Press Statement by ‘Peoples’ Alliance for Freedom and Democracy (PAFD)
The Ethiopian government brutal army and paramilitary police are shooting at Unarmed Oromo students demonstrating against the implementation of Addis Ababa land grabbing master plan.
Just over a year ago, TPLF’s regime has planned to exponentially expand Oromia’s capital, the city of Finfinne (Addis Ababa) under the scheme known as ‘Addis-Master-Plan’. This plan aims to incorporate the rural agricultural areas in Oromia state surrounding Addis Ababa. This Plan will totally displace the entire Oromo rural population in the area without their consent. The said plan has seriously angered the Oromo’s communities, who went on a peaceful demonstration of opposing the plan. The regimes security and armed forces’ unprecedented and violent response to peaceful demonstration has left over 60 Oromo University and high Scholl students and the others Oromo civilians dead, and over 200 wounded.
After remaining silent for around a year, the Prime Minister and others government officials have recently announced their decisions to re-implement ‘Addis-Master-Plan’ Again the Oromo students’ demonstration started demonstrating, beginning in West Oromia towns such as Mattuu, Ambo and others places has widened its horizons to almost entire Oromia Zones and districts.
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