Washington’s expressed its concern at the treatment of Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group.

The Oromo people, who make up 35 percent of Ethiopia’s 100- million population, began protesting three years ago against the expansion of the capital Addis Ababa into their territory.

That’s become a rolling campaign against exclusion and subordination and human rights abuses by the authorities.

In this latest round of protests, government ’s blocked access to Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms and launched a  military crackdown in the Oromia region.

These excessive measures fly in the face of Ethiopia’s economic development as it breaks out of its mould of famine and natural disaster.

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