Why Ethiopia's Amhara militiamen are battling the army - BBC
WEBAug 15, 2023 · Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has found himself at the centre of a new conflict - this time in the vitally important Amhara region that marshalled its troops to help him thwart an attempt...
Ethiopia insurgency in Oromiya region a threat to country's …
WEBMay 21, 2023 · In the ethnically mixed town of Agamsa, for example, Fekade’s fighters, wearing the long braids favored by Oromo rebels, killed dozens of civilians from the Amhara ethnic group last summer ...
Ethiopia: The fight between Oromo and Amhara militants
WEBJun 13, 2022 · In late November, an attack by Amhara militants targeting Oromo residents reportedly resulted in the death of numerous people and the kidnapping of over 200 Oromo civilians in Gida Ayana Wereda of East Wellega Zone.
Ethiopia violence in Oromia: 'Villages full of dead bodies' - BBC
WEBJun 20, 2022 · The victims are said to be ethnic Amharas killed by Oromo rebels. The Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) has denied responsibility and said the government's "retreating soldiers" were behind the...
‘Ethiopia’s other conflict’: what’s driving the violence in Oromia?
WEBJul 20, 2022 · Habasha (Amhara-Tigray) warlords colonised Oromia. The region was then incorporated into Abyssinia (the Ethiopian Empire) in the late 19th century. Menelik II, the Ethiopian emperor, established...
Amhara | Definition, History, & Culture | Britannica
WEBThe Amhara are one of the two largest ethnolinguistic groups in Ethiopia (the other group being the Oromo). They constitute more than one-fourth of the country’s population. The Amharic language is an Afro-Asiatic language belonging to the Southwest Semitic group.
Ethiopia: Civilians in Western Oromia Left Unprotected
WEBAug 31, 2022 · An armed group killed several hundred Amhara civilians in western Oromia in June 2022 while Ethiopian security forces did little to protect them.
Ethiopia: Authorities must investigate massacre of ethnic Amhara …
WEBJul 21, 2022 · The Ethiopian authorities must urgently launch an impartial investigation into the summary killing of over 400 Amhara residents of Tole Kebele in Oromia region on 18 June, Amnesty International said today.
The conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, explained | Vox
WEBApr 24, 2021 · The party was a coalition representing four different regions or nationalities: the TPLF (made up of Tigrayans); the Amhara Democratic Party (representing the Amhara ethnic group); the Oromo...
Oromo | People, History, & Language | Britannica
WEBAug 31, 2024 · Oromo, the largest ethnolinguistic group of Ethiopia, constituting more than one-third of the population and speaking a language of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family. Originally confined to the southeast of the country, the Oromo migrated in waves of invasions in the 16th century ce.
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