News: Dozens killed in second attack in as many weeks in #Oromia’s #Arsi area
Addis Abeba – At least 35 people were killed in an armed attack in #Endeto Kebele, #Robe Woreda, in #Ethiopia’s Oromia Region, on Thursday, November 5, residents told Addis Standard. The attack marks the second major assault in as many weeks in the wider Arsi area, targeting communities that include Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church members.
Two residents interviewed separately by Addis Standard described an assault involving simultaneous gunfire at several locations in Endeto, including security posts and areas around the town’s St. Mary Church. They said dozens of people were killed, with local militia members and civilians among the victims.
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U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia @ErvinMassinga continues to give far too little attention to the ongoing genocidal war against the Amhara people under the Abiy regime. The Arsi massacre of Orthodox Christians receives inadequate attention, while the killings and mass displacement of Amharas in Wollega are largely ignored.
U.S. policy is enabling the ongoing Amhara Genocide by failing to demand civilian protection and accountability from the Abiy government. Washington must stop prioritizing political interests over Amhara lives.
@USEmbassyAddis@StateDept@SecRubio@UNHumanRights
#AmharaGenocide
Before the tears of Ethiopia have dried, another heinous massacre has shaken the country. According to local media reports, at least 34 Ethiopian Orthodox Christians were killed on Thursday, when a group of gunmen opened fresh fire in Ethiopia's Oromia region. The latest mass murder has raised the death toll to 94 in less than three weeks.
The massacre reportedly took place in Endato village in Robe district, where armed perpetrators opened fire at the residents, killing at least 34 and leaving several others injured. Shops and other properties were damaged in the attack.
The attack, the latest blow to the nation already ailing from two previous attacks on October 20 and 24 in Oromia's Merti and Shirka districts, in which at least 60 Orthodox Christians were killed, has left the country in tremors. Concerns have been heightened about the safety of religious communities in Oromia, where lingering armed conflict have displaced civilians and fueled insecurity.
Let us lift our heartfelt prayers to the merciful God, so that He may deign to wipe out the tears of the sorrowing people and protect them from further dangers.
#EthiopiaNews #OromiaViolence #ChristianPersecution #EthiopianOrthodoxChurch #PrayForEthiopia #shalomworldnews
Starting from 5:00 AM yesterday morning, following an attack carried out by armed militants in Robe Woreda of the East Arsi Zone, the bodies of 34 Christians have been found so far.
This is happening just 11 days after a horrific massacre was committed against more than 45 Orthodox Christians in Shirka Woreda of that same Arsi Zone.
How must you journalists working in state media feel: you who do not say a word while all this atrocity is being committed? What about you officials sitting in government seats representing the public? Above all, what about the Prime Minister leading the country?
Some who used to cry out asking "Why?" may have grown tired and given up as these acts are repeatedly committed; but what must the surviving citizens, upon whom all this horror is inflicted, be feeling? Are they awaiting their death while still alive?
What, indeed, is the primary job of a government?
Ethiopia: Eyewitness accounts, with video and photographic footage widely circulated on social media, showed a mother in Amhara — whose daughter had been brutally killed by the regime’s forces — unable to bear her grief, her face twisted and darkening like charred coal
In #Amhara, government forces carried out extrajudicial executions, sexual violence, torture, and ill-treatment against civilians, and used drones and heavy artillery against civilians. 👇
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#CARDEthiopia has been re-suspended by ACSO just days after the initial ban was lifted, despite adhering to legal requirements.This disrupts operations & raises concerns about undue pressures. CARD will appeal & take legal steps to challenge the decision.
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Just in : Famine and War in Ethiopia's Amhara Region: A silent catastrophe unfolding in Bugna Woreda. Urgent global action needed to prevent further loss of life 🔗https://t.co/NM7yvBwiTG
11 Orthodox Christians were killed in Sherka, East Arsi, Oromia Region. Eye witnesses told Mahbere-Kidusan TV that attackers linked to Oromo Liberation Front (OLF-Shene) abducted and executed 11 people, including a 13-year-old and an 80-year-old, at a Timket (Epiphany) celebration site. Over 20 churches have been closed, and more than 140 Orthodox Christians killed in the region since last year. Local communities are demanding justice.
@hrw@UN_HRC@UNOSAPG@EUtoAU@marcorubio@TulsiGabbard@CanadaEthiopia@AusEmbET@BelgiumAddis@Pontifex
The Amhara genocide is taking place all over Ethiopia. This man is named Yasin and he is a father of 5 children. He was killed by a government backed militia yesterday in Gurage Zone, Central Ethiopia.💔💔😭😭 https://t.co/QeJ2rIIUtv