Police fired gunshots and teargas as thousands protested in Ethiopia on Wednesda...
ADDIS ABABA - Police fired gunshots and teargas as thousands protested in Ethiopia on Wednesday over the treatment of a prominent activist, residents said, in a sign that the country’s Nobel Prize-winning prime minister might be losing support among his powerbase.
Protests quickly spread to the cities of Adama, Ambo and Jimma, residents said. Four people were reported to have been shot in Ambo. Abiy has won international praise for his sweeping political reforms but greater freedoms have lifted the lid on long-repressed tensions between Ethiopia’s many ethnic groups.
Jawar’s wide reach - his Facebook page has 1.75 million followers - means he can quickly mobilize demonstrators. After the showdown in the capital, demonstrations spread to three other cities in Oromiya, residents told Reuters. Jawar, founder of the independent Oromia Media Network, returned to Ethiopia from the United States last year after Abiy come to power and the two have been photographed repeatedly together since.
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