anti-government protesters at a religious festival, from which a panic which killed ‘at least 50 people’ was triggered. Thousands of people gathered for the annual thanksgiving celebration from …

More Than 50 Killed During Ethiopian Religious Festival Stоck Nеws USА – ‎13 hours ago‎ Teargas and warning shots were fired by the police at the anti-government protesters at a religious festival, from which a panic which killed ‘at least 50 people’ was triggered. Thousands of people gathered for the annual thanksgiving celebration from … ‘Several’ killed in Oromia Irrecha festival stampede nazret.com – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ An injured protester waits for help after several people died during the Irrechaa, the thanks giving festival of the Oromo people in Bishoftu town of Oromia region, Ethiopia, October 2, 2016. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri. Advertisement. A deadly stampede broke … Scores killed in Ethiopia stampede Blasting News – ‎18 hours ago‎ Scores of religious festival attendees died earlier on Sunday after they were crushed in a stampede in Bishoftu. The town is 40 kilometers on the southeast of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. According to Aljazeera reports, over 2 million people were … In Ethiopia: 52 dead in festival stampede Pulse Nigeria – ‎13 hours ago‎ “What I hear from people on the ground is that the number of dead is more than one hundred,” said Gudina. Published: 09.40 , Refreshed: 10.11; Pulse News Agency International By AFP. Print; eMail · People extract an injured man from a ditch after a … Sad NEWS! Oromia: Stampede at Ethiopia protest leaves 52 dead Tribune – ‎13 hours ago‎ Fifty two individuals were killed and a lot more injured during a protest at a religious festival in the Oromia area of Ethiopia, the government says. Some died in a stampede after police employed tear gas, rubber bullets and baton charges, witnesses said. Ethiopia: Dozens Killed in Oromo protest stampede Sudan Tribune – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ October 2, 2016 (ADDIS ABABA) – Dozens of people have been killed on Sunday after a glamorous religious festival in Ethiopia’s Oromia region turned into a violent anti-government protest scene. The incident took place as an estimated three million … Ethiopia: Protesters killed in Irrecha stampede The Global Herald – ‎22 hours ago‎ Scores of people are reported to have died in a stampede in Ethiopia, after anti-government protesters were crushed trying to flee police. The opposition says at least 50 people were killed, but some reports suggest more than 100 people could have died. Stampede leaves dozens of Ethiopian protesters dead Blouin News Blogs – ‎13 hours ago‎ At least 52 people were killed and dozens of others injured in a stampede in Ethiopia’s Oromia region where thousands of anti-government protesters gathered at a religious festival on Sunday. Some of the witnesses accused the security forces of … Breaking News: Dozens of People Killed in Ethiopia Protest – Oromia Reveille – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Dozens injured and have already been killed after security forces faced protesters at a holiday in the Oromia area of Ethiopia, witnesses say. Some folks perished after authorities used tear gas, rubber bullets and baton charges in a panicked stampede … Stampede At Ethiopian Protest Leaves Dozens Dead Information Nigeria – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Dozens of people have died during a stampede at a protest in Ethiopia after police fired teargas into the crowd.The incident occurred at the Oromia region after a religious festival in Bishoftu turned violent. People threw stones during the festival … Police fire teargas, shots in air at Ethiopia protest Cosumnes Connection (subscription) – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Police in Ethiopia fired teargas and shots into the air on Sunday to disperse protesters who chanted anti-government slogans during a festival in a town in the Oromiya region, south of the capital Addis Ababa, witnesses said. The government and … Many die as protest turns stampede Gistmaster (blog) – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Many people have been killed and others injured in the Oromia region of Ethiopia after security forces confronted protesters at a festival, witnesses say. The victims died in a panicked stampede after police employed tear gas, rubber bullets and baton … Ethiopia: More than 150 Dead after Security Forces Fire into Crowd EIN News (press release) – ‎6 hours ago‎ “The deaths in Bishoftu occurred because security forces fired tear gas and live ammunition at a crowd of over a million people celebrating a religious occasion,” said Vukasin Petrovic, director for Africa programs. “The government of Ethiopia should … AU Commission Chairperson sends condolence message following deadly Ethiopian Stampede EIN News (press release) – ‎6 hours ago‎ The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma sends her deepest condolences to the Ethiopian government, people and families of those who lost their loved ones following the stampede. The deadly stampede … Oromo: Deadliest Mass Killing During Irrecha Festival UNPO – ‎7 hours ago‎ On 2 October 2016, at least 300 Oromo protesters fell victim to an Ethiopian Government-sponsored killing squad. Gathered to celebrate their traditional Irrecha Festival near the city of Bishoftu, estimated 4.000,000 Oromos were surprised by … Ethiopia: human rights defender condemns deadliest mass murder in Oromia | #IrreechaaMassacre | #OromoProtests Gadaa.com Oduu – News – ‎18 hours ago‎ The following is a statement from the Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA). IrreechaaMassacre2016. —. HRLHA Urgent Action. October 2, 2016. The HRLHA deeply condemns the mass murder by the Ethiopian government sponsored killing … Several Killed in Stampede during Festival in Ethiopia Latin American Herald Tribune – ‎21 hours ago‎ ADDIS ABABA – Several people died in a stampede on Sunday in Ethiopia’s Oromia region during a traditional festival, government officials said. A government statement did not give an exact number of victims, but confirmed that people had died in the … BBC: Oromia: Deadly stampede at Ethiopia protest Focus News – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Addis Ababa. Dozens have been killed and injured in Ethiopia’s Oromia region after security forces confronted protesters at a festival, witnesses say, BBC reported. Some people died in a panicked stampede after police employed tear gas, rubber bullets … Dozens Killed In Ethiopia After Stampede At Protest Cosumnes Connection (subscription) – ‎8 hours ago‎ Among the thousands of festival participants, a number of them marched chanting anti-government slogans and their arms crossed above their heads while Ethiopian Air Force helicopters hovered above the crowd. One protester told the Associated Press … Deadly stampede kills at least 50 in tragedy at religious festival Express.co.uk – ‎Oct 2, 2016‎ Thousands of people had gathered for the annual Irreecha festival in the Oromiya region, when police fired tear gas and warning shots to disperse anti-government protesters. Activists waving a rebel group’s flag and chanting anti-government slogans had

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