{"id":219576,"date":"2018-04-27T11:32:56","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T15:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/addisstandard.com\/?p=9772"},"modified":"2019-02-10T16:35:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T21:35:51","slug":"protests-hit-ethiopias-somali-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/219576","title":{"rendered":"Protests hit Ethiopia’s Somali region"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the past few days at least five towns located in the Ethiopian Somali regional state were hit by public protests. The protesters in the towns of\u00a0 Afdem, Bike, Erer, Shinile and Hadhagala district, Sitti zone, were denouncing the regional state\u2019s maladministration, in general, and accusing the president of the regional state, Abdi Mohamed Omar, a.k.a Abdi Illey,<\/span> in particular, of \u201cendemic nepotism and corruption,\u201d\u00a0according to protesters who spoke to Addis Standard <\/strong>by phone.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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This picture sent to Addis Standard<\/em> by a source close to the matter show the protest in Hadhagala district, Sitti zone.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The two sources who are from Jigjiga, the capital of the Somali regional state, and who do not want to be named for fear of reprisal against their families, (something critics of Abdi Illye say is very common<\/a>), said although discontent against the regional administration were not new, this week\u2019s protests began \u201csimmering underground\u201d ever since claims of the release of 1, 500 prisoners<\/a> by the administration were made, which, our sources said, were \u201cfake and simply fabricated for media consumption.\u201d \u201cMost of the prisoners allegedly released by the regional government have been returned to the notorious jail in Ogaden,\u201d a\u00a0 prison off the beaten radar<\/a> of mainstream media coverage.\u00a0 \u201cThe actual number of prisoners released is not more than 25,\u201d said one of the sources. […] CONTINUE READING<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Liyat Fekade Addis Abeba, April 27\/2018 – Starting from the past weekend at least five towns located in the Ethiopian Somali regional state were hit by rare public protests for four consecutive days. The protesters in the towns of  Afdem, Bike, Erer, Shinile and Hadhagala district, Sitti zone, were denouncing …<\/p>\n

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