Tag Archives: Qeerroo

Several killed in ‘ethnic motivated’ attacks in Addis Ababa

By Engidu Woldie ESAT News (September 16, 2018) The last three days have seen bloody and deadly attacks in the outskirts of Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa in what residents and social media activists described were ethnic motivated, with an Oromo youth group known as Qeerroo brutally attacking other groups. ESAT received several gruesome photos of bodies of people covered with ...

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Ethiopia: Fuel blockade continues for second day creating price hikes on goods

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 14, 2018) Blockade on the operation of fuel trucks that was called by the Qeerroo, a network of youth in the country’s Oromo region, has entered its second day resulting in shortages of fuel all across the country and skyrocketing prices of food and other goods. According to the Qeerroo, the blockade will remain ...

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Ethiopia: Qeerroo called week long restrictions on fuel trucks operations

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 12, 2018) The Qeerroo, a youth network in the Oromo region of Ethiopia, has banned fuel trucks from operating in the region for a week in protest against the ongoing killings of compatriots by soldiers of the regime. News of the call by Qeerroo to ban fuel truck operations sent drivers to form long ...

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Ethiopia: Plans to crackdown on youth movement face backlash

ESAT News (January 9, 2018) The announcement by Ethiopian regime authorities that they would investigate and crackdown on Qero, a network of youth in the country’s restive Oromo region that is behind the anti-TPLF protest for over two years, has drawn backlash from Oromo political leaders and activists. Reports show that the TPLF regime, through its security apparatus that is ...

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