At Least 100 Killed In Protests In Ethiopia
According to Amnesty International, 67 people died when “security forces fired live bullets at peaceful protesters” in different towns and cities in the Oromo region over the weekend.”
Over the weekend, nearly 100 people were killed in protests organized in different parts of Ethiopia.
The widespread dissatisfaction with the Ethiopian government can be found predominantly within the Oromo ethnic group, the country’s largest ethnic group, which has been marginalized and oppressed by the Amharas, the second largest ethnic group, who make up the country’s elite.
A diplomat confirmed that 49 people were killed with Nekemte, a town in western Ethiopia and Bahir Dar, the capital of the Amhara region.
The diplomat disguised the protests as “low level,” “quite disorganized” and “scattered all around”
The brutal response of the government risks provoking more anger and making it worse.
He stated, “The brutal response of the government risks provoking more anger and making it worse.”
The threat of displacement was what triggered this wave of protests, but protests have been going on in the country in recent months.