Ethiopia’s Abiy reports new civilian killings in Oromia
Al JazeeraAUG 2022
Amhara: Ethiopian Troops Accused of Killing Civilians
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The Spin
Narrative A
The Amhara people have long been treated as foreigners and national enemies. Still, the Abiy government has escalated this decades-long rhetoric to the next level by sanctioning widespread violence against them. If the international community fails to intervene, a Rwanda-style genocide may soon happen in Ethiopia.
Narrative B
While it's a matter of fact that innocent lives have been lost and properties destroyed and looted in clashes to liberate areas under the control of the non-state regional Fano militia and restore peace and order in Amhara, only an investigation per the constitutional system can determine who committed these atrocities.