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Toronto – People in the Amhara region of Ethiopia took to the street to protest the election.
“We will not enthrone our killers in the name of election,” is a dominant chant observed in the demonstrations in many towns particularly those under Fano forces control.
It came as ruling Prosperity Party political cadres and “media army” are celebrating Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s eight years in power.
Amhara region was one of the areas in Ethiopia where Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed got extensive support as people were expecting peace, justice, unity and democracy.
Deteriorating security crisis, a rising new culture of ransom abduction and massacre of civilians have been making headlines over the past eight years, mostly in the Oromia region of Ethiopia.
Ethnic Amharas were targeted in the attacks – something that fueled the armed struggle in the Amhara region which sees “reversing existential threat to the Amhara” as a single most important raison d’etre for its existence.
Protestors also opposed the federal election which is scheduled to take place in June this year. They carried placards stating “There is no enabling condition for the election.”
Translations of one of the slogans protestors carried reads “There can not be an election when there is no peace.”
They also called for an end to war in the region whose devastation is now believed to have surpassed that of the Tigray region.
Ruling party cadres, PM Abiy claims his party has over 16 million registered members, painting an image of “transformed” and “prosperous” Ethiopia. A Reuters investigative report from a few years ago unveiled that the government deploys tens of thousands of “media army” to counter the tide of opposition on social media.
The government on its part organized rallies in different parts of Oromia, Benishangul gumuz and Harar regions supporting government policies.
Notably, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government led one of the bloodiest wars in the history of the country which is estimated to have claimed well over 600,000 lives in a span of two years. This war affected Afar, Amhara and Afar regions of Ethiopia,
There has been an ongoing conflict in the Amhara region of Ethiopia for three years now. The government restricted human rights investigators and journalists to the region.
While it is confirmed that thousands of civilians are killed as government intensified drone strikes and artillery shelling in many areas of the Amhara region where the rebel Fano forces operate, the victims were mostly civilians.
There is no end in sight for the conflict in the region despite the government has been making claims for two years now that its “military operation” is near completion. Some rebel leaders have surrendered to government forces over the past few months, But it did not seem to bring a significant impact in terms of containing the armed conflict.
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The latest travel advisory by the US State Department should be heeded to the letter. I’m not surprised by the advisory on Ethiopia. That country has been marred by bloody and violent conflicts in its two largest regions and Tigray for years now. Others have been on shaky grounds all along. Congratulations bigots and connivers.
Meanwhile, I want to say this to my very common citizens of Eritrea. I the same advisory your very dear Eritrea has been rated at par with Western European countries like the UK, Germany, France, Spain and the rest of them. That is because you have chosen the peaceful way and patiently resisting the ruthless despots led by Al-Toweel Isu and the gang. Peaceful struggle is a drawn-out process and the trick is not to lose the nerve and you have not lost that. It shows you have not forgotten the death and destruction violent form of struggle can bring to a society. It shows you’ve gained maturity from those dark days. I have not hidden this from my Eritrean friends who I have known for decades. Hats off to you my dear common citizens of Eritrea except Isu and gangsters.
How u doin’? ለምርጫ allergic ናቸው – ወይስ – የአማራ እረኛ ሽፍቶች ሰለ ምርጫ ሰምተው አያውቁም? ለመሆኑ – ዓለም በ21ኛው ክፍለ ዘመን እንዳለች – እነ Borkena እንኳን አይነግሯቸውም? በጣም ያሳዝናሉ! Anyway, I have questions for you:
1). የምርጫ Allergy (!?):- If these bunch of Amara Shepherd Bandits who call themselves ‘Amara Fanno’ are so loved & revered by Amaras [as they want us to believe], why don’t they participate in the election and show us their ‘landslide victory’ in the Amara Zone? [What exactly is holding them back? Let them invite their own favorite election observers!!]
2). በሬ ካራጁ ይውላል:- How/Why would Amaras form alliance with their butchers? [Ref.: When the TPLF-EPLF Secessionist Duo invaded-and-occupied Ethiopia in 1991, they pitted Amaras against most Ethiopian ethnics & orchestrated the 1991 Amara Genocide in some Oromo parts of Ethiopia. So, what is the Amara Fanno’s alliance with the TPLF-EPLF & OLF-IFLO about?]
Moreover, the TPLF launched its last war on Ethiopia with the massacre of Ethiopia’s Northern Command [in their sleep] followed by the Amara Genocide at MayKadra [TPLF murdered 1563 Amaras in cold blood in just a day!]. Isn’t that blatant savagery? Would even Pope Leo & Jesus forgive TPLF for that?
It would be great in which towns the demonstrations took place.
In which towns did the demonstrations took place? Such informations are missing in the report.
It’s time that people go to the street and urge the government and all to stop the war.