Students teachers and parents in Addis Ababa protested when the city's mayor Adanech Abebe imposed the Oromia national flag and anthem on public schools...
They had included four leading Amharas: Demeke Mekonnen Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs; Gedu Andargachew current National Security Adviser; Agegnehu Teshager president of the Amhara region; and Temesgen Tiruneh Director General of the National Intelligence and Security Service; and a similar group of Oromos Shimelis Abdisa Oromo region president; Fekadu Tesema head of the Oromo PP; Adanech Abebe mayor of Addis Ababa; and Addisu Arega former head of the Oromo Democratic Party Central Committee office...
As demonstrators waved placards lambasting western officials and media Addis mayor Adanech Abebe told the crowd that the crisis was a western-inspired plot against Ethiopia requiring popular mass resistance...
Banging home the nationalist point Adanech Abebe mayor of Addis Ababa told the rally: 'Enemies are scared of our reforms and are working jointly and tirelessly to disturb our sovereignty to disrupt our national unity and journey to prosperity...
Complicating matters is Adanech Abebe who as deputy mayor has been heading the Addis Ababa City Administration since August 2020...
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