{"id":449610,"date":"2023-06-08T05:15:55","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T09:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/?p=449610"},"modified":"2023-06-08T05:15:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T09:15:55","slug":"ethiopia-govt-claims-discovery-of-security-threat-in-the-countrys-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/449610","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia gov\u2019t claims discovery of security threat in the country\u2019s capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ethiopia Joint Security and Intelligence Taskforce (EJSIT) claimed on Wednesday evening it has discovered \u201cunnamed\u201d forces that are preparing to create various security problems in Addis Ababa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The statement posted across all state owned media outlets claimed the Taskforce is undertaking coordinated operations in various times to safeguard the safety and security of Ethiopia\u2019s capital.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The EJSIT statement further called on the Addis Ababa population to inform it of strangers it detected in its local area as well as to extend its cooperation for security operations that will happen in the coming days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EJSIT statement also posted free phone hotlines it said local communities can call to inform of suspicious situations in their respective areas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The statement from the Ethiopian government security taskforce comes less than two days before the start of the regular Friday Islamic prayers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Security forces have cracked down on Friday Islamic Prayers in Addis Ababa for the last two weeks killing and injuring scores of Muslim worshippers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Protestors are calling for authorities to cease demolitions of homes and mosques in the newly formed Shaggar administrative city which surrounds Addis Ababa.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Authorities in Ethiopia\u2019s largest region Oromia launched last year, a mega city project, Shaggar city comprising of six cities surrounding Addis Ababa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since that time, local authorities have been engaged in an ongoing massive homes demolitions campaign which has sparked criticisms that it is inhumane, discriminatory and arbitrary.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ethiopia Joint Security and Intelligence Taskforce (EJSIT) claimed on Wednesday evening it has discovered \u201cunnamed\u201d forces that are preparing to create various security problems in Addis Ababa. 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