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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,...

The ELCA is taking harsh actions against African immigrant Lutherans who oppose the ELCA’s new teaching and policy on marriage and same-sex sexual relationships. Two African immigrant congregations have been expelled from local ELCA congregations where they have worshiped at the direction of ELCA officials. “Oromo congregations in Houston, Texas, and Denver, Colorado, were asked by their mission directors and host church to leave the church premises without delay. The reason they were given was they are not in agreement with the August 2009 Churchwide Assembly resolution,” the January newsletter of the United Oromo Evangelical Churches reported. The 2009 ELCA...

The Oromo Evangelical Lutheran Churches have unanimously voted to join Lutheran CORE. Lutheran CORE is honored to have these faithful Christians standing with us. We are humbled by their faithful witness both during the 2009 ELCA Churchwide Assembly and since then. These faithful Christians faced persecution in their homeland of Ethiopia. They know what it means to stand firm in faith even in the face of intense opposition. Their witness is a source of encouragement to all who bear the name of Christ and to all who stand on the witness of Scripture and thus in opposition to the ELCA...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - A series of bombs exploded in Ethiopia's capital Friday, killing four people and wounding at least 42, police and witnesses said. Federal police spokesman Commander Demsash Hailu said the blasts were the work of an organization trying to discredit the government but did not offer specifics. The bombings came just before Monday's anniversary of last year's general election. International observers called the balloting seriously flawed and opposition politicians have refused to take up their posts in protest of what they called government vote-rigging. Police have blamed other small bombings in recent months on alleged militant elements...

A small hotel destroyed by a violent explosion in Addis Ababa Wednesday September 11, 2002 - 22h18 GMT Addis Ababa, 12 seven (AFP) - an explosion of unspecified origin destroyed Wednesday evening a small hotel in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, making several victims, according to testimonys' collected on the spot by the AFP. The explosion took place around 21H20 local (18H20 GMT) in a very animated district of the capital whereas the Ethiopian ones célèbraient their New year, indicated several witnesses. The police force established a vast perimeter of safety around the Tigray hotel, located close to the...