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  2. 2014–2016 Oromo protests - Wikipedia

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    The 2014–2016 Oromo protests were a series of protests and resistance first sparked on 25 April 2014. The initial actions were taken in opposition to the Addis Ababa Master Plan, and resumed on 12 November 2015 by university students and farmers in the town of Ginchi, located 80 km southwest of Addis Ababa, encircled by the Oromia region.

  3. History of Addis Ababa - Wikipedia

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    The history of Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, formally begins with the founding of the city in the 19th century by Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II and his wife Empress Taytu Betul. In its first years the city was more like a military encampment than a town. The central focus was the emperor’s palace, which was surrounded by the dwellings of ...

  4. 2023 Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church crisis - Wikipedia

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    30 people killed as of February 10 [1] On 22 January 2023, three bishops led by Abune Sawiros formed 25-episcopate in Oromia and Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region that is condemned by the Holy Synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, led by Patriarch Abune Mathias. The group accused the Holy Synod of discriminating ethnic groups.

  5. Addis Ababa - Wikipedia

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    Addis Ababa ( / ˌædɪs ˈæbəbə /; [5] Oromo: Finfinnee, lit. 'fountain of hot mineral water', Amharic: አዲስ አበባ, lit. 'new flower' [adˈdis ˈabəba] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. [6] [7] [8] In the 2007 census, the city's population was estimated to be 2,739,551 inhabitants. [2] Addis Ababa is a highly ...

  6. Meskel Square - Wikipedia

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    Meskel Square ( Amharic: መስቀል አደባባይ, romanized : mesik’el ādebabay, lit. 'Cross Square') is a public square in the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is often a site for Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church gatherings or for demonstrations and festivals, notably, the Meskel Festival from which it takes its name.

  7. Amhara Region coup attempt - Wikipedia

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    Gizae Aberra †. Casualties and losses. "Dozens" of fatalities [1] The 2019 Amhara Region coup d'état attempt was an attempted coup d'état against the Amhara Regional government on 22 June 2019, during which factions of the Amhara Region's Peace and Security Bureau assassinated the Amhara Regional President Ambachew Mekonnen.

  8. Armenians in Ethiopia - Wikipedia

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    The Arba Lijoch arrived in Addis Ababa in 1924, and along with their bandleader Kevork Nalbandian became the first official orchestra of the nation. Nalbandian also composed the music for Ethiopia Hoy (words by Yoftehé Negusé), which was the Imperial National Anthem from 1930 to 1974.

  9. Mass media in Ethiopia - Wikipedia

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    The Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation headquarters in Addis Ababa. The mass media in Ethiopia consist of radio, television and the Internet, which remain under the control of the Ethiopian government, as well as private newspapers and magazines. Ten radio broadcast stations, eight AM and two shortwave, are licensed to operate in Ethiopia.