Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday said ethnic Amhara and Oromo Shane are danger to Ethiopia\u2019s continuity.<\/p>\n
Speaking during a visit in Southern Ethiopia region, the PM said Ethiopians should be careful and fight back against these two forces, which he said espouse extremist views, want to change Ethiopia\u2019s current shape and map and are a danger to Ethiopia\u2019s continuity.<\/p>\n
\u201cOromo and Amhara Shane places might be different, but the two have zero-sum view of Ethiopia and don\u2019t want to see Ethiopia based on equality and peace,\u201d the PM said.<\/p>\n
Abiy also claimed the two forces \u201cwant to exist in mutual antagonism to each other, believe power is acquired through mutual killings, like to magnify small agendas and don\u2019t care about Ethiopia\u2019s continuity.<\/p>\n
The PM\u2019s use of the obscure term \u201cShane\u201d usually reserved by his government to refer to Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) rebels to also mean a segment of the Amhara population has perplexed and alarmed many Ethiopians online.<\/p>\n
Over the past few years, various parts of the country\u2019s largest region, Oromia have been the scenes of mass killings of ethnic minorities, which members of the PM\u2019s ruling Prosperity Party (PP) have partly pinned on the actions of his government as well.<\/p>\n
In addition, over the past few weeks, schools across Addis Ababa, Ethiopia\u2019s capital have witnessed a violent crackdown on students and teachers by security forces.<\/p>\n
The security forces under the instruction of local and federal authorities are trying to impose Oromia national flag and anthem on schools in the multinational city.<\/p>\n
All these combined has spurred speculation and instilled fear among many Ethiopians on what PM\u2019s administration is \u201cconspiring\u201d in contrast to official statements from PM and other officials blaming various local and foreign forces for Ethiopia\u2019s current instability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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