Koye Feche Sub-city () is a town in the new Sheger City of

Oromia Region Oromia (, ) is a Regions of Ethiopia, regional state in Ethiopia and the homeland of the Oromo people. Under Article 49 of 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia, Ethiopian Constitution, the capital of Oromia is Addis Ababa, also called Finfinne. The ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

, formerly located in the Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne.

Protests

On 7 March 2019, thousands of angry citizens took to the streets to protest in several cities and towns across the Oromia state such as

Jimma Jimma () is the largest city in southwestern Oromia Region, Ethiopia. It is a special zone of the Oromia Region and is surrounded by Jimma Zone. It has a latitude and longitude of . Prior to the 2007 census, Jimma was reorganized administrativ ...

, Ambo, Awaday, Bale Robe and

Adama Adama ( Oromo: ', Amharic: አዳማ), formerly Nazreth (), is one of the cities of Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Located in the East Shewa Zone southeast of the capital, Addis Ababa, the city sits between the base of an escarpment to the west, ...

after

Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; ,) is the capital city of Ethiopia, as well as the regional state of Oromia. With an estimated population of 2,739,551 inhabitants as of the 2007 census, it is the largest city in the country and the List of cities in Africa b ...

city administration allocated thousands of condominium buildings located in Koye Fache to bidders. Oromia government opposed transferring the houses built within Oromia boundary. Several activists insisted that the housing units should be allotted to the uprooted local farmers; this view was also emphasised by the state government and its ruling party.

References

Cities and towns in Oromia {{Oromia-geo-stub