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Ethiopia: Police Bosses Meet About How Media, Political Parties 'Create More Violence'
Addis Standard, 10 December 2022
The federal police commission said a joint emergency meeting between the federal and and regional states police commissioners was held on Friday at the Ethiopian Federal Police… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Nation Seeks National Healing After Tigray Peace Treaty
DW, 9 December 2022
With a truce recently signed and a history of ethnic tensions, Ethiopia faces a myriad of challenges. As a result, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government has embarked on a national… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Orthodox Church Denounces Killings of Tigrayan Prisoners, Civilians in East Wollega
Addis Standard, 8 December 2022
The Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church Abune Matias has denounced recent killings carried out in different parts of the country by armed groups and government… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Report - Guards Massacred 83 Tigrayan Prisoners At Camp in Southern Ethiopia
VOA, 5 December 2022
A published report says Ethiopian guards and villagers massacred 83 Tigrayan prisoners at a camp in southern Ethiopia last November in what the report calls the deadliest killing… Read more »
Reports of Massacre of Tigrayan Prisoners In Ethiopia In 2021
There has been reports that Ethiopian guards and villagers massacred 83 Tigrayan prisoners at a camp in southern Ethiopia in November 2021 - in what it called, the deadliest killing of imprisoned soldiers since the Tigray war started more than two years ago.
Witnesses told The Post, that between 16 and 18 guards at the camp allegedly opened fire on prisoners late that afternoon in November 2021, prompting many to flee into the bush, chased by Ethiopian soldiers.
The report said after running for an hour, some escapees came across some locals and begged them for help. Instead, a mob of at least 150 people attacked the Tigrayans with machetes, sticks and stones.
Witnesses said the mob were incorrectly informed that the Tigrayans were prisoners of war, who were responsible for the deaths of local soldiers.
The war between Ethiopia's central government and the northern Tigray region broke out in November 2020. The sides are currently working out the details of a ceasefire agreement.
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An armed member of a local militia watches the hills for Tigrayan fighters (file photo).
