What the records say
- When
- 5 Aug 2016
- Kind
- Protest
- Coordinates
- 9.04° N, 38.75° E
- Description
- 2016 mass protests and unrest in Ethiopia
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2014–2016 Oromo protests
Civil uprising in Ethiopia
The 2014–2016 Oromo protests were a series of protests and resistance in Oromia which first sparked on 25 April 2014. The initial actions were taken in opposition to the Addis Ababa Master Plan, and resumed on 12 November 2015 by university students and farmers in the town of Ginchi, located 80 km southwest of Addis Ababa, encircled by Oromia.
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- Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Mass Mobilization Project v5.1: protests against governments, 1990–2020 (Clark & Regan)David Clark and Patrick Regan · names it “Protest in Meskel Square, Ethiopia”Creative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Oromo protests”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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