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Witnesses claim dozens of civilians and combatants have died in renewed clashes between Ethiopian groups in the Oromo and Amhara, in the heart of the country.
Fighting should have broken out on Saturday (22 January) in the town of Juuha in the Amhara district. One witness, who, like other witnesses, spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal, said fighters believed to be rebel Oromo Liberation Army attacked a camp used by Amhara special forces, killing 20 people. said to have killed more than Witnesses said they also helped bury three civilians.
Witnesses claimed that fighting had spread to other towns. Another eyewitness in Jeuha, who was involved in the burial, said “dozens” of bodies had been collected.
Witnesses in the town of Ataye in the Amhara region claimed that clashes between the OLA and Amhara special forces continued, with thousands of civilians fleeing. A doctor at Shewa Robit Hospital told the Associated Press that since Monday (Jan. 23) he has received “several” bodies and several victims with serious injuries.
On Wednesday (January 25), the Amhara regional government confirmed the clashes and said members of the federal army, federal police and Amhara regional forces were working to control the situation.
A federal police spokesman did not answer the call. A spokesman for the Ethiopian government, he said Legesse Tulu hung up.
Some Ethiopians from Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, the Amhara and Oromo, are bitterly opposed over grievances old and new. Amharic have been targeted in several locations in the neighboring Oromia region, prompting the deployment of Amharic militias.
The Oromo also claim to have been targeted in deadly attacks by the Amhara. “Under international law, the federal government of Ethiopia has a duty to protect its citizens,” the Oromo Legacy Leadership and Advocacy Association said in a statement this week.
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