Tag Archives: Jawar Mohammed

Ethiopia: Arrest in mob killing of innocent man in Shashemene

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (August 13, 2018) Authorities have arrested suspects of a mob killing over the weekend in Shashemene, a town sitting 160 miles south of the capital Addis Ababa. Spokesperson for the Oromo regional government, Negeri Lencho, told reporters that arrests were made in the brutal mob killing of a young man at a public rally in ...

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Ethiopia: Security forces shot dead pregnant woman, fifth death since new PM took office

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (April 9, 2019) Ethiopian security forces reportedly shot and killed a pregnant woman and wounded another young man in Eastern Ethiopia last night bringing the death toll to five since a new PM was appointed last Monday. According to a Facebook post activist Jawar Mohammed, the woman named Ayantu Mohammed Shanko was walking home when ...

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