Police confirm at least 200 deaths in violent protests overkilling of popular Oromo singer Haacaaluu Hundeessa.At least 200 people have died during violent demonstrationsthat roiled Ethiopia in the days following the murder of popular singerHaacaaluu Hundeessa, police said."In the aftermath of Hachalu's death, 189 civilians havelost their lives in the unrest in the region," said Girma Gelam, deputypolice commissioner of Oromia region, in a statement on the state-affiliatedFana Broadcasting Corporate on Saturday.Another 10 people are known to have died in ...

Egypt, Ethiopiaand Sudan are struggling to share water.For biruk negafh, as for millions of Ethiopians, the summerrains may bring the climax of a decade’s work. As a high-school student in 2011he bought 100-birr bonds (then worth $6 each) to help finance the GrandEthiopian Renaissance Dam, a giant edifice that would span the Blue Nile, themain tributary of the Nile river (see map). At university he donated tofundraisers for the project. Now, like almost all Ethiopians, he eagerly awaitsthe day—perhaps weeks ...

Who is behind the killing ofHacaalu Hundessaa?Hachalu Hundessa, a prominentEthiopian singer, songwriter and activist, has been shot dead in the Ethiopiancapital, Addis Ababa, in a killing that risked heightening tensions in a nationtaking stuttering steps toward establishing a multiparty democracy. Mr.Hundessa, 34, was shot late on Monday night in the Gelan Condominiums area of Finfinnee.

Federal police arrested theprominent Oromo Activist,s Leaders of Opposition Party and a well Known Journaliston Tuesday after his bodyguards refused orders to disarm, the OMN (Oromo MediaNetwork) television station reported, as protests spread in the Oromia regionover the killing of a popular singer Hacalu Hundessa.The Oromia Media Network is ownedby Jawar Mohammed, a prominent activist Jawar Mohammed and the opposition partyleader Bakele Garba including the Journalist Hamza Borana are taken by securityforces during the popular singer funeral. The Oromo people ...