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Up to 210 people killed in attacks in Ethiopia's Oromia region, human rights group says
SBS News ^ | 8/26/2021

Posted on 08/26/2021 2:56:49 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned conflict in Ethiopia has now spread beyond the Tigray region and "a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding before our eyes".

As many as 210 people have been killed in attacks in Ethiopia's Oromia region, a human rights group has said.

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said it had received reports that some 150 people were killed on 18 August by alleged members of the Oromo Liberation Army in the East Wollega area of Oromia.

A further 60 people were killed a day later in retaliatory attacks, according to the statement issued by the government-appointed body, which did not state who was responsible for the acts of revenge.

"The attack happened a day after the relocation of security forces to other areas," the statement said.

It added that civilians had fled to neighbouring areas, fearing further attacks.

"The attack was carried out along ethnic lines," it said.

Local reports and sources said the initial attack targeted ethnic Amharas who have often faced similar attacks in the past.

The OLA, designated as a terrorist group by the government, is believed to be active in the area where the latest attack took place.

Odaa Tarbii, spokesperson for the rebel group, said in a tweet on Thursday such reports were a "gross distortion of the facts on the ground."

(Excerpt) Read more at sbs.com.au ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; amhara; amharas; ethiopia; oromo; oromos

1 posted on 08/26/2021 2:56:49 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
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To: Right Wing Vegan
Yawn. Not my circus. Not my monkeys.

2 posted on 08/26/2021 3:01:55 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Right Wing Vegan
"The attack happened a day after the relocation of security forces to other areas," the statement said.

Gee, where have I recently heard that.

3 posted on 08/26/2021 3:08:37 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (Proudly posting comments without reading the articles since 2002.)
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>> 150 people were killed on 18 August

Holding onto that fact for a rainy day?


4 posted on 08/26/2021 3:08:58 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Blacks killing blacks. Just like in America.


5 posted on 08/26/2021 3:18:05 PM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Somebody page Bob Geldof.


6 posted on 08/26/2021 3:18:30 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

SO?

The Fey Wray continues to attack Trump supporters as terrorists.

The FIB are counter-revolutionists.


7 posted on 08/26/2021 3:21:34 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Critical Marx Theory is The SOLUTION....)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

George Washington warned us.


8 posted on 08/26/2021 3:29:52 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Harpotoo

Terrorists killing Christians. Nothing to see here.


9 posted on 08/26/2021 3:32:20 PM PDT by Oystir
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Ethnic group, Marxists, Christians, majority Muslims, break 2012 peace agreement. Ethnic Oromo appearance like Somalis.


10 posted on 08/26/2021 3:37:44 PM PDT by Does so (USA is run from 2446 Belmont Rd, NW, DC, (Kalorama). Why else the 9/11 deadline for Afghanistan?)
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To: shanover

“George Washington warned us.”

‘Didn’t live long enough to see War of 1812.

Sometimes, War finds you...


11 posted on 08/26/2021 3:39:55 PM PDT by Does so (USA is run from 2446 Belmont Rd, NW, DC, (Kalorama). Why else the 9/11 deadline for Afghanistan?)
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To: Does so

Send in the squad, skin head Presley the racist, congresswomen mother fuck## talib and the skank Somali marrying brother bitch


12 posted on 08/26/2021 3:51:25 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: shanover

George Washington (who before his slave holding disgraced his legacy and allowed Joe Biden to replace him as America’s Hero)....
Spoke of avoiding of foreign entanglements, but, gee, why not send some tens of thousands of American troops over there to Ethiopia for twenty years to straighten it out-—and then have a well ordered and planned evacuation? And maybe 10-20,000 refugees to support in the US. Whaddaya say, folks?


13 posted on 08/26/2021 4:25:20 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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