Several students at the Tikur Anbessa school in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa have been rounded up today and taken to jail. Ethiopian Review spoke with the family of one of the detained students tonight (local time). They said their son is still in jail. This is his second time to be arrested in the past three weeks.

Federal Police also surrounded Misrak Atekalay school in Addis Ababa around noon local time. They were responding to a confrontation between the student and the school director. Confrontation between the security forces and students is intensifying in Wollo, Gonder, Gojjam, Wollega, Ambo and other parts of the country.