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Ethiopian Orthodox Church reaches deal with breakaway Oromo synod

Ethiopian Orthodox Church reaches deal with breakaway Oromo synod

GIULIA PARAVICINI THE influential Ethiopian Orthodox Church said it had agreed with a breakaway synod from the Oromiya region following deadly violence that killed dozens and led to partial internet shutdowns. The rift threatened to bring fresh instability to Africa's second most populous nation, just as its starts to turn the page on a two-year war in the northern Tigray region that killed tens of thousands before a truce was agreed upon in November. The row started on February 4, when three clerics from Oromiya accused the leadership of the main church of discriminating against Oromos, the country's largest ethnic group. They…
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