Daily Monitor
Monday July 26 2021
Members of the Amhara militia gather in the village of Adi Arkay, 180 kilometers northeast from the city of Gondar, Ethiopia, on July 14, 2021. PHORO/AFP
Summary
As recently as April, around 100 people were slaughtered in Ataye, a town in Amhara surrounded by ethnic Oromo settlements.
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As he set off to vote in Ethiopia s national election, Tesfahun Sisay chose his outfit with purpose, pulling on a T-shirt emblazoned with a man s face and a Kalashnikov rifle.
That man was Asaminew Tsige: revered by many in Amhara, Asaminew commanded the region s muscular security forces until two years ago, when he was accused of spearheading a local coup and shot dead by police.
Massacres, war fuel ethnic fervour in Ethiopia's Amhara
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Ethiopians hope for peace, economic stability as PM Abiy Ahmed wins election Africanews 18 hrs ago © AMANUEL SILESHI/AFP or licensors Addis Ababa, on July 11, 2021.
Residents of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa say they hope Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed s government can ensure peace and economic stability after the incumbent s party won a landslide victory.
The election result grants Abiy a five-year term despite a brutal war raging in the country s northern region of Tigray.
Abiy hailed the outcome of what he described as a historic election the first time he faced voters since being appointed prime minister in 2018 following several years of anti-government protests.