“He is Ethiopian, we have to kick him. They are the people who cut our water.”
BY @Novinha56
Oromo protest has entered its fourth week. Oromo refugees are protesting against the increasing violence they have been facing in Egypt since the beginning of the Nile crisis between Egypt and Ethiopia. International documents assign “Ethiopia” as the official origin of Oromo refugees, often against their consent. Egypt, the country of asylum for Oromo refugees, is in conflict with Ethiopia over the gigantic dam Ethiopia is building over the Blue Nile. The beating of an Oromo interpreter earlier this month, as well as the evictions of others from their flats or apartments, have probably created the need for Oromos to voice their grievances publicly.
I met the Oromo interpreter, Abdatta and asked him to tell me what happened to him on Thursday evening on the 6th of June, 2013. Read more here.