More than 50 civilians were killed in attacks in Ethiopia in November, denounced the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on Wednesday, two weeks after negotiations between the government and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) ended without agreement. According to the EHRC, a statutorily independent public institution, OLF fighters killed 17 people and burned villages in Benishangul-Gumuz, northwest Ethiopia. The EHRC also claimed that a further 30 people were killed in the Arsi zone of Oromia in a series of attacks by unidentified assailants, the victims including several members of the same family. "The assailants killed the victims by lining them up after taking them out of their homes, while others were killed inside their homes," EHRC said in its report. "Nine members of the Lutheran church in the diocese of Hamo-Tokuma", in the Oromia region, "were killed by as yet unidentified assailants on November 25", EHRC also claimed.

Source: Ethiopian News December 06, 2023 15:16 UTC