{"id":277559,"date":"2019-05-07T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/?guid=094fc323961cd3abdb04c58ccab03021"},"modified":"2026-09-17T11:34:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:34:31","slug":"benishangul-gumuz-demanded-an-international-probe-of-border-zone-killings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/277559","title":{"rendered":"Benishangul-Gumuz demanded an international probe of border-zone killings"},"content":{"rendered":"

In May 2019 Bloomberg and follow-on wires reported Benishangul-Gumuz deputy president Adigo Amsaya calling for international investigators after more than 200 people were killed in tit-for-tat violence near the Sudanese border, including attacks in Amhara\u2019s Agew Awi Zone.<\/p>\n\"Benishangul-Gumuz\n

Adigo said armed Amhara youths had not yet been arrested for a massacre his region attributed to them, while about 45 people had been held over earlier Metekel killings that began with a cash dispute among laborers on 26 April.<\/p>\n

Peace Ministry teams arrived to investigate. International Crisis Group\u2019s William Davison called it another ethno-nationalist escalation and urged the federal government to tell the public what happened.<\/p>\n

As accountability archive, the probe demand matters because Abiy Ahmed\u2019s government preferred quiet command posts to transparent body counts. Border-zone massacres do not vanish when officials change the subject.<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/strong> Free Malaysia Today \/ Bloomberg<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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