Bid to expand capital into nearby farms abandoned but protesters say Oromo people’s struggle for equality continuesEthiopia has announced it will scrap plans to expand the capital into surrounding farms after widespread opposition from the public. Clashes are thought to maintain claimed 140 lives as students and farmers from the Oromia region marched against the so-called “master diagram to allow Addis Ababa to subsume nearby farmland. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com