Statement By the Oromia Youth Association On Recent Riot in Ethiopia - The Oromia Youth Association condemns the brutal repression of peaceful university and high school demonstrators in Ethiopia during the recent riot. [Oromia Youth Association, Apr 30, 2001]

Ethiopian hijackers free hostages in Sudan - Five Ethiopians who hijacked an Ethiopian air force plane surrendered Friday in neighboring Sudan after receiving assurances they would not be sent back home. One of the hijackers told reporters the hijacking was meant to "draw international attention to the terrible economic and political situation in Ethiopia and the lack of freedoms." [AP, Apr 27, 2001]

Hijackers release women and children - The hijackers of an Ethiopian military plane forced to fly to the Sudanese capital Khartoum have released 11 women and children. [BBC, Apr 26, 2001]

Breaking News: Ethiopian Military Plane Hijacked, Flown to Sudan - The hijack comes a week after Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa experienced its worst civil unrest in years after protests by students seeking academic and political rights degenerated into an orgy of looting in which up to 41 people died. [Reuters, Apr 26, 2001]

Ethiopian plane hijacked to Sudan - Nine university students hijacked an Ethiopian plane with 50 passengers on board to Khartoum airport on Thursday, state-run Sudan television reported. [AP, Apr 26, 2001]

Ethiopian plane hijacked - An Ethiopian plane has been hijacked and has landed in the Sudanese capital Khartoum. The Antonov military plane took off from Bahr Dar on an internal flight and landed in Khartoum at 1820 (1620 GMT). [BBC, Apr 26, 2001]

Ethiopia's released students tell their stories - "In one room there were 3,500 of us. We were beaten and not even given any food or water" said one student. [BBC, Apr 26, 2001]

Ethiopian students released - More than 2,000 Ethiopian university students were released from police custody on Thursday. The students were arrested last week following riots that left 39 people dead and 250 injured. [BBC, Apr 26, 2001]

Focus - Ethiopia riots show up economic and political rifts - The riots were fuelled by a series of factors including an economic malaise that gives youths little hope of jobs. [Reuters, Apr 25, 2001]

Ethiopian students shun campus, demand reforms - Ethiopian students demanding academic freedom said on Tuesday they would not return to classes until fellow students arrested during bloody riots last week were freed and campus reforms implemented. [Reuters, Apr 24, 2001]

Amnesty International Fears for Detainees - Hundreds of people have reportedly been arrested and are being detained incommunicado following the riots in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, the international human rights organisation, Amnesty International, said on 20 April. [UN IRIN, Apr 23, 2001]

At least 38 people killed in clashes - At least 38 people were killed and 252 wounded in clashes this week in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, hospital figures have revealed. (UN IRIN, April 19, 2001)

Call for Opposition Conference - The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) called on the international community to "realise the seriousness of recent developments [in Ethiopia]... and facilitate the convening of a broad-based conference comprising all progressive and genuine opposition forces". (UN IRIN, April 19, 2001)

Death toll in student protest put at 24; government warns students - A doctor in Menelik Hospital said 22 bodies had been collected off the streets and brought to the hospital's morgue since Tuesday. He said one of the 52 injured died after admission to the hospital, and a female university student had died Wednesday in Black Lion Hospital from serious injuries. [AP, April 19, 2001]

Addis riots close university - The Ethiopian Government has closed Addis Ababa University indefinitely. The move comes after two days of riots in the city left as many as 39 people dead and more than 250 injured. [BBC, Apr 19, 2001]

23 Ethiopian students dead after clash with police - Twenty-three students were killed in clashes with police during rioting on Wednesday in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopian medical sources said on Thursday. [Reuters, Apr 19, 1001]

OLF Statement on Addis Ababa University Students Demonstrations - Demonstrations - The Oromo Liberation Front deplores the brutal behavior of the TPLF/EPRDF regime and condemns the measures taken against students at Addis Ababa and other universities. The OLF strongly condemns the death of the Oromo student named Simee Tarraffa Gobato in Mekele and others in Addis Ababa and send condolence to the families of the dead.

Ethiopia university closed - The government in Ethiopia has closed the University in the capital Addis Ababa indefinitely following two days of clashes in the city. [BBC, Apr 18, 2001]

Gangs clash with police; several deaths reported - Clashes between stone-throwing youths and police spread to Addis Ababa's sprawling Merkato market Wednesday in the worst violence in the Ethiopian capital in eight years, and several deaths were reported. [AP, Apr 17, 2001]

More clashes in Addis Ababa - Thousands of young demonstrators have clashed with police in a second day of rioting in the capital, Addis Ababa. [BBC, Apr 18, 2001]

Ethiopia Students Riot for Second Day, Two Dead - Thousands of students clashed with police in the Ethiopian capital on Wednesday in a second day of rioting, which has reportedly left two dead and dozens more injured. [Reuters, Apr 18, 2001]

'Brutal' attack by Addis police - Hundreds of Ethiopian riot police armed with batons and riot shields stormed central Addis Ababa today beating up civilians including women and children. [BBC. Apr 17, 2001]

Government warns students; gangs smash education ministry windows - Students at the University of Addis Ababa defied a government ultimatum Tuesday and continued boycotting classes, while gangs of youths smashed windows at the Ministry of Education and adjacent buildings. [AP, Apr 17, 2001]

Ethiopian police charge against students - Police in Ethiopia stormed a university campus in Addis Ababa on Wednesday, beating students who were demanding greater freedom of expression. [BBC, Apr 12, 2001]

Ethiopian Students Clash with Police, 50 Injured - Around 50 Ethiopian students were injured on Wednesday after police stormed their campus during a protest over their academic and political rights, medical officials said. The floors of the student dormitories were spattered with blood after the clashes, with gunshot holes in the walls, and student leaders accused the police of brutality. [Reuters, Apr 11, 2001]