| 5,987,974 |
30.07708 |
31.28591 |
Egypt |
|
Al-Watan reported that proteststook place over a social housing project. No location or exact date was given. |
| 5,987,980 |
30.07708 |
31.28591 |
Egypt |
|
Around 3,000 Egyptian journalists demanded the sacking of the interior minister at the Journalists' Syndicate on 4 May, after an unprecedented policeraidto arrest two reporters. Members gathered and chanted "the interior ministry are thugs". Dozens of pro-government demonstrators also gathered outside the syndicate in downtown Cairo chanting calling for Sisi to "slaughter" the journalists as they entered and exited the building. Simultaneously, =dozens of lawyers staged a protest outside the Lawyers Syndicate on 4 May, located next to that of the journalists. Security troops banned lawyers from entering to express solidarity with the journalists. |
| 5,987,984 |
30.00534 |
31.42722 |
Egypt |
|
A few hundred students at the American University in Cairo (AUC) called for the immediate release of their detained colleague Ibrahim Tamer on 4 May. With "Free Bebo" shirts, flyers, and banners, students marched throughout the AUC's new campus in the Fifth Settlement on the outskirts of Cairo, chanting against the systematic detention of fellow students. |
| 5,987,989 |
30.07708 |
31.28591 |
Egypt |
|
A journalist and Press Syndicate member said on his Facebook page on 4 May that he was assaulted by pro-government protesters near the Press Syndicate. Two Central Security Forces officers aided the journalist who surrounded him until they reached 26th July Street. |
| 5,987,993 |
5.6833 |
42.35 |
Ethiopia |
|
OLA fighters attacked government soldiers, killing 15 and wounding another nine in Goro Sala in Elkere District, Bale Zone. |
| 5,987,997 |
5.6833 |
42.35 |
Ethiopia |
|
OLA fighters attacked government soldiers, killing 23 and wounding another 14, in a place known as Ela Hofi in Elkere District, Bale zone. |
| 5,988,001 |
5.6833 |
42.35 |
Ethiopia |
|
OLA fighters attacked government soldiers, killing nine soldiers and wounding another seven, in a place known as Gola Hurri in Elkere District, Bale zone. |
| 5,988,006 |
9.5 |
35.5 |
Ethiopia |
|
Soldiers allegedly beat to death a student in Nejo. |
| 5,988,011 |
9.03333 |
38.7 |
Ethiopia |
|
The Ethiopian government charged a main opposition Semayawi Party's ex-spokesman, jailed since December 2015, with 11 counts including inciting violence and being a "ring leader" of the Oromo Liberation Front, after he criticised the government's response to the Oromia protests on a social media platform. |
| 5,988,016 |
9.3667 |
41.1667 |
Ethiopia |
|
Clashes reportedly erupted between government forces and farmers in Biyo Karaba, Doba district, when the former attempted to arrest youth, leading to an unknown number of casualties. |
