Protests have broken out on the
outskirts of Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, police say.
I saw truckloads of police
headed towards the areas where demonstrators have been blocking roads and
singing.
Rights groups say more than 500
people have died since protests first erupted in Ethiopia's Oromia
and Amhara regions in November 2015.
The unrest was sparked by a
government plan to expand the capital into Oromia.
This led to fears that farmers
from the Oromo ethnic group, the largest in Ethiopia, would be displaced.
The plan was later dropped but
protests continued, highlighting issues such as alleged political repression
and economic marginalisation.
On Sunday, at least 55 people
died in a stampede at an religious festival in Oromia.
Activists say the security
forces opened fire on protesters, causing the stampede.
The government denies the
allegation, blaming "evil forces" for the stampede.
Source: BBC
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