TENSION IN ETHIOPIA’S AHMARA REGION
By PauL Ndiho
Clashes have erupted again in some areas in Ethiopia’s Amhara region after a week of relative calm, with at least ten civilian deaths reported. Earlier this month, Ethiopia’s House of People’s Representatives voted in favor of the state of emergency declared by the federal government over violence in the Amhara region. The military intervention comes from clashes between federal troops and a local militia, Fano, who have refused to comply with a government order to disarm and demobilize regional special forces. The Voice of America has made several attempts to reach the Ethiopian government official and the spokesperson for the Prime minister’s office for a reaction to these allegations of killings in the Amhara region. Still, we were told to follow the regular updates of the state of emergency command center. In an interview with VOA’s Paul Ndiho, Omar Mohamed, the Amhara People’s Front public relations officer, discusses whether this escalation could have been prevented.
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