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Here is an overview of the history of the Majang people in the Gambella region of Ethiopia: the Majang are an ethnic group indigenous to the Gambella region of western Ethiopia, near the border with South Sudan. They are agriculturalist people and their zone comprise the highest economy of the region, numbering around 50,000 people.
The start of the June 2022 violence in Gambela, the Southern SNNPR region is associated with a demonstration held by ‘non-indigenous’ also known as Degegnoch or high-landers, requesting local officials for protection from the frequent attacks against the group.
The transitional period in Gambela was marred by ethnic violence between Anuaks and Nuer. The Anuak GPLM fighters are said to have worn a magic called kunjur, supposedly making them bulletproof. It is said that many Anuak youths joined the GPLM, impressed by the force of the kunjur. [15] Relations between the GPLM and the EPRDF remained ...
The Gambela Region, also spelled Gambella, and officially the Gambela Peoples' Region (Amharic: ጋምቤላ ሕዝቦች ክልል), is a regional state in western Ethiopia. Previously known as Region 12 , its capital and largest city is Gambela .
South Sudan – “Due to the risk of armed violence and criminality ... Afar region, Gambella region, Oromia region, Somali Regional State and Benishangul-Gumuz region.
2012 Gambella bus attack: 12 March 2012 Gambella: 19 Gunmen with machine guns [21] Burayu massacre: 14–16 September 2018 Addis Ababa and Burayu, Oromia: 58-65 Pro-OLF and "mobs" of Oromo youth, Oromo Liberation Army [22] [23] [24] Shashemene massacre: 30 June–2 July 2020 Oromia, Addis Ababa, Shashemene, and Jimma: 240+
The 2012 Gambella bus attack was a shooting incident on 12 March 2012, 20 kilometers, or 12 miles, from the town of Gambella in Ethiopia in which 19 people were killed and 8 others were wounded. [2] Odom Obang Olum, head of the local government describes the victims as Ethiopian residents who were travelling on a public bus, near the town of ...
Inter-ethnic violence between the Anuak and these so-called "highlanders" was commonplace during the 1990s and the 2000s. [6] The mostly insular social structure of the Anuak, combined with historical and modern inter-ethnic conflicts, have led to outside observers, such as Cultural Survival , to describe them as "very suspicious of outsiders ...