The government reopened Addis Ababa university on Tuesday, after clashes with police last week resulted in at least 39 people killed and 250 reported injured. When the university opened in the morning, few people were reported to have returned, the BBC said on Tuesday. The recent disturbances in and outside the capital began with students in Addis Ababa university demanding the removal of police from the campus, and better representation in student bodies.
Demands to remove security forces from the Addis Ababa campus had not been met, the BBC said. The official Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) said that teaching and learning in elementary and secondary schools in Addis Ababa had successfully resumed on Monday after a four-day disruption.
Local sources said that law and order had returned to Addis Ababa, but the city was very quiet, with people “nervous” of a government crackdown on students, rioters and opposition activists.
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