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Photo: Africa News SOURCE: AFRICANEWS.COM Feyisa Lilesa, went to the 2016 Olympic Games to represent his native Ethiopia. He has since not returned to the country for fear of arrest, imprisonment and torture. He won a silver medal in Rio but more than the medal his gesture at the end of his race is what made the biggest news. As he crossed the line after his 42-kilometer race, Lilesa crossed his hands above his head – a protest sign by the Oromo people back home. After Rio, h

Photo: Awramba Times Source : OPRIDE.COM (OPride) – On June 27, Ethiopia’s council of ministers approved a new draft law on Oromia state’s long-neglected “special interest” over Addis Ababa. Far from clarifying an already vague, 26-years-old constitutional provision, the new proclamation has drawn the ire of Oromo activists. On the surface, the new law attempts to articulate the intent behind four broad provisions in the Ethiopian constitution’s article 49 (5), which states,