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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.
Throughout 2003 ethnic clashes in and around Gambela had left dozens dead. Anuak militias and highlanders militias had routinely battled over the countryside. In the second half of 2003 Anuak militias killed about 20 highlander civilians. [2] It is all fabrication information. Anywaae never killed highlanders in Gambela Region.
"Violence in Gambella: An Overview" on the site of Oxfam America. "The Current Situation in Gambella", Press Release from the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Ministry of Federal Affairs; Map of Gambela region at UN-OCHA [permanent dead link ] Map of the Gambela region at the Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency (DPPA) of Ethiopia
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 ...
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". [5]
José Alfaro is making history as the first Latino to lead a national gun violence prevention organization in the U.S. at a time when firearms are increasingly killing Americans.. Gun violence has ...
The GPLM was founded in 1979 and was based in the Anuak ethnic group. [4] This group launched a guerrilla war against both the Derg regime of Ethiopia and the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). The latter had a major base in Gambela and had committed numerous atrocities against the local inhabitants; however the GPLM was unable to mobilize ...
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+