Ethiopia: At least 100 killed in protests against government in Oromia region
Over the weekend, nearly 100 people were killed in protests organized in different parts of Ethiopia.
According to Amnesty International, 67 people died when “security forces fired live bullets at peaceful protesters” in different towns and cities in the Oromia region over the weekend.”
The demonstrators were protesting a government attempt (now aborted) to commandeer farmlands in the region surrounding the capital for development. The government proposed the expansion of the territorial limits of the capital, Addis Ababa, into the neighboring Oromia lands.