ETHIOPIA WALDIYA: FIVE KILLED BY POLICE AT RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL

[Che -Guevara]

At least five people have been killed in northern Ethiopia after security forces fired on a crowd at a religious festival who were reportedly shouting anti-government slogans.

[Old_Observer]

Here we go another town which will have same fate as Gonder. Except this is south east in Amhara and Gonder was North.

Weldiya is birth place of Shiek Mohamed Al Amoudi and he has built a sports complex and a factory for the town.

Anyone who tries to use a religious gathering for political objective, especially when the town is multi ethnic and multi faith is recipe for failure. That is what happened in Gonder and this town will not be any different.

 

The thing some of these desperate Amhara politicians forget is that, even if they win lets say by some freak accident of history, they cannot govern these places. The Moslem population is big, the Agew, Oromo, Tigray population is big. The Agew and Oromo were so oppressed had even almost lost their language. I guess Amhara polticians think is do or die and are jumping to any place that has local issues trying to make them national.

 

RIP the dead and Quick recovery for the wounded. The Amhara regional government needs to resolve quickly local issues, before the thing will explode and then becomes federal.

 

[Che -Guevara]

You seem to have a bit of blaming everyone except those in power, the very group responsible for the country's affairs.

[Holac]

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The Moslem population is big, the Agew, Oromo, Tigray population is big. The Agew and Oromo were so oppressed had even almost lost their language. I guess Amhara polticians think is do or die and are jumping to any place that has local issues trying to make them national.

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How did Waldiya end up being part of the Amhara region?

[Old_Observer]

I blame the regional government, because its the responsibility of regional governments to keep peace law and order in their region.

A lot of issues are local. actually most issues are always local. What is asked in Weldya may have nothing to do with people in south west east or north of them.