Evicted students of Haromaya University beseech help

May 07, 2014
Students of the Haromaya University, Eastern Ethiopia, who have been evicted following the protests held in relation to the new Addis Abeba City Master Plan in the past weeks and now sheltered inside Harar Mekanselam and Dire Dawa Medhanealem Churches, have beseeched for help.
Over 200 students are being sheltered in each of the churhces while many other students with no shelter are wandering in the streets.
Some students said they have neither been able to go back to their home nor college.
Although the University administration asked the students to return back as the situation has been calmed now, the students’ trust on the University administration has prevented them from returning.
A student, who preferred not to be named, said the grenade attack in the University may have been organised by the officials of the University. He said that there has been a rumour in the campus that there will be an explosion just days before the incident.
Similarly, a minor conflict had been ignited in Dire Dawa University and some students were detained subsequently.
Meanwhile, officials of the Oromo Peoples’ Democratic Organization (OPDO) are calling the residents of Ambo, Oromia region, Ethiopia to attend public meetings. The officials have been deployed to calm down the people.