Minst 16 döda i våldsamma protester i Etiopien
Minst 16 personer har dödats under de senaste dagarnas våldsamma protester i Etiopien, rapportera flera internationella medier.
Enligt människorättsorganisationen Amnesty International ska protesterna ha riktats mot landets premiärminister Abiy Ahmed, som nyligen tilldelades Nobels fredspris.
Det etiopiske premiärministern har på kort tid genomfört stora politiska reformer. Den ökade friheten har dock lett till nya spänningar mellan olika etniska grupper i landet där flera lokala ledare kräver ökade resurser till sina regionala områden.
bakgrund
Abiy Ahmed
Wikipedia (en)
Abiy Ahmed Ali (Amharic: ዐቢይ አህመድ አሊ [ʔa.bij ʔah.mɛd ʔa.li], Oromo: Abiyyii Ahimad Alii; born 15 August 1976) is an Ethiopian politician serving as the fourth prime minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia since 2 April 2018. He is chairman of both the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) and the Oromo Democratic Party (ODP), which is one of the four coalition parties of the EPRDF. Abiy is also an elected member of the Ethiopian parliament, and a member of the ODP and EPRDF executive committees.
A former army intelligence officer, since becoming prime minister Abiy has launched a wide programme of political and economic reforms, and worked to broker peace deals in Eritrea, South Sudan, and a transition agreement in the Republic of the Sudan. Abiy was awarded the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in ending the 20-year post-war territorial stalemate between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Omni är politiskt obundna och oberoende. Vi strävar efter att ge fler perspektiv på nyheterna. Har du frågor eller synpunkter kring vår rapportering? Kontakta redaktionen
