Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

'Unprecedented' Protests in Ethiopia Against Capital Expansion Plan

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Students from the Oromo ethnic group in Ethiopia have been protesting for three weeks against an urban expansion plan around the capital that they fear will lead to land grabs without proper compensation. Security forces have clashed with demonstrators, killing at least five people this week. The student protests have spread quickly through the Oromo region that surrounds the capital. Farmers and other citizens have been joining the demonstrations. The government accuses some of the...

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