Tag: Wollega Massacre

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Dealing with collective trauma: the uphill battle facing the Amhara

By Tsegaye Melak Ethiopia has been in an active war since November 2020, when the northern command of the Ethiopian national defense force was attacked by forces affiliated with the Tigrayan people liberation front (TPLF). Since then the war has spilled over to the territories of Afar and Amhara regions, the counter insurgency launched by

July 7, 2022 By Addis Insight
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Several ethnic Amharas killed in the latest attack in Wollega

According to Dagu Journal several civilians were killed in an attack by OLF Shene militants in the area known as Village 20 (Hawa Gelen Woreda, Kelem Welega Zone;  Residents of the Lena Kebele) An unnamed source told us that an unknown number of innocent people were killed in today’s terrorist attack. They also told us

July 4, 2022 By Addis Insight
Ethiopian War

The Story of Aisha:Behind Wollega Massacre

Aisha Seid was born in Argoba, South Wollo Zone. She was raised in Tole Kebele, West Welega, Gimbi Woreda.She moved there in 1990. At that time, she was just a child. Aisha didn’t go to school. She was helping her father, who was a farmer.As she grew older, she married in Tole Kebele, where she

June 27, 2022 By Addis Insight
Opinion

Creeping Genocide: in Ethiopia (Dawit W Giorgis)

By Dawit W Giorgis(This article is available in Amharic, French and German) “The number of dead and buried based on latest information for human rights activist on the spot: 1511 dead already collected and buried 300 more discovered not yet buried and more than 10000 fleeing.” As I write this article AP on June 20

June 25, 2022 By Addis Insight
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Wollega Massacre Death Toll Reaches 1600

More than 1,600 people have been killed by Shene, a self-proclaimed Oromo Liberation Army in Tole Kebele, West Welega Gimbi Woreda of Oromia State, according to eyewitnesses. Eyewitnesses, who did not want to be named for security reasons, told Addis Maleda that more than 1,600 people had been killed in the attack and that 900

June 25, 2022 By Addis Insight