AddisFerengi

Sorry for the day off, I thought I could wish you a happy new year and publish some good news from Ferenj source (to be continued...) but a big clash is reported around Kokobe Tsiba; Kebena -again!- this morning. This time cars were burnt.

One of our employees asked us the day to go to the bank and withdraw money for the family, that is exactly what we are going to do, too. Birr does not worth much on the black market this morning, they even refuse to sell dollars.

Update during the day.

11H30: Sabat Tegna High Schools -Merkato area- involved too. They are apparently arresting many, many students in Kokobe just right now.

02.01.06 @ 03:24 ·
Comment from: Visitor [Visitor]
I have personally witnessed a sort of demonstration by the students of Tegbare-ed araound Mexico square. Students shouting, running and,etc at around 10:40hr

Posted from Ethiopia, checked by AF

18H10:After a drive and a few unpleasant encounters

I probably did not catch all and spelling is phonetic but protesting high schools today were, according to my sources:

Kokobe Tsiba (morning) - closed this afternoon - I checked
Dlachin (morning) - closed too - checked
Menelik (11:00 AM) - I have not been there but eyewtiness says they loaded two trucks of arrested students
Medianlem (I am not sure when it happened) - closed
Wingate (afternoon) - I was in front of Wingate around 16h30. Clash was over but I crossed Federal police pick-up full of young people, including two girls. Military presence was massive, many female students were crying outside and the families looked extremely worried.

Two students would have been killed today in Addis, when trying to escape, run over by one bus (1) and one car. Impossible to assess the number of arrests.

Some bad mobile phone's pictures soon...

AF

(1) Bus is said in a very bad shape now.

Federal police stationned near Dachlin High School, this afternoon. School is closed and many windows broken

Federal Police patrolling around Merkato

Red berets on their US humvees - Merkato area - today

Unpleasant encounter around Wyngate "Say cheese!"

Army truck ready for mass arrests - Merkato today