{"id":423262,"date":"2022-12-13T10:41:30","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T15:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/?p=423262"},"modified":"2022-12-13T10:41:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T15:41:30","slug":"unrest-in-addis-ababa-schools-leaves-one-student-dead-scores-other-injured-ehrco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/423262","title":{"rendered":"Unrest in Addis Ababa schools leaves one student dead, scores other injured: EHRCo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Unrest in Addis Ababa schools leaves one student dead, scores other injured: EHRCo<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Unrest in several schools in Addis Ababa has left one student dead and scores other injured, the non-state aligned independent Ethiopia Human Rights Council (EHRCo) disclosed on Tuesday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In a press statement, EHRCo said, the student death occurred on December 26 in Keftegna-12 school in Yeka district. EHRCo further said more than 10 students and one teacher were injured in this particular\u00a0unrest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The EHRCo report didn\u2019t specifically state the cause for the deaths and injuries at Keftegna-12 school, but said shots were heard around the time of the student\u2019s death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">EHRCo report further said scores of students have been beaten up and extensive property damage recorded in several other schools in Addis Ababa city. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The ongoing unrest in Addis Ababa schools seems to be sparked broadly by authorities efforts to hoist Oromia regional state flag and play the regional state\u2019s anthem in school compounds. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The deadly unrest has caught the attention of the Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice (EZEMA) opposition party which released a statement slamming an \u201cillegal attempt\u201d to enforce Oromia region\u2019s flag and anthem on schools in Addis Ababa. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The EZEMA statement was noteworthy as the party\u2019s head, Berhanu Nega, is a cabinet member in Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed\u2019s administration in the position of Ethiopia Minister of Education. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unrest in Addis Ababa schools leaves one student dead, scores other injured: EHRCo Unrest in several schools in Addis Ababa has left one student dead and scores other injured, the non-state aligned independent Ethiopia Human Rights Council (EHRCo) disclosed on Tuesday. In a press statement, EHRCo said, the student death occurred on December 26 in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":270,"featured_media":423263,"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":[5842],"class_list":["post-423262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news","tag-addis-ababa-education-student-death-higher-12-school"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Higher-12-school.jpg?fit=403%2C125&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1M6O","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423262","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\/270"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":423264,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423262\/revisions\/423264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}