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Three-year-old Jackson Hazlett of Portland, Ore., hugs his father after the two were reunited on April 21 at the Chiles Center at the University of Portland. His father, Sgt. Ryan Hazlett, was serving in Iraq, and returned home with 2,700 other Oregon Army National Guard soldiers after 10 months away. Jamie Francis/The Oregonian/AP

A father kisses his son, who is dressed in the colors of the Portuguese national soccer team, during the team's training session on June 3, 2008, ahead of the 2008 Euro Football Championships hosted by Austria and Switzerland. Olivier Morin/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom/FILE

Shintaro Sakai carries his 3-year-old son Ban on his shoulders as they walk through a field of rape blossoms at Azumayayama park in Kanagawa, Japan, on Jan. 26. Itsuo Inouye/AP

A Pakistani student, Asif Sohrab (l.), is greeted by his father, Sohrab Khan, at his home in Peshawar on June 15 after he was evacuated with dozens of others following the recent outbreak of ethnic riots in Kyrgyzstan. K. Parvez/Reuters

Britain's Prince Harry (l.) receives his helicopter pilot's wings from his father, Prince Charles, at the Army Aviation Center at Middle Wallop, England, on May 7. Eddie Keogh/AP

Palestinian newborn Rajab Erdogan, is held by his father wrapped in a Turkish flag for members of the media, at their home in the southern Gaza Strip refugee camp of Khan Younis on June 6. The baby was born on Saturday and was named by his father in honor of Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The push for an international inquiry puts Israel under further pressure to explain how its attempt to stop the aid ship flotilla from breaching a tight blockade of Hamas-ruled Gaza turned deadly, with nine activists killed, including eight Turks and a US citizen of Turkish origin. Eyad Baba/AP

An Afghan boy hides behind his father as Canadian soldiers of the 1st Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group, The RCR and Afghan Army soldiers set up a mobile checkpoint during a patrol in the Panjwayi district, south-west of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on June 6. Anja Niedringhaus/AP

Five-year-old Mallory Tullis, or Daddy's Girl, is all set to race in her car during the Quarter Midget Racing around a 1/4-mile-long track in Braselton, Ga., in August 2009. Parents - especially fathers - are the crew for their children. The races are the training grounds for future NASCAR drivers. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff/FILE

Bill Gates (l.) smiles while interviewing his father, Bill Gates Sr., during an event at the 92nd Street Y in New York on June 2. Lucas Jackson/Reuters

In this photo taken May 22 and released by Team Romero, 13-year-old Jordan Romero (c.) poses for photos with his father Paul (l.) and his father's girlfriend Karen Lundgren, on the summit of Mt. Everest. Jordan became the youngest climber to reach the top of Mt. Everest, the 29,035-foot (8,850-meter) peak after climbing it from the Chinese side accompanied by a team that included his father, Ms. Lundgren, and three Sherpa guides. Team Romero/AP

Four-month-old Lucas Colin Trumn is seen at a march with his father from Goldman Sachs' office to a rally organized by the Chicago Federation of Labor in Federal Plaza demanding Wall Street reform on April 28. M. Spencer Green/AP

In the South Georgia Islands of Antarctica, a King penguin couple prepares to exchange an egg. The female penguin lays the egg and then transfers it to the father, who keeps it warm on his feet while the mother returns to the sea to feed for 21 days. Then the egg is transferred to the mother's feet, where it will stay until it hatches. Both penguin parents take turns caring for and raising the chick. Newscom

Clayton Symons, 10, looks to his father for encouragement while other volunteers helped the young rider prepare for his bull ride during the 'Ready to Ride, Rope your Dreams' workshop in Riverton, Wyo., on April 17. Katie Roenigk/The Ranger/AP

President Obama's daughters, Malia (c.) and Sasha (r.) play with the family dog, Bo, outside on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on April 14, 2009. Ron Edmonds/AP/FILE

A child sleeps in a makeshift cradle as his laborer father works on a road on the outskirts of Jammu, India, on May 4. Channi Anand/AP

A father helps his son drive a kid's electric car in Dafeng, China, on April 5. Alexander F. Yuan/AP

Joe Jackson, father of the late 'King of Pop,' Michael Jackson, tours the old family home on June 2 in Gary, Ind. Work could begin next year on a $300 million museum and arts center dedicated to Michael Jackson in his hometown, his father and Gary officials announced. John Smierciak/AP

Six-year-old Falcon Heene is shown with his father, Richard, outside the family's home in Fort Collins, Colo., after Falcon was found hiding in a box in a space above the garage following the 'Balloon Boy' incident on Oct.15, 2009. The attorney for the Colorado father, who reported his son had floated away in the helium balloon, said his client and the boy's mother would both plead guilty to charges in the case. David Zalubowski/AP/FILE

Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul, bottom, reacts with his father Ron Paul as he arrives for his victory party in Bowling Green, Ky., on May 18. In August 2009, Rand Paul announced his candidacy for the US Senate seat currently held by Sen. Jim Bunning of Kentucky, and won the party's primary election on May 18. Ed Reinke/AP

Erin Davis, son of late jazz musician Miles Davis, poses in front of a photograph of his father at the preview of 'We Want Miles' - Miles Davis v. Jazz exhibit at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts on April 29. The exhibit traces the life and career of the jazz icon. Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press/AP

Former US President Bill Clinton stands with his daughter, Chelsea, as they applaud then-Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton at a New Hampshire primary night rally in Manchester, N.H., in January 2008. Clinton's daughter will be married in July 2010. Carlos Barria/Reuters

A father frog guards hatching froglets in Papua New Guinea in November 2004. George Grall/National Geographic/Getty Images/Newscom/FILE

Two-month-old Giada Baldassone is kissed by her father during her baptism ceremony in a tent camp where earthquake victims are taking shelter in Paganica, Italy, on April 12, 2009. Thousands of people made homeless by Italy's deadliest earthquake in 30 years celebrated Easter in makeshift chapels set up in tent cities and emergency shelters. Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters

Paul Coty (c.) hugs his brother, David Coty (r.) as they visit their father's grave, Marine Sgt. Paul Coty, Sr., a veteran of World War II, during Memorial Day ceremonies at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix, Ariz., on May 31. Tom Tingle/The Arizona Republic/AP

A little girl salutes with her father and thousands of Turkish Army officers during a ceremony at the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, on Youth and Sports Day in Ankara, Turkey, on May 19. Burhan Ozbilici/AP

A South Korean child on the shoulder of his father looks at North Korea through binoculars at an observation post in Ganghwa Island, South Korea, on May 21. Ahn Young-joon/AP

A newly freed detainee (r.) greets his father outside al-Rusafa prison in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 29. Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters

John Siscel Jr., 87, climbs up the back of his 1950's era Farmall Super C tractor and prepares to till land in the backyard of his home in Evansville, Ind. John Siscel Jr. takes advantage of any opportunity he has to farm, despite a triple bypass and two knee replacements, and relies on older farming equipment handed down to him by his father. Molly Bartels/The Evansville Courier & Press/AP

A family spends the evening with grilled corn on Chowpatty Beach in Mumbai on Feb. 28. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff/FILE

Gift holds onto his father, Pule's, arms on Sept. 24, 2009. Celina and Pule Seloma are the legal guardians for Gift who is not related to them. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff/FILE

After widespread protests, a six-month state of emergency started in October. Now, much depends on the next move of leaders who have long used their track record of economic development to paper over widespread human rights abuses and political repression.

ByJames Jeffrey, ContributorDecember 9, 2016

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For nearly a year, mass protests surged across Ethiopia – and stormed across the world’s headlines – as a movement that began with farmers fighting land grabs outside the country’s capital mushroomed into the country’s most sustained and widespread period of dissent and protests since its ruling party came to power more than two decades ago.