Mereja Forum

[Za-Ilmaknun]

Prime Mnister Abiy Ahmed expresses condolences after Oromia Police Commission confirmed many people killed

The killing on Sunday of hundreds of people in western Ethiopia at the same site allegedly by an armed ethnic Oromo group sent shockwaves across the East African country.

The Oromia Regional State Government on Monday accused the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) - Shene group, an armed group that splintered from the OLF, in the killing of peaceful civilians in the West Wollega region.

The area has been a hotspot of violence since 2018, when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office.

Abiy had invited the OLF to the country in 2019 to engage in peaceful struggle after its long designation as a terror group by the previous government dominated by ethnic minority Tigrayans.

In a statement, the Oromia Regional State vowed to take action against the OLF-Shene.

It said civilians were massacred "in one place" in the west Wollega zone of Oromia regional state and accused the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) of conspiring with the OLF-Shene.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Abiy issued a statement expressing denouncing the massacre that targeted ethnic Amhara people.

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/ethiopi ... ng/2028623

[TGAA]

We all along knew since Burayu massacre that the killings are targeted Ethnic cleansing. However, It is Aby's government who has been giving an excuse, calling it something else. Abiy stating that the public outcry was misdirected. In one meeting Abiy telling an outright lie that more Oromos were killed than other people. So the more the government covers this terrorist the got more emboldened to commit a massacre in a daily basis. It is all Abiy's fault.

[Za-Ilmaknun]

We all along knew since Burayu massacre that the killings are targeted Ethnic cleansing. However, It is Aby's government who has been giving an excuse, calling it something else. Abiy stating that the public outcry was misdirected. In one meeting Abiy telling an outright lie that more Oromos were killed than other people. So the more the government covers this terrorist the got more emboldened to commit a massacre in a daily basis. It is all Abiy's fault.

Absolutely! Denying a genocide is encouraging for more of it to come. When the top leader of the government is refusing to call the carnage by its name knowingly or unknowingly, they are giving protection for the perpetrators. It is a sad reality we are in and, we will be witnessing thousands to be massacred any time in the next few days.