More than 540 civilians killed in
ethnic conflicts in Ethiopia
The Voice of America (VOA) Amharic Service, on its
October 21 special program, reports the killing of over 540 people,
mostly from the Amhara ethnic group, in a conflict with the Mezenger
people in the Gambella region of Western Ethiopia. The gruesome
massacre that started in the town of Meti, Godere zone on September
10th was a direct consequence of the ill-fated land grab policy of
the Ethiopian government. According to the VOA, the under reported
massacre specifically started when government started to forcefully
evict Mezenger people from their ancestral land in order to give it
away to a recently retired TPLF Generals for “investment”
purposes and the illegal campaign of selling lands that ensued
following the arrival of hundreds of ‘Tirgrayans‘ as ‘workers‘
to the TPLF ‘investors‘. As expected, the main stream media and
right groups such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch
turned a deaf ear to the extraordinary massacre of Ethiopians by the
regime.
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