{"id":358535,"date":"2021-05-30T14:47:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T18:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/?p=358535"},"modified":"2021-05-31T05:42:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T09:42:36","slug":"tens-of-thousands-of-youth-marched-to-addis-ababa-national-stadium-to-protest-us-intervention-in-ethiopias-internal-affairs-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/358535","title":{"rendered":"Tens of thousands of youth marched to Addis Ababa National Stadium to protest US intervention in Ethiopia\u2019s internal affairs (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tens of thousands of youth Sunday marched to the Addis Ababa National Stadium to protest U.S. intervention in Ethiopia\u2019s internal affairs which they referred to as \u201cviolation of Ethiopian sovereignty\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>The U.S. state department recently announced visa restrictions against Ethiopian and Eritrean officials allegedly involved in conflict in Tigray region. <\/p>\n<p>About a million youth were estimated to partake in the protests that also took place in multiple cities of Ethiopia. The protesters condemned the United States\u2019 and other forces\u2019 undue influence over Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEthiopia does not need a protectorate\u201d, \u201cFree and fair election for Ethiopia\u201d.\u201cWe will choose our leaders\u201d,  \u201cNo bargaining on the right to equitable use of Nile\u201d, \u201cThe dam is mine\u201d, \u201cAfrican solution for African problems\u201d \u2013 were among the slogans that protesters carried.Video:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"462\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g2_q_tRc2HY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tens of thousands of youth Sunday marched to the Addis Ababa National Stadium to protest U.S. intervention in Ethiopia\u2019s internal affairs which they referred to as \u201cviolation of Ethiopian sovereignty\u201d. The U.S. state department recently announced visa restrictions against Ethiopian and Eritrean officials allegedly involved in conflict in Tigray region. About a million youth were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":269,"featured_media":358536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-358535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Rally-2.jpg?fit=696%2C464&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1vgP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/269"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358535"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":358557,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358535\/revisions\/358557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}