(OPride) — Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on Tuesday announced a compelled cabinet reshuffle in an effort to contain sustained and stubborn anti-government protests. (In January authorities grudgingly withdrew the so-called Addis Ababa master plan which served as the immediate trigger for the Oromo protests.) However, the tone deaf ministerial shuffle, which was unanimously approved by the country’s single-party parliament, sidesteps the protesters political grievances and it will do very little to quell the uprising. The protesters’ grievances, particularly in Oromia, are informed by decades of systematic exclusion and marginalization. More than 1,000 Oromo civilians have been killed and tens of thousands have been arrested since the protests began.

Source: Ethiopian News November 01, 2016 18:07 UTC