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Friday April 23 2021
In this file photo taken on March 1, 2021 A woman leans on the wall of a damaged house which was shelled as federal-aligned forces entered the city, in Wukro, north of Mekele. Ethiopia s humanitarian situation has deteriorated and sexual violence is still being used as a weapon of war. PHOTO/AFP
Summary
The violence which kicked off last week hit the North Shoa and Oromo special zones, the latter of which is populated mainly by Oromos, the country s largest group.
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The latest bout of ethnic violence in Ethiopia s Amhara region has left scores dead and displaced hundreds of thousands, a federal official told the media on Friday.
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Pressure From US, EU Could Destabilize Ethiopia
West aims to punish Ethiopia using Tigray crises ruse to contain Chinese influence in region, say experts. Pressure from the West, particularly the US, on Ethiopia to cease military operations and engage in dialogue with the Tigray People s Liberation Front (TPLF) could prove counterproductive and destabilize the country, analysts are warning.
Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Endale Belay, a lecturer in the Ethiopian Civil Service University, said the US and the EU have been threatening sanctions and other coercive measures in a bid to force Ethiopia to return political space to now-defunct TPLF.
Last week the US Senate and foreign ministers of G7 countries the world s seven advanced economies passed separate resolutions to put pressure on Ethiopia. Earlier the UN Security Council met four times but failed to arrive at a consensus to take punitive measures against Ethiopia