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ETHIOPIA: Two Wars At Once

ETHIOPIA: Two Wars At Once Relative peace in Tigray is overridden by church attacks in Oromia.Eight people died in attacks on a church in southern Ethiopia on February 4th, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said on February 10th, amid tensions in the Orthodox community.“Security forces and their (civilian) collaborators used disproportionate force leaving at least eight dead by either gunshot wounds or beatings,” the state body EHRC said.The numbers injured and imprisoned after the violence at the church in Shashamene, 250km south of Addis Ababa, were still unknown, it added.Previous reports from religious media had put the February 4th death toll at three.On February 6th, the privately‐owned Borkena website had reported that more than 30 followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC) were reportedly killed by security forces in Oromia Region over several days. (BBC Monitoring 6/2)The violence erupted against a backdrop of tensions in the ancient Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church after rebel bishops created their own synod in Oromia, the country's most populous region.“Beatings, intimidation, expulsion from churches, forced restriction of movement and unlawful detentions have been carried out in various areas on individuals,” the EHRC statement said.Abune Henok, Archbishop of Addis Ababa Diocese, described the incidents in the Oromia city of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin Political Social and Cultural Series Wiley

ETHIOPIA: Two Wars At Once

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Relative peace in Tigray is overridden by church attacks in Oromia.Eight people died in attacks on a church in southern Ethiopia on February 4th, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said on February 10th, amid tensions in the Orthodox community.“Security forces and their (civilian) collaborators used disproportionate force leaving at least eight dead by either gunshot wounds or beatings,” the state body EHRC said.The numbers injured and imprisoned after the violence at the church in Shashamene, 250km south of Addis Ababa, were still unknown, it added.Previous reports from religious media had put the February 4th death toll at three.On February 6th, the privately‐owned Borkena website had reported that more than 30 followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC) were reportedly killed by security forces in Oromia Region over several days. (BBC Monitoring 6/2)The violence erupted against a backdrop of tensions in the ancient Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church after rebel bishops created their own synod in Oromia, the country's most populous region.“Beatings, intimidation, expulsion from churches, forced restriction of movement and unlawful detentions have been carried out in various areas on individuals,” the EHRC statement said.Abune Henok, Archbishop of Addis Ababa Diocese, described the incidents in the Oromia city of

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Africa Research Bulletin Political Social and Cultural Series – Wiley

Published: Mar 1, 2023

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