Two die as protest erupts in ancient Ethiopian city

Two die as protest erupts in ancient Ethiopian city

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AFRICA / 5 August 2016, 9:31pm
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A general view shows the holy baptism water of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in the River Jordan in Gondar, Ethiopia. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri




Addis Ababa - Two protesters died in clashes with police in Ethiopia's ancient city of Gonder on Friday, campaigners said, as anger mounted over the status of a disputed territory - a highly-charged issue in a nation made up of a patchwork of ethnic groups.





Violence broke out as police brought one of the leaders of a land campaign movement to court, according to one person who said he had been in the crowd and asked to remain anonymous.

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Amhara region president Gedu Andargachew did not mention any deaths but told journalists the protests were illegal and said security services would take measures against anyone who took part.





Any sign of unrest is closely watched in Ethiopia, a major Western ally against Islamist militants in neighbouring Somalia and an economic power seen as a centre of relative stability in a fragile region.





“Two protesters were shot and killed in Piassa,” said one campaigner by phone, referring to a central district in the city.





Clashes carried on into the evening, said another, a rare public protest in a country whose government has been accused of cracking down on dissent. Roads were blocked and access to social media limited, he added.





Tensions have been rumbling for around 25 years over the status of Wolkayt district - a stretch of land that protesters from Amhara say was illegally incorporated into the neighbouring Tigray region to the north.





The issue boiled over into violence two weeks ago when crowds came out in Gonder saying they were protesting against an attempt to arrest Wolkayt campaigners.





Government spokesman Getachew Reda said at the time six policemen were killed by the protesters and accused an “illegal committee” of stoking ethnic untest.





The dispute, while centred on a relatively small patch of land, is particularly sensitive because it challenges a division of Ethiopia along ethnic and linguistic lines, imposed by the core of the current ruling EPRDF coalition when it came to power in 1991.





After toppling Mengistu Haile Mariam's Marxist military dictatorship, the former rebels set up the boundaries that they said would recognise the country's different groups and prevent any one from dominating the others through a system of so-called ethnic federalism.





Protesters in Gonder - known as Africa's Camelot because of its ancient castles - say they had finally decided to take to the streets because they had got nowhere with years of petitioning senior officials, arguing that the Amharic-speaking people of Wolkayt belonged in Amhara.





The protests in the region come in the wake of months of unrest in the central Oromiya province, where demonstrators objected to having land incorporated into the boundaries of the capital Addis Ababa.

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The government was subsequently forced to scrap that plan.

Zim army warns of crackdown on ‘cyber warfare’

Zim army warns of crackdown on ‘cyber warfare’


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AFRICA / 6 August 2016, 11:44am
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Zimbabwean riot ploice attack protestors and journalists during demonstrations in Harare, August, 3, 2016. Zimbabwean police fired teargas and water cannons, violently breaking up protests in the capital.Dozens fled in all directions as baton wielding police indiscriminately attacked demonsrators and people on the streets.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)




Harare - Zimbabwe’s army commander has warned his soldiers will deal with threats from activists using social media to mobilise anti-government protests, the first time the military has commented on the demonstrations.





Lieutenant-General Valerio Sibanda, the Zimbabwe National Army commander, said in an interview with state-owned The Herald newspaper social media activism was cyber warfare that the army would deal with.





Neither the army, which has anchored President Robert Mugabe’s 36-year rule, nor the police force have been paid on time since June.

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Zimbabwe has seen several protests in recent months with unemployment above 80 percent, dollar shortages worsening as commodity prices slumped and as the region suffers its worst drought for 25 years.





The largest anti-government protest in Zimbabwe in the last decade was organised on social media last month, when a strike by #ThisFlag movement shut down businesses.





“As an army, at our institutions of training, we are already training our officers to be able to deal with this new threat we call cyber warfare where weapons - not necessarily guns but basically information and communication technology - are being used to mobilise people to do the wrong things,” Sibanda said.





“The major task we are undertaking now is that of training and preparing the army for whatever eventuality.”





This came as Pastor Evan Mawarire, the founder of Zimbabwe’s #ThisFlag social media movement, on Friday called for a protest against Mugabe and his government.





Mawarire asked his supporters in a Facebook video message to stand up and sing Zimbabwe’s national anthem during a cricket match in the southern town of Bulawayo on Saturday. Zimbabwe is scheduled to play New Zealand, and the game will be broadcast internationally.





“When the 36th over starts, you and I are going to stand up as a sign of saying for 36 years (of Mugabe’s rule) we have been quiet, but now we are standing up,” said the 39-year-old activist, who recently fled to South Africa after receiving death threats.





“I want you to sing the national anthem. They can’t shut you up. They can’t arrest you for singing the national anthem,” Mawarire said.





The ruling Zanu-PF party said the protest action was a ploy by Mawarire “to achieve his political ambitions”.





“If these people have issues, they must engage the government and not be confrontational,” Tafadzwa Mugwadi, a senior Zanu-PF youth leader told dpa.


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Generals in Zimbabwe’s military are veterans of the 1970s independence war, and while they publicly support Mugabe and his Zanu-PF, they have divided loyalties over who should succeed Mugabe, who is also under pressure from war veteran allies.