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In the Southern Ethiopian Wolayita Zone, heavy rainfall triggered a landslide, killing at least 13 people which included children. Wolayita chief administrator Samuel Fola reported that over 300 people in the Kindo Didaye district were evacuated out of fears of additional landslides occurring in the region due to its rural, mountainous terrain and lack of infrastructure.
The Ethiopian Federal Police arrested hundred people in Addis Ababa. The measure was criticized by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission stating "there has been widespread arrest of civilians who are of ethnic Amhara origin." Many activists called out the arbitrary arrest, saying it was targeted to ethnic Amharas.
The Gondar funeral attack took place on 26 April 2022 when a group of unidentified armed men attacked the mourners at the funeral of chieftain Sheik Kamal Legas in Gondar mosque, killing at least 21 people, according to Addis Ababa Islamic Affair's High Council. [1]
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The Ethiopian government used money from a World Bank-financed health and education initiative to brutally evict thousands of villagers , according to former government officials who helped carry out the forced removals. The World Bank, the planet's most influential development lender, has denied responsibility.
On July 4, 2022, alleged Oromo Liberation Army militants killed hundreds of civilians in Kelam Welega Zone, Oromia in Ethiopia. [5] The massacre sparked condemnation from Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed, and was the second mass killing in Oromia region after the Gimbi massacre just a week prior. [6] Qelem is also known as Kellem.
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25 December – The Ethiopian National Defense Force closes the country's border with Somalia following heavy fighting in rural areas of Harshin, Fafan Zone, between Ethiopia's Somali regional forces and local clan militias after the killing of a local security chief and his bodyguards. Hundreds of people, including children, flee from their homes.