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Ethiopia: Rallies in support of PM continues

By Engidu Woldie ESAT News (July 9, 2018) Residents of several towns in Ethiopia took to the streets on Saturday and Sunday in support of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his reform agendas. Thousands of people in towns in Northern and Southern Ethiopia held demonstrations to express support for the Prime Minister’s reform initiatives and his call for peace and ...

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Ethiopia: Towns in Amhara region rally in support of PM

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (July 2, 2018) Residents of twenty cities in the Amhara region held rallies in support of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his economic and political reform initiatives. The scene at the Bahir Dar stadium was like no other as tens of thousands of residents of the city and its environs gather, flying the Ethiopian tricolor. ...

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Ethiopians in DC metropolitan area rally to support PM, reforms back home

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (June 26, 2018) Ethiopians in the Washington metropolitan area have come out in huge numbers to express solidarity with their Prime Minister back home, who is garnering big support from the people both at home and abroad for his populist ideas and his resolve to introduce political and economic reforms. The Ethiopians, who gathered today ...

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UPDATE: Bomb explosion kill one and injure 165

By Engidu Woldie ESAT News (June 23, 2008) One person was killed and 165 people were injured in Addis Ababa when a grenade was thrown at a crowd near a stage where Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and other dignitaries were sitting to address a rally that was held in support of the new Premier. According to a statement by ...

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Ethiopian: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to attend rally in his support

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (June 22, 2018) Residents of the capital Addis Ababa and its environs as well as towns across Ethiopia will hold a rally in support of the country’s new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Organizers say the rallies are held in support of the ongoing efforts by the Prime Minister in pushing for reforms and to encourage ...

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Ethiopians rally in DC to denounce state of emergency back home

by Engidu Woldie ESAT News (March 5, 2018) Ethiopians living in the DC metropolitan area have come out in huge numbers and flocked at the U.S. Department of State and Congress to denounce the state of emergency declared in their home country and urge the United States to dissociate itself from a brutal regime. The demonstrators have also submitted a ...

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