The peaceful and popular uprising that swept the country in 2016 is gradually transforming itself into a well-organized armed resistance in various parts of the country. This attempt by the regime has, in fact, backfired and pushed some considerable segments of the society to abandon peaceful resistance and organize themselves into armed groups and confront forces loyal to the regime. In the northern part of the country the rapid development of armed groups challenging forces loyal to the regime has increased drastically. Peaceful uprising or armed resistance? No one is going to hand us our freedom, we have to earn it.”The regimes’ six-month state of emergency that was supposed to restore peace has in fact transformed the peaceful resistance into a formidable armed resistance.

Source: Ethiopian News January 08, 2017 21:02 UTC