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Ethiopia protests: more than 80 killed as singer's murder lays bare grievances
Troops on Addis Ababa streets as political tensions erupt over Haacaaluu death and wider Oromo claimsEthiopian troops have been deployed in the country’s capital in a second day of unrest, sparked by the assassination of the popular musician Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, which has claimed more than 80 lives.Protests after Haacaaluu’s murder on Monday tapped into grievances fuelled by decades of government repression and what the Oromo, Ethiopia’s biggest ethnic group, describe as their historic exclusion from political power. Continue reading...
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