SNNPR Police killed 2 and injured 7 for protesting the interruption of the drinking water supply for the past three months in Wolkite, Guraghe Zone, #Ethiopia .

6388 አለኝታ ነጻ የስልክ መስመር ላይ ይደውሉና #ስነልቦናዊ ድጋፍና ሪፈራል ከበቂ ባለሙያዎች ያግኙ #ጾታዊ_ጥቃት_ይቁም ! #አለኝታ
UN Women Ethiopia

Survey found 'a record-high 65% of Ethiopians are struggling to afford food, with food prices rising 43% in 2022 compared to 2021, and certain staple items soaring by more than 80%.'

'The hungry people eat their leaders' - Prof Merera Gudina.

Preliminary Report by the CECOE on the conduct of the Referendum Day Voting processes in the Six zones and Five special Woredas under the SNNPR region of #Ethiopia :
drive.google.com/file/d/1FIvZlM…

The way towards inclusive government and urban culture in #Ethiopia is super difficult mainly because even movements for inclusion are not inclusive and participatory. People of different sociopolitical interests do not talk to each other; they only conform to their echo chambers

The whole system revolves around the idea that the majority can be made to believe 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, so long as it is repeated loudly and often.

And it works.

India just passed China as the most populous country in the world. Why?

Because of the biggest accident in history

Look at where people live in India. What's that band up north?

Roads that are closed for vehicles and pedistrians until 10:00 AM today. In map, literally 😊 👇🏾

በአጭሩ ዛሬ መሐል አዲስ አበባ ዝግ ሆኖ ይውላል።

እንደዚህ ዓይነት እንደፈንዲሻ እያሳረረ የሚያስቅ፣ የሚያሳቅቅ መንግሥት ይመጣል ብሎ ማን አሰበ?

Hilarious.

It seems evident PM Abiy wanted to prevent Sunday's rally by EOTC's followers which would probably be a Tsunami. Not totally bad; owever, meddling in internal affair of religions is in his gov's philosophy and I think he might come back with another stifling strategy.

Authorities in Ethiopia must immediately reinstate full access to social media platforms across the entire country, and put a complete end to this ongoing, damaging practice of censorship and control. Access Now accessnow.org/ethiopia-socia…

.Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) - ኢሰመኮ confirmed disproportional use of force, extrajudicual killings, arbitrary detention, restriction of movement and peaceful protests by government forces against Ethiopian Orthodox Tewhido Christians who refused to legitimize the defunct group.

ንጉሡን ደምስሼ፥ ወታደር ሾሜያለሁ፣
ወታደሩን ሽሬ፥ ታጣቂ አምኛለሁ፣
ታጣቂ እምቢ ብዬ፥ ወንበዴ አንግሻለሁ።
ንጉሡም መሬቴን፥
ወቴው ነጻነቴን፣
ሽፍታው እኔነቴን፥
ወንበዴው ኩራቴን፣
ወድቆ እስከሚሰበር፥ እየገዘገዙት፣
ምኔን ነው ‘ሚገዙት?

#CARDEthiopia is alarmed by the unwarranted suspension of the Somali Journalists Association by the Somali Region Justice Bureau and the Somali Region Communication Bureau.
cardeth.org/card-condemns-…

#Ethiopia was put among authoritarian states once again in the Economist's Democracy Index 2022. eiu.com/n/campaigns/de…

In the meantime, the referendum to give birth to the 12th regional state, Southern Ethiopia Regional State, will be held tomorrow 6 Feb 2023.

Thread by Alemayehu Gemeda on how Abiy Ahmed Ali 🇪🇹 meddles in internal affairs of religious institutions regardless of the PM's duty to obey and enforce constitutional principle of secularism. [in AM] threadreaderapp.com/thread/1620569…