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Feb
26
2021
By The African Mirror
Anger, fear runs deep after months of ethnic violence in western Ethiopia

Anger, fear runs deep after months of ethnic violence in western Ethiopia

HUMAN RIGHTS
MARIA GERTH-NICULESCU A series of government-sponsored community reconciliation efforts in Ethiopia’s western Benishangul-Gumuz region has failed to curb months of ethnic conflict that has claimed hundreds of lives and left more than 100,000 people displaced. The peace forums are aimed at bridging community divides, but disputes over land ownership and a lack of accounting for brutal tit-for-tat massacres continue to fuel anger in a region long troubled by deep undercurrents of ethno-nationalism.  The reconciliation drives, involving elders and religious leaders, have been held in a number of wards around Gelgel Beles – the capital of the Metekel Zone, the area hardest hit…
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Dec
25
2020
By The African Mirror
Ethiopian troops kill armed men behind deadly village attack

Ethiopian troops kill armed men behind deadly village attack

NEWS
ETHIOPIAN troops clashed with armed men involved in a deadly attack in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region, killing 42 of them and seizing bows and arrows and other weapons, state-affiliated Fana TV has reported. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said he was sending more soldiers to secure the region bordering Sudan, the day after unidentified gunmen killed more than 100 people in a village there. Ethiopia has been grappling with outbreaks of violence since Abiy was appointed in 2018 and accelerated democratic reforms that loosened the state's iron grip on regional rivalries. "The massacre of civilians in Benishangul-Gumuz region is very tragic,"…
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Dec
24
2020
By The African Mirror
Gunmen kill more than 100 in attack in Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz region

Gunmen kill more than 100 in attack in Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz region

NEWS
GUNMEN killed more than 100 people in a dawn attack in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia, the human rights commission said, as residents described fleeing the latest deadly assault in an area bedevilled by ethnic violence. The attack occurred in the village of Bekoji in Bulen county in the Metekel zone, the state-run Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said in a statement, an area where multiple ethnic groups are living. Africa's second-most populous nation has been grappling with regular outbreaks of deadly violence since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was appointed in 2018 and accelerated democratic reforms that loosened the state's…
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Oct
14
2020
By The African Mirror
At least 12 people killed in western Ethiopia

At least 12 people killed in western Ethiopia

NEWS
DAWIT ENDESHAW and GIULIA PARAVICINI AT least 12 people were killed in the Metakal zone of Ethiopia's Benishangul-Gumuz region, according to regional government spokesman Melese Beyene. The killings, which happened on Monday night, followed two attacks in the same zone last month when 45 people lost their lives, and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government is faced with rising insecurity in many parts of the country. The killings started as revenge following the assassination of the brother of a local official, the spokesman said. Victims included women and children as young as six months, and many were slaughtered in their homes,…
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