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The exacerbation of the conflict in 2016 is speculated to be caused from competition arisen from a prolonged drought. [15] From December 2016 at the border of the Oromia and Somali regions, the Oromia and Somali communities territorial tension boiled, notably near the town of Deka, leaving at least 30 people dead and more than 50,000 displaced.
Relations between Eritrea and Ethiopia have been brittle and tensions between the two countries have remained high after both countries fought each other in the Eritrean–Ethiopian War which lasted from 1998 to 2000, and since the end of the war there have been a number of small border skirmishes between the two countries using small arms, however the 2016 engagement utilized "medium- and ...
October 10 - Ethiopia blames Egypt and Eritrea for the recent unrest in the country. [10] October 20 - A government minister reveals that over 1600 people have been detained following the state of emergency. [11]
After 25 years of leading this country, the Ethiopian government is facing opposition from all directions of the country. The two major ethnic groups—the Oromo and the Amhara—together represent approximately 61.4% of the country’s population, [13] and the Oromo started a resistance movement against the Tigray-dominated government that began in November 2015. [14]
"The two parties in the Ethiopian conflict have formally agreed to the cessation of hostilities as well as to systematic, orderly, smooth and coordinated disarmament," said Olusegun Obasanjo, head ...
Soon after, protests erupted in many areas of the Amhara Region, the historic ethnic center of the Ethiopian state and home to the spectacular monolithic rock-cut churches of Lalibela and medieval castles of Gondar that attract tourists from all over. [66] One of the biggest demonstrations took place was on August 1, 2016, in Gondar city ...
Ethiopian refugees were flooding into Sudan on Wednesday as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's federal troops battled well-armed local forces in Tigray and protests against the northern region's leaders ...
The following is a list of armed conflicts with victims in 2016. Conflict-related fatalities in the world's 15 deadliest countries in 2014, 2015 and 2016. The Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research estimated that there were 226 politically motivated armed conflicts (of which 38 estimated as highly violent: 18 full-scale wars ...